See demonym on Wiktionary
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nume de locuitori"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "etnoxorónim",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "этнохоро́ним"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "etnikón",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "этнико́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gentilicio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "invånarnamn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "demonym"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place",
"word": "demonim"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"demonym"
],
"word": "demonym"
}
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