Uranian

en-adj

Uranian (comparative more Uranian, superlative most Uranian)

more Uranian (comparative)
most Uranian (superlative)
Ouranian (alternative)
ouranian (alternative)
uranian (alternative)

Aphrodite Pandemos
Aphrodite Urania
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Louvre
Plato

From Latin Ūrania (“muse of astronomy in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouns). Ūrania is derived from Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ (Ourănĭ́ā, “muse of astronomy”), from οὐράνιος (ouránios, “of or relating to the sky, celestial, heavenly”) (from οὐρανός (ouranós, “the sky; heaven, home of the gods; the universe”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“rain”)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘pertaining to’).
The alternative form Ouranian is derived from Ancient Greek οὐράνιος (ouránios).
Adjective sense 2 (“homosexual”) and the noun sense (“a homosexual”) refer to Plato’s work Symposium (c. 385–370 B.C.E.), where the goddess Aphrodite, in her heavenly aspect Aphrodite Urania (see adjective sense 3) is described as inspiring a noble form of affection between older and younger men. Compare German Urning (“a homosexual, Uranian”), Urnigtum (“homosexuality”), also referring to Aphrodite Urania, coined by the German writer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–1895) in 1864. By the 1900s, the use of the word in this sense had largely been supplanted by homosexual (see further at that entry). The term is no longer mainstream and is almost never used in modern contexts, though it has enjoyed a slight revival as a term for "gay man" as an analogue to lesbian.

der

/jʊˈɹeɪnɪən/

To have altered my life would have been to have admitted that Uranian love is ignoble. I hold it to be noble – more noble than other forms.

1898 February 18?, Oscar Wilde, “Letter to Robert Ross”, in Merlin Holland, Rupert Hart-Davis, editors, The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, published 2000, →ISBN, page 1019:

His [Plato's] Philosophical Eros is not the Uranian Eros which possessed the nation, and the Uranian doctrine is not primarily either philosophical or paederastic. It is a value attached to the masculine which included philosophy as masculine and paederasty when not anti-masculine, but was itself the idea and form of virtue.

1930, Arthur Lyon Raile [pseudonym; Edward Perry Warren], “The Uranian Idea”, in A Defence of Uranian Love, part the second (The Uranian Eros), [London]: Privately printed, →OCLC, pages 19–20:

Before these ideals would once again become available to "homosexuality" as a positive social identity, however, the Uranian modality of male love would be rejected by the avant-garde itself as an outworn fashion.

1994, Linda [C.] Dowling, “The Higher Sodomy”, in Hellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian Oxford, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 134:

[Edward] Carpenter was disappointed by these meetings with [Walt] Whitman but began to integrate a positive homosexual view into his socialist writings. Carpenter saw the Uranian (homosexual) spirit to be more enlightened than that of the common man and believed that Uranians were the new prophets of the coming social revolution.

2003, Chuck Stewart, “Biographical Sketches”, in Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues), Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 138:

Through Veiled Eyes [by John Moray Stuart-Young, published in 1908] was produced by a specialist Uranian publisher for circulation to a specialist Uranian readership, and it required the audience to identify with an adult narrator who spends the bulk of one summer "grooming" an English boy for physical intimacy. This is the sexual scenario most likely to inspire public violence in contemporary Britain, [...] Set in the context of Uranian art, however, it is possible to regard this as a desire fated to be celibate, if only by the status of the angelic love object in the real world as a "real boy, grubby, ink-stained, insolent, uncomprehending of Uranian passion and rebuffing its smallest manifestations." Such a forgiving perspective is one of the few options available to literary critics wishing to avoid the discomfort of drawing biographical conclusions from the material produced by Uranian authors such as Stuart-Young.

2006, Stephanie Newell, “‘Uranian’ Love in West Africa”, in The Forger’s Tale: The Search for Odeziaku (New African Histories), Athens, Oh.: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 86:

(comparable, literary, archaic) Homosexual; also, pederastic; relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys; (specifically) of poetry: conveying appreciation for young men.

For assuredly are there two Venuses; one, the eldest, the daughter of Uranus, born without a mother, whom we call the Uranian; the other younger, the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, whom we call the Pandemian;—of necessity must there also be two Loves, the Uranian and Pandemian companions of these goddesses. [...] [T]he attendant on the other, the Uranian, whose nature is entirely masculine, is the Love who inspires us with affection, and exempts us from all wantonness and libertinism.

a. 1822, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Banquet. Translated from Plato.”, in Mrs. Shelley [i.e., Mary Shelley], editor, Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, … In Two Volumes, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, published 1840, →OCLC, page 86:

That this is indeed the general tendency of his [Pausanias of Athens'] speech is made clear by two remarks that follow immediately upon his differentiating the Pandemian from the Uranian gods. [...] But what is true for Aphrodite seems to be a contradiction in terms: she is both one and two and all gods must be praised—both Uranian and Pandemian—and yet only the Uranian ought to be praised [...].

2010, Steven Berg, “Pausanias: Noble Lies and the Fulfillment of Greekness”, in Eros and the Intoxications of Enlightenment: On Plato’s Symposium (SUNY Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, part 1 (Athens and Enlightenment), page 27:

(not comparable, Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of Aphrodite Urania, the heavenly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the earthly aspect known as Aphrodite Pandemos: heavenly, spiritual.

Graced by nurses (art's nurse highly grac'd him) / Who fed him with pure marrow of the Muses; / And when he list, with moisture to refresh him, / He drunke cleare Helicon: cleare from abuses, / He bent his mind to pure Vranian vses, / Vranianie him did to heau'n vpreare: / And made to man, him demi-god appeare.

1600, Cyril Tourneur, The Transformed Metamorphosis, [London]: Printed by Valentine Sims, […], →OCLC; republished in John Churton Collins, editor, The Plays and Poems of Cyril Tourneur: […] In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Chatto and Windus, […], 1878, →OCLC, page 213:

Actually, this little girl-child should have been as happy as a lark. But, she wasn't. This is because her Bengali genes had her continually wish to be a Sarasvati, or Uranian Muse, to all the males who came within her ambit – incessantly inspiring them to great works of Art or Scientific discoveries.

2007, Vivek Iyer, chapter 8, in Samlee’s Daughter: A Novel, Great Britain: Polyglot Publications, →ISBN, section I:

(not comparable, Greek mythology, dated) Relating to Urania, the Muse of astronomy.


Uranian

Aphrodite Pandemos
Aphrodite Urania
Louvre
Voyager 2

/jʊˈɹeɪnɪən/

[T]he fury of a fiery hot-brained Marsian, may kindle immediate and incessant wrangling and feuds; whilst a quiet placid Uranian, in his turn, may yet at times be excessively annoyed, ay, worried and tormented, by the tardiness, listlessness and inactivity of his dronish companion.

1839, A Fantastical Excursion into the Planets, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 172:

And obviously, since the year of the Uranians lasts 84 of our years, the continuance of the sun above the horizon would last for many years. [...] And as with the summer day, so with the winter night, years elapse before either comes to an end. For upwards of 20 years, in a latitude corresponding to that of London, the Uranians—if there are any—never see the small Uranian sun.

1872, Richard A[nthony] Proctor, “Uranus and Neptune, the Arctic Planets”, in Other Worlds than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches, 3rd edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 171–172:

(chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Uranus.


highlander

(Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.

He gave credence to the long-standing impression that southern highlanders were as a whole 'a hardy race of European dissenters' of very different stock from other southern colonists…. As backwoodsmen and highlanders, they opposed slavery formally, through abolitionist organizations, newspapers, or institutions of higher education….

2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race, Introduction", page 1:

Other essayists, however, detect significant distinctions between highlander and lowlander—differences in racial attitudes (abolitionist or rabid racist), in the types of work that African Americans performed, and in the extent to which perceptions of whiteness shaped how outsiders understood the region and acted toward it.

2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race, Introduction, page 10:

Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.

(Philippines) The Igorot people, referring to them originating from the Cordillera Mountain Range.


highlander

From the tagline "There can be only one" of the film Highlander (1986).

I have a blue/white highlander deck (every card is unique, including the lands) and I would like some help tuning it.

1995 May 18, Nick Clifton, “Help with a Highlander Deck”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <NICKC.95May18164750@betty.perihelion.co.uk>:

As an example, the "Highlander" tournaments (only one of any particular card) that have been springing up have proven to be a good way to re-energize the tournament scene for some games.

1996 October 18, Scott Schultz, “New Tournament Styles”, in rec.games.trading-cards.misc (Usenet), message-ID <3267BF69.1FAA@ceweekly.com>:

One of my favorite Highlander decks is listed below.

2000 June 2, End User, “Re: Type I Highlander - What to play?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <3938182E.357BF7F4@tivoli.com>:

(collectible card games, often capitalized) A game format in which players are allowed no more than one of any card (except basic resource cards) in their decks.


Trojan

Trojans (plural)
Troyan (alternative dated)
Troian (alternative dated)

/ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/

/ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/

From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).

A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.


Haligonian

Of, from or relating to the city of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

halifaksa

of, from, or pertaining to the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England

Of, from or relating to the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

halifaksa

of, from, or pertaining to the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


Haligonian

A native or inhabitant of the city of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

halifaksano

native or inhabitant of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England

The Haligonian is "not known to Halifax Regional Police in any significant way," she said.

2007 May 17, “Suspect arrested in Nova Scotia gay murders”, in National Post, retrieved 2007-05-30:

A native or inhabitant of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

halifaksano

native or inhabitant of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


Albertan

Of, from or relating to the province of Alberta, Canada.


Albertan

A native or inhabitant of the province of Alberta, Canada.


Calgarian

/ˌkælˈɡɛəɹi.ən/

/ˌkælˈɡɛɹi.ən/

Of, from or relating to the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Calgarian

en-noun

Calgarian (countable and uncountable, plural Calgarians)

/ˌkælˈɡɛəɹi.ən/

/ˌkælˈɡɛɹi.ən/

A native or inhabitant of the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Nazarene

Natzrati (alternative)
Natzri (alternative)
Natzraya (alternative)
Nazaraean (alternative)
Nazareite (alternative)
Nazarite (alternative)
Nazorean (alternative)

In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’.

der

(usually as “the Nazarene”) an epithet of Jesus Christ


Fleming

From Middle English flameng, from late Old English Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.

A number of places in the United States:

A tiny city in Ray County, Missouri; a suburb of Kansas City.

A town and hamlet in Cayuga County, New York.


Extremaduran

en-adj

Extremaduran (comparative more Extremaduran, superlative most Extremaduran)

more Extremaduran (comparative)
most Extremaduran (superlative)

Of, from or relating to Extremadura, Spain.


Extremaduran

A native or inhabitant of Extremadura, Spain.

extremeny

a native or inhabitant of Extremadura in Spain


injun

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-injun.wav

1805–15; variant of Indian. Compare Cajun.

We'll kill ourselves an injun, and maybe two or three!

You want a problem, well I guess we got one now / I really don't know how / There's injuns over every goddamn hill

1999, “What Do You Want Me to Say?”, in Emergency & I, performed by the Dismemberment Plan:

Instead of grudgingly admitting the “Injuns” weren’t so bad after all, it actually explores the conflicted culpability of individual white Americans.

2024 February 2, Ellen E. Jones, “Beyond the pale: where are all the films about ‘whiteness’?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(US, slang, offensive) A Native American.

en:Native American name controversy#Controversial terminology


Irishwoman

From Middle English Irish womman, equivalent to Irish + -woman.


Silesian

(uncountable) Lower Silesian, a Germanic language or dialect spoken in southwestern parts of what is now Poland (Lower Silesia).

Slezská němčina

Germanic language or dialect — see also Lower Silesian


Pomeranian

Pomeranian (comparative more Pomeranian, superlative most Pomeranian)

more Pomeranian (comparative)
most Pomeranian (superlative)

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historic region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.


Pleiad

(astronomy, demonym) A member of the Pleiades cluster.


Hessian

Hessian (comparative more Hessian, superlative most Hessian)

more Hessian (comparative)
most Hessian (superlative)

Of, from or relating to the state of Hesse, Germany.


Hessian

en-noun

Hessian (countable and uncountable, plural Hessians)

A native or inhabitant of the state of Hesse, Germany.


Phrygian

/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).


Provençal

/ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/

/ˌpɹɒvənˈsɑːl/

/ˌpɹɒvɒnˈsɑːl/

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French provenceal, provençal, from Latin prōvinciālis.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Provençal

en-noun

Provençal (plural Provençals or Provençaux)

/ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/

/ˌpɹɒvənˈsɑːl/

/ˌpɹɒvɒnˈsɑːl/

The Normans were putting it about that the Provençals were experts at foraging, to the neglect of fighting. Their children had a refrain with which they taunted their southern French counterparts: ‘the Franks go to fight, the Provençals to food’.

2011, Conor Kostick, The Siege of Jerusalem: Crusade and Conquest in 1099, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:


Savoyard

He is one of the Emperor’s French-speaking subjects, not a Spaniard but a Savoyard.

2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 30:

A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Aleutian

Of, from, or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands (a group of islands in the northern Pacific Ocean, west of Alaska), or to its inhabitants, their culture, or their language.


Vandals

An east Germanic tribe that once lived in north Africa and sacked Rome.


Mainer

“People have no idea how good this stuff is, but they are about to find out,” said Mr. Patry, 62, who is possibly the most optimistic and talkative native Mainer in history.

2012 September 11, Julia Moskin, “Buttermilk, Often Maligned, Begins to Get Its Due”, NYTimes.com

United States of America
United States of America

A native or resident of the state of Maine in the United States of America.

Mainois

native or inhabitant of the State of Maine


Queenslander

From Queensland + -er (suffix attached to placename proper nouns denoting inhabitants or residents of those places).

suffix

"An' what about your Queenslander?" the Australian asked.

1926, Rudyard Kipling, “A Friend of the Family”, in Debits and Credits, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 268:

In view of the rapid development of Queensland, our prosperity and our major contribution to the nation and to world trade, I believe it is significant that a Queenslander should be honoured with such a high position in Rotary.

1977, Joh[annes] Bjelke-Petersen, “Messages to the Convention and to the President, Incoming President, and President-Elect of Rotary International”, in 1977 Proceedings: Sixty-eighth Annual Convention of Rotary International: San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: 5–9 June, 1977, [Evanston, Ill.]: Rotary International, →OCLC, page 198:

In reality the selectors' decision was between [Rod] Marsh and John Maclean and the Queenslander got the nod.

2004, Mark Browning, Rod Marsh: A Life in Cricket, Dural, N.S.W.: Rosenberg Publishing, →ISBN:

Takada had the added advantage of being a Queenslander, although from the other end of the state. But to a native north Queenslander, that was better than being from Melbourne.

2009, Darryl Greer, chapter 31, in The Election, [Mudgeeraba, Qld.?]: Darryl Greer, →ISBN, page 249:

A native or inhabitant of Queensland, Australia.


Minorcan

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English

Of, from or relating to Minorca, an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.

menorquí

of or relating to Minorca or its inhabitants


Minorcan

Minorcans (plural)
Menorcan (alternative)

A native or inhabitant of Minorca, an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.


Madrilenian

Of or pertaining to Madrid, Spain, or to its inhabitants.


hyperborean

hyperboreans (plural)
Hyperborean (alternative)

/hʌɪ.pəˈbɔː.ɹɪən/

From Late Latin hyperboreanus, cognate with Classical Latin hyperboreus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρεος (huperbóreos), composed of ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”). See also Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi).

The Hyperboreans venerated Apollo over the other gods.

(Greek mythology, usually capitalised) One of a race of people living in the extreme north, beyond the north wind.

Hyperboréen

(Greek mythology), one a race of people living in the extreme north

(usually humorous) Any person living in a northern country, or to the north.


hyperborean

en-adj

hyperborean (comparative more hyperborean, superlative most hyperborean)

more hyperborean (comparative)
most hyperborean (superlative)
Hyperborean (alternative)

/hʌɪ.pəˈbɔː.ɹɪən/

The hyperborean or frozen sea.

1633, C. Butler, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Hovv, by the fineſt art, the native robe / To vveave; hovv, vvhite as hyperborean ſnovv, / To form the lucid lavvn; […]

1730, James Thomson, “Autumn. Inscribed to the Right Honourable Arthur Onslow, Esq; Speaker of the House of Commons.”, in The Seasons, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 167, lines 857–859:

You could have knelt down, damn it, Kinch, when your dying mother asked you, Buck Mulligan said. I’m hyperborean as much as you. But to think of your mother begging you with her last breath to kneel down and pray for her. And you refused.

1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

Amongst the fish that the Nautilus frightened as it passed, I will cite the metre-long cyclopteroid with a black back and orange stomach, providing an example of conjugal fidelity rarely followed by its congeners, a huge Forsskal's stingray, a sort of emerald moray eel which has a excellent taste, big-eyed carracks whose heads resemble dogs', blennies viviparous like snakes, 20-centimetre frillgobies or black gudgeons, and Macrura with long tails and shining with a silvery glitter: quick fish that had ventured far from hyperborean seas.

1998 [1871], Jules Verne, translated by William Butcher, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, revised, illustrated edition:

Pertaining to the extreme north of the earth; or (usually humorous) to a specific northern country or area.

северен

pertaining to the extreme north of the Earth


Wisconsinite

My brother is a Wisconsinite; I'm Floridian.

For the two Wisconsinites, it was the type of victory that might be appreciated in these parts, an intense struggle that was defined by inelegant offense and whose most memorable moment came when players on both teams flopped to the floor after a loose ball like Packers linebackers diving on a fumble.

2022 March 20, Billy Witz, “Badgers’ Home-State Plans Become Celebration for Opposing Wisconsinites”, in The New York Times:

“We look forward to offering every Wisconsinite the opportunity to vote for people, planet and peace over profit,” Dave Schwab, the secretary of the Wisconsin Green Party, said in a statement.

2024 September 2, Alyce McFadden and Reid J. Epstein, “Green Party Eligible for the Ballot in Wisconsin”, in The New York Times:

A native or resident of the state of Wisconsin in the United States of America.


Hellene

From Ἕλληνες (Héllēnes, “Greeks”), most probably a derivation of Ἑλλοί (Helloí) or Σελλοί (Selloí), the Greek inhabitants of the area around the sanctuary of Dodona (Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē)). In Greek mythology Ἕλλην (Héllēn), whom the Ἕλληνες (Héllēnes, “Greeks”) were named after, was the son of Δευκαλίων (Deukalíōn) and Πύρρα (Púrrha).


Torontonian

Torontonian (comparative more Torontonian, superlative most Torontonian)

more Torontonian (comparative)
most Torontonian (superlative)

Of, from, or pertaining to the city of Toronto, Canada.


Triestino

en-noun

Triestino (plural Triestinos or Triestini)

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

A native or inhabitant of the city of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.


Turinese

Of, from or relating to the city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.


Turinese

A native or inhabitant of the city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.


Dalmatian

Dalmatians (plural)
dalmatian (alternative)

(demonym) A native or inhabitant of Dalmatia.


Tyrolean

Tirolean (alternative)
Tyrolian (alternative)
Tirolian (alternative)

Of, from or relating to the state of Tyrol, Austria.

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

Of, from or relating to the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Tyrolean

Tyroleans (plural)
Tirolean (alternative)
Tyrolian (alternative)
Tirolian (alternative)

A native or inhabitant of the state of Tyrol, Austria.

A native or inhabitant of the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Tyrolese

Tyroleses (plural)
Tyrolese (plural)
Tirolese (alternative)


Ossetian

The Eastern Iranian language spoken by these people.


Molossian

A member of the ancient Epirote ethnos which Olympias came from.

But meanwhile a new grating was opened, and into the arena rushed, with mad speed and barking, whole packs of dogs,—gigantic, yellow Molossians from the Peloponnesus, pied dogs from the Pyrenees, and wolf-like hounds from Hibernia, purposely famished; their sides were lank, and their eyes bloodshot.

1896, Henryk Sienkiewicz, chapter LV, in Jeremiah Curtin, transl., “Quo Vadis.” A Narrative of the Time of Nero., Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, page 432:

The hounds were Indian, Cretan or Locrian; there were also Molossians (mastiffs) and Spartans (big greyhounds).

1975, Roger Longrigg, The History of Foxhunting, page 14:

One constituent spent an hour educating me on the history of pit bulls: the Molossians, the Mastiffs; the Greeks, Romans, Brits, Tibetans, and Germans; the crossbreeds. A common theme ran throughout their history: they were the fiercest of fighters, and eventually bred to fight—in wars during antiquity, in dog fights for centuries. Regardless, they were again and again attacking other dogs and people.

2012, Michael Bryant, 28 Seconds: A True Story of Addiction, Tragedy, and Hope, Viking:

He loved dogs, indulged by Antius’ kennel composed of Neapolitan mastiffs and molossians, original Roman war dogs.

2017, Mary Dove, “Quintus”, in The End of Seven, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 194:

A breed of large dog of classical antiquity native to Epirus, resembling a mastiff and used as a hunting dog and guard dog.


Molossian

en-adj

Molossian (comparative more Molossian, superlative most Molossian)

more Molossian (comparative)
most Molossian (superlative)

Of or relating to Molossia or Molossians.


Abkhaz

A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia.

аԥсуа

a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia


Kaw

In the winter of 1866 the Cheyennes stole forty-two horses from a Kaw hunting party on the upper Arkansas, and following a murder of a Kaw herder at a buffalo camp near Fort Zarah a year later, the Kaws attacked a Cheyenne encampment[.]

2004, R. David Edmunds, The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900, →ISBN, page 20:

A member of a particular Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas.


Minoan

Sir Arthur Evans, not knowing the Minoan term for “Minoan” at the time, coined this name in the early 20th century, from Ancient Greek Μίνως (Mínōs), the mythical king of Crete. The actual name is probably reflected in Egyptian kftjw (perhaps reconstructible as *Káftayu) and Biblical Hebrew כַּפְתּוֹר (Kaftor, “Caphthor”).


Perugian

Of, from or relating to the city or province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy.


Perugian

A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy.


Lunarian

From the stem of Latin lunaris (“of the moon, lunar”) + -ian.

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth's Moon (Luna): either an indigenous one or a human one.


Mercurian

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Mercury.


Plutonian

en-adj

Plutonian (comparative more Plutonian, superlative most Plutonian)

more Plutonian (comparative)
most Plutonian (superlative)
plutonian (alternative)

The adjective is derived from Latin Plūtōnius (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Plūtōnius is from Ancient Greek Πλουτώνιος (Ploutṓnios, “of or relating to Pluto”), from Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonien (modern French plutonien). The noun is derived from the adjective.

plutonien

of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism — see also Plutonic

[…] he through the midſt unmarkt, / In ſhew Plebeian Angel militant / Of loweſt order, paſt; and from the dore / Of that Plutonian Hall, inviſible / Aſcended his high Throne, […]

1674, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 264:

["]Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore— / Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y., London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC, page 144:

You rise by candle-light or gaslight, swearing / There never was a climate made like ours; / If rashly you go out to take an airing, / The soot-flakes come in black Plutonian show'rs.

1882 December 30, “A London Fog”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume 83, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, →OCLC, page 301, column 1:

Cotopaxi is striking not only because it looks like a science fiction conception of another planet; it also is the least realistic among [Frederic Edwin] Church's paintings of the area. […] Below the fiery sun is a lake with a barren shore. As such, the sun hangs over a Plutonian landscape.

2008, Rodrigo Lazo, “The Ends of Enchantment: Douglass, Melville, and U.S. Expansionism in the Americas”, in Robert S[teven] Levine, Samuel Otter, editors, Frederick Douglass & Herman Melville: Essays in Relation, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, part I (Literary and Cultural Geographies), page 210:

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.

Plutoniin liittyvä

of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld

One system, now called the Plutonian, regards, the earth's crust on which we now live, as the debris of two former worlds, and our present continents as the elevations of the bottom of the sea by subterranean heat. If this theory be founded on fact, why do not our rocks present us with beds of shell-fish in families as are now living at the bottom of the sea?

1822, Joseph Sutcliffe, The Geology of the Avon, being an Enquiry into the Order of the Strata and Mineral Productions of the District Washed by Its Streams, Bristol: Printed by Philip Rose, […]; for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, […]; and Thomas Blanchard, […], →OCLC, pages 3–4:

The country around Aberdeen is almost entirely composed of primitive rocks. Of these there are two sets, Neptunian and Plutonian. […] the Plutonian rocks are granite, with feldspar, or granitic porphyry. […] the great bodies of Plutonian granite, as those exposed in the celebrated granite quarries, render it probable that the stratified Neptunian rocks owe much of their contorted and broken aspect, and also, in some degree, their position, to the action of this igneous rock.

1830 July–September, “Notes. … 2. Walk from Aberdeen to Castleton of Braemar—Country around Castleton—From Castleton to Spittal of Glen Shee and Blair Gowrie. …”, in Robert Jameson, editor, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, […]; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, →OCLC, pages 269–270:

(by extension, geology, historical) Synonym of plutonic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, the theory that the rocks of the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again”).


Plutonian

From Pluto (“dwarf planet in the Solar System”) + -n- + -ian (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘from, related to, or like’, or nouns meaning ‘one belonging to, relating to, or like’), probably influenced by Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) (see etymology 1).

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Another and perhaps more Plutonian view of this would be that David's bondage to his mother and the codes of behaviour which she set for him had extended throughout his life, in both profes[s]ional and personal spheres; and that bondage now had an opportunity of loosening, with all the attendant consequences.

1985, Liz Greene, “Fate and Synchronicity”, in The Astrology of Fate, Boston, Mass.: Weiser Books, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 293:

The notion of toxicity is a useful one in our effort to understand the further implications of Pluto in the USA chart. [...] Factor in what we have learned about the second house and we get another meaning of waste, related but distinctly more Plutonian: debris that poses an elimination problem once its value has been used up.

2006 October 6, Jessica Murray, “Power Madness: Pluto and American Hegemony”, in Soul-sick Nation: An Astrologer’s View of America, Bloomington, Ind., Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 41:

(astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet.

Plutoon liittyvä

pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet

Burl studied the captured Plutonian hand weapons, and was pleased to have one of the Neptunian soldiers pick one up and demonstrate how it was fired. It had apparently simpler controls than most Plutonian products, for it easily blazed forth a bolt of electronic fire that blasted a tall, crystalline tree to shards.

1959, Donald A[llen] Wollheim, “The Museum of Galactic Life”, in Cecile Matschat, editor, The Secret of the Ninth Planet (A Science Fiction Novel), Philadelphia, Pa.: John C. Winston Co., →OCLC; republished in The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Megapack, [Rockville, Md.]: Wildside Press, 2012, →ISBN:

Roure did not carry his work to completion. He derived only four intermediate orbits of Pluto for the combinations of Pluto and the four outer planets, and determined the inequalities in the Plutonian motion under the effect of Neptune which are dependent on the first degree of Plutonian eccentricity and inclination.

1969 January, Sh. G. Sharaf, “Introduction”, in Theory of Motion of the Planet Pluto: Part One. Plutonian Perturbations of the First Order with Respect to Perturbing Masses: […] (NASA Technical Translations; NASA TT F-490), Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, →OCLC, page 4:

[Gerard] Kuiper (1944) searched for spectroscopic evidence of an atmosphere around Pluto as part of the same program that discovered CH₄ on Titan. Because of the difficulty of observing an object as faint as Pluto, no useful results were obtained; however, Kuiper presented arguments in favor of a Plutonian atmosphere based on the stability of the atmosphere against loss to space.

1997, Roger V. Yelle, James L[udlow] Elliot, “Atmospheric Structure and Composition: Pluto and Charon”, in S[ol] Alan Stern, David J[ames] Tholen, editors, Pluto and Charon (Space Science series), Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, part IV (Atmospheres), page 347:

[James Walter] Christy also knew that 6.39 days is the exact period of time that it takes Pluto to make one complete turn around its axis—the length of a Plutonian day.

2010, Kristi Lew, “Pluto’s Structure and Features”, in Karen Ang, editor, The Dwarf Planet Pluto (Space!), Tarrytown, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, →ISBN, page 31:

(astronomy) Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.

plutondar

of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto


Plutonian

If you are a Plutonian and some of these traits emphatically do not fit you, just let them go and take what is helpful and descriptive of you personally. What will be given is a composite picture, based on working with a great many Plutonians over the years. Plutonians who are negatively inclined are often very guarded and rigid, afraid to let others get close. [...] There are Plutonians who operate predominantly on the positive level—healing, transforming, transmuting themselves and those around them.

1986, Donna Cunningham, “The Personality and Character of the Plutonian”, in Healing Pluto Problems, Boston, Mass.: Weiser Books, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 28:

(astrology) A person under the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet.

The Plutonians, who are almost extinct, once held a superscience that they have largely lost. Early Plutonian visits to Earth survived in folk memory as the devil, since Plutonians are gigantic, with horns, hooves, and tail.

1998, Everett F[ranklin] Bleiler, Richard Bleiler, “[Story Descriptions.] 1423. THE EARTHMAN’S BURDEN. Astounding Stories, June 1931, Ill. Paul.”, in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years: A Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines Amazing, Astounding, Wonder, and Others from 1926 through 1936, Kent, Oh., London: Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 409, column 1:

(chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the dwarf planet Pluto.


Solarian

en-adj

Solarian (comparative more Solarian, superlative most Solarian)

more Solarian (comparative)
most Solarian (superlative)

The Solarian one-man ships were even smaller than the Nigrian one-man ships, and some of these did a tremendous amount of damage.

1930 Fall, John Wood Campbell, “The Black Star Passes”, in Amazing Stories Quarterly, volume 3, number 4, page 521:

(chiefly science fiction) Of or relating to the inhabitants of the Solar system.


earthling

From Middle English erthling (“farmer, ploughman”) [and other forms] (in glossaries), from Old English ierþling, eorþling (“farmer, husbandman, ploughman”) [and other forms], from eorþe (“ground; dirt; planet Earth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”)) + -ling (suffix forming personal nouns). The English word is analysable as earth + -ling.

nb...

ærðling, eorþlinc, eorðling, eorðlingc, erdling, erþling, irþling, irðling, yrþlincg, yrþling, yrþlingc, yrðling, yrðlincg

Eoꞃðlinᵹ [Eorthling], is a Husbandman, or Earthling.

1714, John Fortescue-Aland [i.e., John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan], “Hereafter is Schewyd, What of the Kyngs Lyvelood Gevyn Away, may Best be Takyn Ageyne”, in John Fortescue, The Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy; as is More Particularly Regards the English Constitution. […], London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, […], for E. Parker […], and T. Ward […], →OCLC, footnote a, page 79:

And we have not imagination enough to believe, that either the Danish boors, who were earthlings (yrthlingas) in the country, or the Danish soldiers, who, as history tells us, were dandies at the court of King Canute, could, in the brief space of twenty years, have so overlaid or interlarded the pure Anglo-Saxon with their provincialisms, as to give it a new character, and thus form a new period in its history, as was afterwards done by the Normans.

1838 July, [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow], “Art. IV.—1. A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language, […] [book review]”, in The North American Review, volume XLVII, number C, Boston, Mass.: Otis, Broaders, & Co., […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 94:

(obsolete except historical) One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.


Bostonian

Bostonians eagerly await the arrival of spring after a long, cold, snowy winter.

Single-sex clusters of Bostonians made their boisterous way through the streets, hoping to collide with their opposite numbers.

2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 61:

A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Lincolnshire.


Bostonian

Bostonian fashions are reserved, even dull, when compared to California style.

Related to, characteristic of, or residing in Boston, Massachusetts.

Related to, characteristic of, or residing in Boston, Lincolnshire.


Latin American

Of or relating to Latin America, its people, or its culture.


Mycenaean

Mycenæan (alternative dated)
Mycenean (alternative)

Wiktionary’s coverage of Mycenaean Greek terms


Monégasque

Monégasques (plural)
Monegasque (alternative)

/ˌmɒnɪˈɡæsk/

/ˌmɑnɪˈɡæsk/

From French Monégasque, from Ligurian munegascu, from Munegu.


Parthian

From Parthia + -an; in the sense of "delivered as if in retreat", an allusion to the Parthian battle tactic of firing arrows backwards from horseback while apparently in retreat.

An extinct Western Iranian language that was spoken in Parthia.


Albigensian

en-adj

Albigensian (comparative more Albigensian, superlative most Albigensian)

more Albigensian (comparative)
most Albigensian (superlative)

of or relating to the heresy of Catharism, which first took hold in Albi, France


Albigensian

an adherent to Catharism, which first took hold in Albi, France


Bharatiya

Transliteration of Hindi भारतीय (bhārtīya),

translit

(chiefly India) Indian: a person nationally identified with the Republic of India.


Canarian

Of, from or relating to the Canary Islands, Spain.


Canarian

A native or inhabitant of the Canary Islands, Spain.


New Orleanian

Of, or relating to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.


New Prussian

(rare) The modern reconstruction of the Old Prussian language, spoken by pilot communities in Lithuania, Poland, and elsewhere.


yellowbelly

* From yellow + belly.
* (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there.

sense

(UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely.

The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151

(Australia) The golden perch, Macquaria ambigua.


Koori

Kooris (plural)
Koories (plural)
koori (alternative)
Koorie (alternative)
Goori (alternative)
Goorie (alternative)

From Awabakal gurri; from the region of what is today Newcastle, adopted by indigenous people of other areas.

C. S. of Stawell wrote to ‘point out some facts associated with Aboriginal myths of Dreamtime’. He denied a Koori presence (‘no Aboriginals ever entered the Grampians due to evil spirits’) and repeated a dominant pioneer folk myth that the rock-art was painted by ‘a French artist who had a great appreciation of Aboriginal art of central Australia’.

1996, Sarah Nuttall, Text, Theory, Space: Post-Colonial Representations and Identity, page 175:

Stories from the Koori oral tradition show how differently the shared experience is perceived by indigenous and settler Australians.

1998, Untold Stories: Memories and Lives of Victorian Kooris, page xix:

Reliable population figures do not exist, but it [is] likely there were never large numbers: perhaps 18000 to 20000 Kooris across Victoria, perhaps 700 Wathaurong.

2009, Richard Everist, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula: The Spirit of Place, page 15:

He was getting old fast, the way Goorie blokes did, especially in little shitbox joints like Durrongo.

2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 18:

(Australian Aboriginal, chiefly Victoria, New South Wales) An indigenous Australian.

Australian Aboriginal; chiefly Victoria; Australian Aboriginal; chiefly Victoria


Zanzibari

of, or relating to Zanzibar or its inhabitants


Oklahoman

A native or resident of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America.


Welshwoman

A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.


Assyrian

From Assur, the original capital city of Assyria.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples, particularly Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.

آشُورِيّ

any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples


Oceanian

From Oceania + -an.
(nation): This term is not used in the novel itself.

Although the proles are on the fringe both of Oceanian society and of the action, it is their values which provide the only warmth in the novel.

1993, Stephen Ingle, “Orwellian socialism today”, in George Orwell: A Political Life, Manchester, New York, N.Y.: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 117:

Orwell’s point was that the Oceanian government had effectively invented the idea of opposition in order to reinforce the status quo.

2009, Philip Bounds, Orwell and Marxism: The Political and Cultural Thinking of George Orwell, I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, →ISBN:

The situation for Oceania, which appears as a significant space in the narrative, can be expressed as follows: Though the Party adopts a repressive dictatorship, it never accepts decentralized management so that Oceanian people do not feel colonial.

2018, Murat Kalelioğlu, “Semiotic Analysis”, in A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, section “Spatialization”, page 111:

(literary criticism) From or relating to the fictional nation of Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).


Oceanian

In order to ensure that the Oceanians do get excited about Big Brother—displace, that is, eroticism from its natural object, another individual, to the State—the Party attempts in every way “to remove all pleasure from the sex act. . . . The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party. Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting operation, like having an enema” (p. 57).

1986, Bernard Oldsey, Joseph Browne, editors, Critical Essays on George Orwell, G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 74:

We might suppose that Orwell’s claims about the beliefs of Oceanians are simply implausible: after all, as the little thought experiment I started with demonstrates, we cannot just make ourselves believe on command.

2018, Iskra Fileva, “Bad Faith and Make-Believe”, in Ezio Di Nucci, Stefan Storrie, editors, 1984 and Philosophy: Is Resistance Futile? (Popular Culture and Philosophy; 116), Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN:

Accordingly, the Ministry behaves in favor of the Party by making necessary amendments and manipulations in mass media to earn the sympathy of Oceanians.

2018, Murat Kalelioğlu, “Semiotic Analysis”, in A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, section “George Orwell and “Nineteen Eighty-Four””, page 59:

(literary criticism) Someone from the fictional nation of Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).


Bihari

(uncountable) A group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Bihar and the surrounding states in India.


Shan

From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam.

The Thai proper are related to the Shans of Burma, the Siamese of Thailand and the Lao of Indochina. The Chinese segment of the Thai ethnic group is settled in Yünnan Province, where it numbers 580,000. It constitutes the Hsi-shuang-pan-na Autonomous Chou in the southern part of the province and shares the Tehung Autonomous Chou in the west with the Chingpo (Kachin). The Thai of the Hsi-shuang-pan-na Chou speak the Lü dialect, those of the Tehung Chou are more closely related to the Shans of northern Burma.

1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of The Chinese People's Republic, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42:

Although holding mainly high upland territory in Burma, the Shan themselves live only in the valleys and in stretches of plain. The surrounding hill country is occupied by relatively primitive hill peoples living in economic symbiosis with the Shan, but there is no clear genetic distinction between the Shan and their neighbours. With minor exceptions modern Shan communities are Buddhist. Most Shan are cultivators of rice; they have a characteristic species of feudal political structure. Shan culture probably diffused southward and westward from west-central China from Han times (c. 200 B.C.) onward.

1968, “SHAN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 20, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 344, column 2:

A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.


Sumerian

/səˈmɪəɹiən/

(linguistics) The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.


Siberian

[saɪˈbɪəɹɪən]


Milanese

Of, from or relating to the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy.


Milanese

—the waiter was a Milanese, and ardently patriotic—

Finally, the first maestro to have been both a Milanese and a product of the studio, Giovanni Battista Cesati, served from before 1655, publishing a motet book, until he was called to Bologna in summer 1658.

2002, Robert L. Kendrick, The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 66:

Indeed, in Milan, everyday conversations and practices of relating, attunement, and distancing between inhabitants also partake in wider discourses concerning who is a “Milanese” and what the Milanese share.

2015 March 27, Cristina Moretti, Milanese Encounters: Public Space and Vision in Contemporary Urban Italy, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12:

A native or inhabitant of the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy.


Tokyoite

en-adj

Tokyoite (comparative more Tokyoite, superlative most Tokyoite)

more Tokyoite (comparative)
most Tokyoite (superlative)

Of or relating to Tokyo, the capital of Japan.


Galwegian

/ɡɔːlˈwiːdʒən/


Maghrebi

Maghrebis (plural)
Maghrebin (alternative)


Michigander

[ˈmɪ.ʃəˌɡæn.dɚ]

]
Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, in a speech of July 27, 1848, as pejorative reference to Lewis Cass, Michigan politician:
: There is one entire article of the sort I have not discussed yet; I mean the military tale you Democrats are now engaged in dovetailing onto the great Michigander.
Ostensibly coined as a blend of Michigan + gander (“male goose, simpleton”) (punning on “tale” and “(dove)tail(ing)”). Alternatively from and/or later reanalyzed as Michigan + -d- (epenthetic) + -er (“resident of”).

blend

(US) A native or resident of the state of Michigan in the United States of America.


Galilean

Originated 1605–15 from Latin Galilaea, from Galilee + -an.


Minneapolitan

en-adj

Minneapolitan (comparative more Minneapolitan, superlative most Minneapolitan)

more Minneapolitan (comparative)
most Minneapolitan (superlative)


Koepanger

From Koepang + -er, from the older spelling of Kupang, a city in West Timor.

1939, The Works of Ion L. Idriess
Up above, the tender kept a sharp eye on the Koepanger paying out the air-pipe, while attending to the life-line himself and the management of the lugger.

2004, William McGregor, The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia
Pidginised forms of English were also in use between whites and the other ethnic groups employed in the pearling industry, including Malays, Japanese, and Koepangers […]


Crimean

He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].

2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:

Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula on the north of the Black Sea, separating it from the Sea of Azov.


Arubian

Arubian (comparative more Arubian, superlative most Arubian)

more Arubian (comparative)
most Arubian (superlative)


Sodomite

The story of the people of Lot related in the Quran is often taken to mean that God condemns sodomites

2012, Samar Habib, Female Homosexuality in the Middle East, chapter 3

An inhabitant of Sodom, or (by extension) a descendant of one.


Westphalian

Westphalians (plural)
Westfalian (alternative)

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A native or inhabitant of Westphalia, a geographic region, part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Quebecois

Quebecois (comparative more Quebecois, superlative most Quebecois)

more Quebecois (comparative)
most Quebecois (superlative)


Mesoamerican

Mesoamerican (comparative more Mesoamerican, superlative most Mesoamerican)

more Mesoamerican (comparative)
most Mesoamerican (superlative)


Newfie

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

(Canada, informal, sometimes construed as pejorative) A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Newfie

Of, from or relating to the island of Newfoundland.


Newfoundlander

[…] but so close lay the boats that even single hooks snarled, and Harvey found himself in hot argument with a gentle, hairy Newfoundlander on one side and a howling Portuguese on the other.

1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:


Cestrian

A native or inhabitant of any of the places called Chester (or Chester-le-Street, etc), especially Chester, England.


Cestrian

Of, from or relating to any of the places called Chester (or Chester-le-Street, etc), especially Chester, England.


Russ

From German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare more recent Rus.


Utahn

This great honor, Mr. Harwood was the first Utahn to receive.

1901, Alice Merrill Horne, “State Exhibition of Art Fabrics”, in Improvement Era,, volume 5, number 1:

No Utahn has ever sung his way into celebrity.

1926, Bernard De Voto, “Utah”, in American Mercury:

A native or resident of the state of Utah in the United States of America.


Québécois

Québécois (plural)
Quebecois (alternative)
Québecois (alternative)

I am a proud Québécois.

A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec.

কেবেকোয়া

native or inhabitant of the province or city of Quebec


Québécois

Québécoise (alternative)
Quebecois (alternative)
Québecois (alternative)

Canadians have mixed views concerning whether the Québécois people constitute a distinct nation.

Of, from or relating to the province of Quebec, Canada or its variety of French.

quebequès

of or relating to Quebec, its people, or its variety of French


Goori

From Awabakal gurri as spoken in far northern New South Wales and south east Queensland, originally distinguished from Koori to the south. (See quotations for more information.)

1991, Joshua Aaron Fishman Reversing Language Shift: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Assistance to Threatened Languages, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 279,
The availability and spread of an indigenous aggregative term for all Aborigines (Gooris/Kooris) is suggestive of a growing intergroup identity among them, over and above former and current ethnolinguistic demarcations. The term Goori/Kuri itself stems from the Southeastern coastal area, some 300 miles north of Sydney. Wurm and Hattori list ‘7?’ speakers for Kuri and ‘9??’ for the Yuin-Kuric grouping (10 dialects, all but three of which are extinct).

1996, Julie Janson, Gunjies, Act 2, Scene 3, in Black Mary and Gunjies: two plays, Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 131,
JUNE: […] It’s born in you, your identity, I never lost mine. Goori spirituality, it’s always there. I was born with somethin’ […]

2002, John Henderson and David Nash, Language in Native Title, Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 49,
While I do not have a lot of faith in the native title legislation's ability to deliver the goods for dispossessed and dislocated Goori communities like ours on the eastern seaboard, I am interested in how the process regards our languages in relation to claim hearings and judgements.

2006, Joshua Aaron Fishman, Nancy H. Hornberger, and Martin Pütz, Language Loyalty, Language Planning and Language Revitalization: Recent Writings and Reflections from Joshua A. Fishman, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 144,
Thus, a brochure inviting Gooris (more usually ‘Kooris’, an increasingly popular indigenous self-designation applying to and uniting all Aborigines and favored by some as a collective term to replace Aborigine/Aboriginal) to participate in a series of six weekly seminars about Bundjalung, a language of Southeast Australia that is now down to its last few speakers, […]


Javan

A member or descendant of Java's main, Javanese ethno-linguistic group, by far the largest in Indonesia


Okinawan

Okinawan (comparative more Okinawan, superlative most Okinawan)

more Okinawan (comparative)
most Okinawan (superlative)

/ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwən/

/ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwən/

Of, from or relating to the island, city or Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.


Okinawan

/ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwən/

/ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwən/

A native or inhabitant of the island, city or Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.


Umbrian

Of, from or relating to Umbria, Italy or the extinct Umbrian language.

umbre

relating to Umbria or to its inhabitants or extinct language


Umbrian

[…] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.

1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:

A native or inhabitant of Umbria, Italy.


Cairene

From Latin Cairenus, from Cairo + -nus (“-ene: forming related nouns”). Equivalent to Cairo + -ene.


Atlantean

1940, WHD Rouse, trans. of Nonnus, Dionysiaca
I [Elektra] shall pass from the earth to the stars’ Atlantean vault, and dwell in heaven

(figuratively) Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas


Sumatran

From, or pertaining to, the island of Sumatra


Manxman

"Potatoes and herrings, Mr. Christian; just a Manxman’s supper.”

The Manxman is never wise until the day after the fair. (Traditional Manx saying).

2005, John Ayto, Ian Crofton, Brewer's Britain and Ireland, page 587:


Manxwoman

...the rising inflexion in her voice which made the talk of the true Manxwoman the sweetest thing in the world to listen to.


Carthaginian

/ˌkɑɹθəˈd͡ʒɪniən/

/ˌkɑːθəˈd͡ʒɪniən/

Latin carthāginiānus, from Carthāgō + -iānus.


Minnesotan

When he was finished, as such, he was wringing wet, and now he had to edge and shimmy his way back, and with a most woebegone look, and everybody laughing, except the sad blond boy, and the Minnesotans roaring in the cab.

1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Penguin, published 1976, →OCLC, page 29:

[…] while a Minnesotan in her early thirties summed up the general influence of apocalyptic popular culture: “I think it has made me more of a doomer. […]

2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 114:

A native or resident of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America.


Ontarian

Of, from or relating to the province of Ontario, Canada.


Ontarian

A native or inhabitant of the province of Ontario, Canada.


Manitoban

Manitoban (comparative more Manitoban, superlative most Manitoban)

more Manitoban (comparative)
most Manitoban (superlative)

Of, from or relating to the province of Manitoba, Canada.


Manitoban

A native or inhabitant of the province of Manitoba, Canada.


Prince Edward Islander

en-noun

Prince Edward Islander (plural Prince Edward Islanders)

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A native or inhabitant of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Nova Scotian

Of, from or relating to the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.


Nova Scotian

A native or inhabitant of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.


New Brunswicker

New Brunswicker (plural New Brunswickers)

A native or inhabitant of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.


Saskatchewanian

A native or inhabitant of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.


Saskatchewanian

Of, from or relating to the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.


British Columbian

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

Of, from or relating to the province of British Columbia, Canada.


British Columbian

British Columbian (plural British Columbians)

A native or inhabitant of the province of British Columbia, Canada.


Quebecer

Quebecers (plural)
Québecer (alternative)
Québécer (alternative)
Quebecker (alternative)
Québecker (alternative)
Québécker (alternative)

A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada.

A native or inhabitant of the Quebec City, Quebec.


Quebecker

(Canada) Alternative spelling of Quebecer.


Yukoner

A native or inhabitant of the Yukon Territory, Canada.


Montrealer

Montrealers (plural)
Montréaler (alternative)

A native or inhabitant of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


Olympian

From Late Latin Olympianus (“Olympic”) + English -an (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, or forming agent nouns). Olympianus is derived from Latin Olympia (“town in Elis, Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held”) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Olympia is from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ (Olumpĭ́ā, “Olympia”), from Ὀλῠ́μπῐος (Olŭ́mpĭos, “of or pertaining to Mount Olympus; living on Mount Olympus, Olympian; (specifically) Zeus”) or Ὄλῠμπος (Ólŭmpos, “Mount Olympus”) (see further at etymology 1) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
As regards noun sense 1 (“inhabitant of the city of Olympia, Washington, United States”), the city was named after the Olympic Mountains which are visible to the northwest, which in turn were named after Mount Olympus in Greece.

олимпиец

sportsperson competing in the ancient or modern Olympic Games

олимпи́йка

rare; generally used to mean a sports sweatshirt with a zip

An inhabitant of the city of Olympia, the capital of Washington, United States.


Maxonian

Coined to identify a group of alumni of King's School, Macclesfield at Oxford University as a blend of Macclesfield + Oxonian, which was then applied to residents of the town in general.

As a fellow Macclesfieldian — or Maxonian as one was inexplicably called — I was fascinated to read the whole factual story of St Peter's Working Men's Institute, whose weekly affairs I used to report, all unknowing, in the days of bicycle clips and wet macs.

1967, New Society, volume 9, numbers 236-248, page 892:

My thanks to my friends Clifford and Pauline Baillie, true Maxonians both, who helped me with local colour and phrases.

1992, Jan Webster, Bluebell Blue, page viii:

One born-and-bred Maxonian, now living around High Street, proffered a cognate observation about the plight of those 'stuck' on Moss Rose

2005, Evi Girling, Crime and Social Change in Middle England: Questions of Order in an English Town:


Virgin Islander

en-noun

Virgin Islander (plural Virgin Islanders)


Andalusian

Of, from or relating to Andalusia, Spain.

(historical) Of, from or relating to Al-Andalus.


Andalusian

A native or inhabitant of Andalusia, Spain.

andaluz

dialect (or varieties) of Spanish spoken in Andalusia

(historical) A native or inhabitant of Al-Andalus.


Leonese

en-adj

Leonese (comparative more Leonese, superlative most Leonese)

more Leonese (comparative)
most Leonese (superlative)
Leónese (alternative)

From Leon + -ese. Compare Spanish leonés.

Or, as I was told, “Nos sentimos más leoneses, pero somos gallegos iguales” (We feel more Leonese, but we are also equally Galician).

1998, José Antonio Fernández de Rota Monter, “Difference from the People’s Point of View”, in Carol J[ane] Greenhouse, Roshanak Kheshti, editors, Democracy and Ethnography: Constructing Identities in Multicultural Liberal States (SUNY Series in National Identities), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, part II (The Making of Official Discourses of Identity), page 135:

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

Of, from or relating to the city of León or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.


Leonese

In addition to these men, there are at least two Leonese: Pedro Garcés from Matanza (near Astorga) and Domingo Rodríguez from Castroverde (unless this refers to Castroverde de Cerrato in the modern province of Valladolid); and two Galicians: […]

2005, Simon Barton, “From Mercenary to Crusader: The Career of Álvar Pérez de Castro (d. 1239) Re-examined”, in Therese Martin, Julie Harris, editors, Church, State, Vellum, and Stone: Essays on Medieval Spain in Honor of John Williams (The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World; 26), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, “Church and State” section, page 122:

A native or inhabitant of the city of León or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.


Murcian

A native or inhabitant of Murcia, Spain.


Navarrese

/ˌnævəˈɹiːz/


Navarrese

en-noun

Navarrese (plural Navarreses or Navarrese)

/ˌnævəˈɹiːz/

A native or inhabitant of Navarre, Spain.


Valencian

One of the standard varieties of the Catalan language spoken primarily in Valencia.


Balearic

From Latin Balearis, from Ancient Greek Βαλλιαρεῖς (Balliareîs), from either βάλλω (bállō) or Phoenician (see Baal).

Of, from or relating to the Balearic Islands, Spain.


Majorcan

en-adj

Majorcan (comparative more Majorcan, superlative most Majorcan)

more Majorcan (comparative)
most Majorcan (superlative)
Mallorcan (alternative)

Alternative form of Mallorcan: of, from or relating to Mallorca, the largest island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.


Majorcan

Majorcans (plural)
Mallorcan (alternative)

Alternative form of Mallorcan: a native or inhabitant of Mallorca, the largest island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.


Ibizan

Ibizan (comparative more Ibizan, superlative most Ibizan)

more Ibizan (comparative)
most Ibizan (superlative)

Of, from or relating to the island of Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.


Ibizan

A native or inhabitant of the island of Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.


Adelaidian

Alternative spelling of Adelaidean: A native or inhabitant of the city of Adelaide, South Australia.


Adelaidian

Alternative spelling of Adelaidean: Of, from or relating to the city of Adelaide, South Australia.


Winnipegger

Winnipeggers (plural)
Winnipeger (alternative)

/ˈwɪnəˈpɛɡəɹ/

When a Winnipegger gets his wagon stuck in one of them, he loosens the traces and lets the horses scramble out; and then, pulling off his clothes, goes in to extricate the vehicle, which, by the skillful use of ropes, he usually accomplishes.

1880 May, “The Red River of the North”, in Harper's, volume 60, number 360, page 814:

Our tears were shed on behalf of the Winnipegger who has himself photographed in the shaggy buffalo coat.

A citizen of Albert Lea, Minn., calls himself an Albert Lean; . . . one of Winnipeg, Man., is a Winnipegger.

1948, H. L. Mencken, “What the People of American Towns Call Themselves”, in American Speech, vol 23 no 3/4 (Oct-Dec):

The 19-year-old Winnipegger just signed his first pro hockey contract, a three-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche.

2007 May 11, Paul Friesen, “Wheat King crowned”, in Winnipeg Sun:

A native or resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


Ottawan

A native or inhabitant of Ottawa, the capital city of Canada.


Edmontonian

Of, from or relating to the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

edmontonien

of, from or pertaining to Edmonton, Alberta


Edmontonian

en-noun

Edmontonian (countable and uncountable, plural Edmontonians)

A native or inhabitant of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Alaskan

A native or resident of the state of Alaska in the United States of America.


Alabaman

en-adj

Alabaman (comparative more Alabaman, superlative most Alabaman)

more Alabaman (comparative)
most Alabaman (superlative)


sub-Saharan

Sub-Saharan (alternative)
Subsaharan (alternative)
subsaharan (alternative)

Of or pertaining to that part of Africa which lies south of the Sahara Desert.

անդրսահարյան

pertaining to that part of Africa south of the Sahara


Samogitian

Wiktionary’s coverage of Samogitian terms


Cymric

From Welsh Cymru (“Wales”) + -ic (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of Cumbric and cognate with English Cambrian and Cymry.

(rare) Synonym of Welsh, the language of the Welsh people.


Rus

en-proper noun

Rus (countable and uncountable, plural Rus)

Rus (plural)
Rus' (alternative)
Rūs (alternative)

Earlier form Russ from German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). More recent use influenced by Russian Русь (Rusʹ), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Use with macron was probably influenced by the transliteration of Arabic رُوس (rūs).
Compare Russ, Russian, Russie, Russniak, Rusyn, Ruthenian.
Also compare Swedish Ryss, Dutch Rus, German Russe, French Russe, Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs), Russian Русь (Rusʹ), Belarusian Русь (Rusʹ), Ukrainian Русь (Rusʹ). Also compare Russian ру́сский (rússkij, “Ethnic Russian, of Rus”), россия́нин (rossijánin, “Russian national”), Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”).
See further Etymology of Rus and derivatives.

Ռուսիա

any of the medieval East Slavic principalities

Kievan Rus', the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.


Caledonian

Someone from the ancient Celtic tribe (or group of tribes) called Caledonians, in Scotland


Earthian

According to Fodor's definition, it follows that 'water' in Twin Earthian means XYZ and not H2O.

1997. Diego Marconi. Lexical Competence. MIT Press: 1997, page 102

I thought the females spoke Earthian to you. Improving their Earthian was why they asked for a couple.

2004. Sheri S. Tepper. The Companions. HarperCollins: 2004, page 79

(science fiction, rare) A universal language spoken on Earth.


Marseillais

en-adj

Marseillais (comparative more Marseillais, superlative most Marseillais)

more Marseillais (comparative)
most Marseillais (superlative)

Of, from or relating to the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Marseillais

Where ordinary Frenchmen were divided, the Marseillais were united.

2008, Nicholas Woodsworth, Seeking Provence: Old Myths, New Paths:

A native or inhabitant of the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Toulousain

A native or inhabitant of the city of Toulouse, the prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and the Occitania region, France.


Niçois

Niçois (comparative more Niçois, superlative most Niçois)

more Niçois (comparative)
most Niçois (superlative)

Of, from or relating to the city of Nice, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Bordelais

Bordelais (comparative more Bordelais, superlative most Bordelais)

more Bordelais (comparative)
most Bordelais (superlative)

Of, from or relating to the city of Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Bordelais

A native or inhabitant of the city of Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Kentuckian

During the Civil War, many Kentuckians found themselves fighting their own family members.

A native or resident of the state of Kentucky in the United States of America.


Antarctican

...the easy-going good nature and “she’s right, mate,” attitude of the genuine Australian is a simple but practical outlook which could well be copied by many future Antarcticans.

1956, Antarctic, New Zealand Antarctic Society:

We were not the only Antarcticans flying early this 1958-59 season. Soviet scientists across the icecap were planning an over-snow traverse toward the South Pole and wanted to survey the route by air.

1959, The National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society, page 541:

The Antarcticans sense that life must be asserted here. It cannot draw back before these wastes, but must subdue them if only to demonstrate its viability.

1965, Richard S. Lewis, “A Continent for Science”, in The Antarctic Adventure, Viking Press, page 258:

I’m an Antarctican; I can sleep on the ground.

1987, Michael Parfit, South Light: A Journey to the Last Continent, Collier Books, →ISBN, page 273:

You should also have little trouble finding some glacier ice for your whiskey; many Antarcticans enjoy sipping their Scotch on very old rocks!

2005, Jeff Rubin et al., Antarctica, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 81:

(sometimes humorous) One who has spent time in Antarctica, especially a scientist or researcher.


Bosniak

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk (“Bosniak”), from Bȍsna (“Bosnia”). Equivalent to Bosniac: Bosnia+-ac.

A person typically characterized by their ties to the Bosnian historical region, traditional adherence to Islam, and common culture and language.

bosniakki

a person with ties to Bosnia, traditional adherence to Islam, and common culture and language


Ligurian

Ligurian (comparative more Ligurian, superlative most Ligurian)

more Ligurian (comparative)
most Ligurian (superlative)


Ligurian

A native or inhabitant of Liguria, Italy.


Kartvelian

Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.

A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.


Pelasgian

From Ancient Greek Πελασγός (Pelasgós) + -ian, presumably based on a Pre-Greek ethnonym. Compare Egyptian pwrꜣsꜣtj, an ethnonym listed as one of the Sea Peoples attacking Egypt around 1190 BCE.

1869, Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, New Series, Volume 1, Ethnological Society of London, Trübner and Co. page 324,
Pelasgian, therefore, is regarded by him as convertible with Illyrian, and that with Gueg, subject to modifications of Tosk and relations therewith.

[…]Malte-Brun described Pelasgian as a primitive version of Greek, and distinguished it from Illyrian, which he regarded as a branch of the Thracian language.

2002, Noel Malcolm, “Myths of Albanian National Identity”, in Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, Bernd Jürgen Fischer, editors, Albanian Identities, Indiana University Press, page 76:


Veronese

Veronese (comparative more Veronese, superlative most Veronese)

more Veronese (comparative)
most Veronese (superlative)

Of, from or relating to the city or province of Verona in the Veneto region in northern Italy.


Veronese

A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Verona in the Veneto region in northern Italy.


Hawai'ian

Hawai'ian (comparative more Hawai'ian, superlative most Hawai'ian)

more Hawai'ian (comparative)
most Hawai'ian (superlative)


banana-bender

Alternative form of banana bender: a native or inhabitant of Queensland, Australia.


Oaxacan

A native or inhabitant of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.


Kievan

From Kiev + -an, from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).

Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).


East Indian

From East Indies + -ian. May also be analyzed as east + Indian.

A native or inhabitant of the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, or India.


Trinidadian

Donning a tracksuit in the colors of the American flag and a Team USA shirt that paid respect to the late NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, Snoop Dogg laced up for a 200-meter exhibition race against Trinidadian former Olympic medalist Ato Boldon and two-time NCAA outdoor 200m champion Wallace Spearmon.

2024 June 25, Sam Joseph, “Snoop Dogg delivers mic drop moments at US trials as 52-year-old runs 200m in 34.44 seconds”, in CNN:

Of, from, or pertaining to Trinidad or to the people or language of that country.

trinidadien

of, from, or pertaining to Trinidad or to the people or language of that country


Sabine

A river in Louisiana and Texas, USA; see Sabine River.


Dakotan

An inhabitant or a resident of the state of North Dakota or South Dakota.


Iowan

A native or resident of the state of Iowa in the United States of America.


Kansan

A native or resident of the state of Kansas in the United States of America.


Nebraskan

A native or resident of the state of Nebraska in the United States of America.


Tennesseean

Tennesseeans (plural)
Tennessean (alternative)

An inhabitant or a resident of the state of Tennessee.


Missourian

Missourians (plural)
Missouran (alternative)

A native or resident of the state of Missouri in the United States of America.


Washingtonian

/wɒʃɪŋˈtəʊnɪ.ən/

Any real Washingtonian will be quick to tell you that "Washington state" is a university.

A native or resident of the state of Washington in the United States of America.


Arizonan

Many Arizonans speak Navajo.

There is a great value and even a life lesson in the story of a native Arizonan.

2009 May 21, Stephen Des Georges, “Oral history class preserves history, promotes community”, in Arizona State University:

A native or resident of the state of Arizona in the United States of America.


Vermonter

Vermont Central—Central Vermont. By Edward Hungerford, David W. Sargent, Jr., Lawrence Doherty and Charles E. Fisher, Boston, Massachusetts: The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Inc., Baker Library, Harvard Business School. [...] These natural obstacles increased the difficulty of providing transport, but the intrepid Vermonters determined to have a railway linking the Great Lakes with Boston, independent of New York—and they achieved it.

1943 March and April, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 126:

But April is a whimsical month when Vermonters and Hampshirites alike are disposed to antic adventures such as trekking to Boston to get married or to New York to see the sights.

1959, Charles Morrow Wilson, The Magnificent Scufflers: Revealing the Great Days when America Wrestled the World, Stephen Greene Press, page 60:

A native or resident of the state of Vermont in the United States of America.


North Dakotan

A native or resident of the state of North Dakota in the United States of America.


South Dakotan

A native or resident of the state of South Dakota in the United States of America.


Idahoan

Rachel Baxa was tending to her infant daughter, Georgia, when “the horrific phrase said by President Trump ran through my mind,” the Idahoan said.

2018 January 21, Holly Yan and Amanda Jackson, “Mother and daughter highlight why today’s marches are so important”, in CNN:

Oregon’s uptick in marijuana sales along the Idaho border doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all Idahoans who are lighting up, Lehner said.

2020 January 20, Harmeet Kaur, “Marijuana sales on the Oregon-Idaho border are 420% higher than average, an analysis finds. Yes, you read that right”, in CNN:

A native or resident of the state of Idaho in the United States of America.


Rhode Islander

A native or resident of the state of Rhode Island in the United States of America.


New Hampshirite

en-noun

New Hampshirite (plural New Hampshirites)

Wentworth may have been an employee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but he lived in New Hampshire and was a devoted New Hampshirite.

2006, Fletcher Haulley, A Primary Source History of the Colony of New Hampshire, page 35:

A native or resident of the state of New Hampshire in the United States of America.


East Berliner

(dated, historical) A resident of East Berlin.


Western European

Western European (plural Western Europeans)

Western Europeans (plural)
West European (alternative)

A Western European person; one who comes from or lives in Western Europe.


Eastern European

Eastern European (plural Eastern Europeans)

Eastern Europeans (plural)
Eastern Euro (alternative)
East European (alternative)

An Eastern European person; one who comes from or lives in Eastern Europe.


Northern European

Northern European (plural Northern Europeans)

A Northern European person; one who comes from or lives in Northern Europe.


Southern European

Southern European (plural Southern Europeans)

A Southern European person; one who comes from or lives in Southern Europe.


Central European

Central European (plural Central Europeans)

From Central Europe + -ean, or central + European.

Central Europeans also have in their heads a number of different historical maps and milestones that are not particularly well known outside the region or necessarily respected by their neighbors, and they still regularly use them as points of orientation.

1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 5:

Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, and Slovene national elites have tried desperately to prove that their countries do not belong to the "East"; that they are, indeed, Central Europeans.

2003, Ivan T. Berend, History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century, page xiii:

A Central European person; one who comes from or lives in Central Europe.


Welsher

(rare, obsolete) Synonym of Walian: a Welsh person, a Welshman or Welshwoman.


Emirati

From Emirates (“United Arab Emirates”) + -i.

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Of, from, or pertaining to the United Arab Emirates.

إِمَارَاتِيّ

of, from, or pertaining to United Arab Emirates


Emirati

A person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United Arab Emirates.

A person descended ethnically from the Arab people of the United Arab Emirates.


Elysian

Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Sebastiaen Vrancx

From Latin Elysium (from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion, “Elysium; one of the Elysian Fields”)) + -an (adjective-forming suffix).

der

Departed spirits do not however make a joyful and immediate entrance into these elysian fields, but must first slide for the space of five days, or, according to others, for a still longer period, down a rough rock, which the Greenlanders, by a strange contradiction, represent to be quite bloody.

1826, John Frederick Dennett, “The Second Voyage of Captain Parry”, in The Voyages and Travels of Captains Parry, Franklin, Ross, and Mr. Belzoni; Forming an Interesting History of the Manners, Customs, and Characters of Various Nations, Visited by Enterprising Travellers, London: Published by J. Jacques and W. Wright, 13, Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 246:

But everyone that has lived a wicked life on earth, committed murder in his own nation, or been guilty of suicide, must pass by a different route to the Elysian fields. He has a steep precipice to climb, which gives him much pain and trouble; […]

1897, Alexander Henry, David Thompson, “Ethnography of Fort Vermilion”, in Elliott Coues, editor, New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company and of David Thompson, Official Geographer of the Same Company 1799–1814: Exploration and Adventure among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia Rivers … In Three Volumes, volume II, New York, N.Y.: Francis P. Harper, →OCLC, part II (The Saskatchewan and Columbia Rivers), page 529:

Of or pertaining to Elysian or Elysium, the location.


Berliner

The first sense is either from German Berliner (“native or inhabitant of Berlin”) or formed in English from Berlin + -er. The second sense is from German Berliner (“doughnut”).


Scythian

The Eastern Iranian language of Scythians.


Rhodesian

“Take it easy, Tahm-boo,” your boss says, her Rhodesian accent returning inexplicably.

2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 289:

From, pertaining, or relating to Rhodesia or its people or culture.


Indochinese

(dated or historical) Of or pertaining to Indochina or its culture or people.


Pacific Islander

en-noun

Pacific Islander (plural Pacific Islanders)

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A person who resides in or originates from Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands or any other Pacific island.


Eridian

(science fiction) a theoretical inhabitant of the dwarf planet Eris


Dresdner

A native or inhabitant of the city of Dresden, capital of Saxony, Germany.


Moravian

en-adj

Moravian (comparative more Moravian, superlative most Moravian)

more Moravian (comparative)
most Moravian (superlative)

Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Czech Republic, Europe.

Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Serbia, Europe.


Moravian

A group of Slavic dialects spoken in the Moravia region, considered by some linguists to compose a language separate from Czech.


Alabamian

Sunday was the day of the week most Alabamians wanted off for the two holy acts—going to church and watching football.

2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 24:

A native or resident of the state of Alabama in the United States of America.


Kosovar

Kosovar (comparative more Kosovar, superlative most Kosovar)

more Kosovar (comparative)
most Kosovar (superlative)

A prominent Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, was shot dead outside his party offices Tuesday morning, halting talks between Kosovar and Serb delegates that had been set to resume that day.

2018 January 16, Milena Veselinovic and Sheena McKenzie, “Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic shot dead outside office”, in CNN:


Kosovar

While it doesn't give the Albanian Kosovars the independence they crave, it would afford them three years of breathing room under international protection to practice being a state.

1999 March 22, Johanna McGeary, “Milosevic chooses defiance over compromise, and the military situation in Kosovo deteriorates”, in CNN:


Kalamazooan

One who resides in or comes from Kalamazoo.


Japanner

Of the interior of the apartment we occupied, I shall say but little; that little, however, will help to complete the description of a Japanner's dwelling.

1868, William Dalton, Will Adams, the first Englishman in Japan: a romantic biography, page 39:


Patagonian

Patagonian (comparative more Patagonian, superlative most Patagonian)

more Patagonian (comparative)
most Patagonian (superlative)

/ˌpætəˈɡəʊni.ən/

Of or pertaining to Patagonia or its people, language or culture.


Zealander

(informal) A resident or inhabitant of New Zealand; a New Zealander.


Titanian

Titanean (alternative)
Titanic (alternative)

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As whom the fables name of monstrous size, / Titanian or earth-born, that warred on Jove, […]

if Trafton's (1972) detection of Titanian H₂ is correct, ...

1974, McDonough & Brice, "The Saturnian 'Gas-Doughnut' Hypothesis", in A. Woszczyk, ed., Exploration of the Planetary System, p 484

The Titanian atmosphere consists predominantly of nitrogen gas, with only a few percent methane, the simplest organic molecule.

2006, Kevin W. Plaxco, Michael Gross, Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 238:

(astronomy) Of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.

the yin and the yang, or the Oberonic and the Titanian

2002, Lewis, Anthony Burgess: A Biography, page 387:

(literature) Of or relating to the Shakespearean faerie queen Titania

an isolated colony of Uranus' moon Titania, one of the diminishing vestiges of the Titanian Empire

1985, Piers Anthony, Bio of a Space Tyrant, vol. 3: Politician:

(astronomy) Of Titania, the largest moon of Uranus.


Titanian

Titanians (plural)
Titanean (alternative)
Titanic (alternative)

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Titan (the Saturnian moon) or of Titania


Callistoan

(astronomy) Of or pertaining to Callisto, the second largest moon of Jupiter, named for the nymph Callisto.


Europan

(science fiction, demonym) An inhabitant of the astronomical body Europa (either the moon of Jupiter or the minor planet of the Main Asteroid Belt).


Mesopotamian

Formed as Mesopotamia + -an. Compare the French mésopotamien.

Mesopotamian marshlands return to life as they become officially recognised as Iraq’s first national park.

2013 Autumn, Veronique Mistiaen, “Iraq’s first national park approved” (main, front-page article) in Positive News, issue 77, page 1, sub-headline


Tritonian

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(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to the classical Greek god Triton.


Marylander

A native or resident of the state of Maryland in the United States of America.


Smithereen

From the name of the city, after Sir A. W. Smithers (1850–1924), chairman of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Influenced by smithereens?

(Canada) A native of Smithers, British Columbia.


Bremer

Borrowed from German Bremer, equivalent to Brem(en) + -er.


Kyivan

From Kyiv + -an, from Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv).

Kyïvan (alternative)
Kyjivan (alternative)
Kyyivan (alternative)
Kievan (alternative)
Kievian (alternative)

Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).


Kyivan

Kyivans (plural)
Kyïvan (alternative)
Kyjivan (alternative)
Kyyivan (alternative)
Kievan (alternative)
Kievian (alternative)


Kurdistani

Kurdistani (comparative more Kurdistani, superlative most Kurdistani)

more Kurdistani (comparative)
most Kurdistani (superlative)

From Northern Kurdish kurdistanî. Equivalent to Kurdistan + -i.

Of, from or relating to Kurdistan in Western Asia; Kurdish.


Kurdistani

A native or inhabitant of Kurdistan in Western Asia.


East Slav

A member of the East Slavic peoples, including the Belarusians, Russians, Rusyns, and Ukrainians.


Sienese

Sienese (comparative more Sienese, superlative most Sienese)

more Sienese (comparative)
most Sienese (superlative)
Siennese (alternative)

Of, from or relating to the city or province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.


Sienese

A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.


Vesuvian

One who inhabits the area around Mount Vesuvius.


Angevin

Angevin (comparative more Angevin, superlative most Angevin)

more Angevin (comparative)
most Angevin (superlative)
Angevine (alternative)

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

(historical) Of, from or relating to Anjou, a former province of France (previously a county, duchy and the associated House of Anjou), now part of the administrative regions of Pays de la Loire, Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.


Angevin

Angevins (plural)
Angevine (alternative)

(historical) A native or inhabitant of Anjou.


Denverite

The native Denverite decided to go to University in Boulder.

The latest facilities include a new C. B. & Q. westbound express, called the Overnite Denverite, covering the distance in 17 hr. 20 min., and an acceleration of the C. & N. W.-U. P. westbound Columbine to the same figure.

1939 September, “Overseas Railways: More American Accelerations”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:


Okie

Will Rogers is considered a famous Okie.

[I]n the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.

1939 April 14, John Steinbeck, chapter 19, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 242:

One time we broke into an Okie house where everybody was getting ready to go to a funeral.

1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:

When, in high school, I was at the depth of my self-loathing-as-sissy, a brilliant young man arrived in Chickasha to become choral director at the high school. My friends and I had never met anyone like him: urbane, brilliant, dedicated to professional standards, a real taskmaster, who seemed to care for us little Okie hicks.

1979 August 11, Laud Humphreys, “Courage, Sisters and Brothers!”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 5:

(US, informal, sometimes derogatory) A person from Oklahoma.


Eurasiatic

A hypothetical superfamily of languages proposed by Joseph Greenberg that groups together several language families of Europe, Asia, and North America, namely Etruscan, Indo-European, Uralic-Yukaghir, Altaic, Korean-Japanese-Ainu, Nivkh, Chukotian and Eskimo-Aleut.


Labradorian

Labradorian (comparative more Labradorian, superlative most Labradorian)

more Labradorian (comparative)
most Labradorian (superlative)

Of, from or relating to Labrador, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Labradorian

A native or inhabitant of Labrador, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Reginan

Reginan (comparative more Reginan, superlative most Reginan)

more Reginan (comparative)
most Reginan (superlative)

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒaɪ.nən/

Of, from or relating to the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Reginan

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒaɪ.nən/

A native or inhabitant of the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Saskatonian

Saskatonians (plural)
Saskatoonian (alternative)

A native or inhabitant of the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Saskatonian

Of, from or relating to the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Frederictonian

A native or inhabitant of the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.


Charlottetonian

A native or inhabitant of Charlottetown, Canada.


Yellowknifer

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories

A native or inhabitant of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.


Maritimer

A native or inhabitant of the Maritime provinces.


Mississaugan

A native or inhabitant of Mississauga, Canada.


Hamiltonian

Using the correction of a vector field to characterize isochronicity and explicit computations of this quantity for polynomial vector fields, wa are able to describe a very large class of nonisochronous Hamiltonian system of even degree of degree arbitrary large.

2016, Jacky Cresson, Jordy Palafox, “Isochronous centers of polynomial Hamiltonian systems and a conjecture of Jarque and Villadelprat”, in arXiv:

(mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Containing a Hamiltonian cycle.


Nevadan

Koch thinks the gigafactory should be hiring more people from the community, whether there are incentives or not. But would the Nevadans compromise a bit on wages in order to at least have a job?

2016, Lydia DePillis, “At Tesla’s gigafactory, a larger battle over worker pay”, in The Washington Post:

“Tonight, President Donald Trump is taking reckless and selfish actions that are putting countless lives in danger here in Nevada,” Mr. Sisolak wrote on Twitter. “This is an insult to every Nevadan who has followed the directives, made sacrifices and put their neighbors before themselves. It’s also a direct threat to all of the recent progress we’ve made, and could potentially set us back.”

2020 September 14, Annie Karni, “Brazenly ignoring restrictions, Trump held a big indoor rally in Nevada.”, in The New York Times:

To raucous applause, he hammered home Ms. Cortez Masto’s personal history in his inimitable cadences: “Third-generation Nevadan. Grew up here in Vegas. Dad started out parking cars at the Dunes,” he said, referring to a defunct casino where Ms. Cortez Masto’s father once worked.

2022 March 11, Danny Hakim, “Nevada’s Costly, Photo-Finish Senate Race Pits Abortion vs. Economy”, in The New York Times:

A native or resident of the state of Nevada in the United States of America.


Indianan

Indianans thought of it as a war far away in which they could not become involved.

1958, Olin Dee Morrison, Indiana, Hoosier State, volume 4, page 66:

(uncommon, proscribed) Synonym of Hoosier (“a native or inhabitant of Indiana”).


Aucklander

A native or resident of Auckland, New Zealand.


Nubian

Anglo-Nubian goat
Anglo-Nubian goat#English


Burgundian

/bɜːˈɡʌndɪən/

/bɜːɹˈɡʌndɪən/

From Burgundy + -an. Compare Old English Burgendan (“Burgundians”).

The extinct East Germanic language of the Burgundians.


Dagestani

/ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːni/

Daghestani (alternative)
Daghistani (alternative)

Of, from or relating to the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.


Dagestani

Dagestanis (plural)
Daghestani (alternative)
Daghistani (alternative)

/ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːni/

A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.


Ingush

From Russian Ингуши (Inguši), from Ангушт (Angušt), a former important settlement of the people.

The language of the Ingush, a member of the Nakh family.


Kalmyk

Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”).

der

Kalmyck (alternative)
Kalmuck (alternative)
Calmuck (alternative)

Of, from or relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.


Kalmyk

Kalmyks (plural)
Kalmyck (alternative)
Kalmuck (alternative)
Calmuck (alternative)

Kalmyks are unique, being Europeans who traditionally practiced Buddhism.

A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.


East African

An East African person; one who comes from or lives in East Africa.


East German

An East German person; one who comes from or lives in East Germany.


Mordvinian

Of or pertaining to Mordvinia (Mordovia).


Bashkortostani

Of, from or relating to the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.


Bashkortostani

A native or inhabitant of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.


Brayon

en-adj

Brayon (comparative more Brayon, superlative most Brayon)

more Brayon (comparative)
most Brayon (superlative)

From French brayer (“to break flax for spinning”).

uder

Of or relating to the Brayons, their language, or their mixed French–English culture.


goober-grabbler

goober-grabblers (plural)
goober grabbler (alternative)
gouber-grabbler (alternative)
gouber grabbler (alternative)

From goober (“peanut”) + grabbler (“grabber, one who searches on hands and knees”).

compound

A Georgian is popularly known in the South as a ‘Gouber-grabbler’.

1869, Overland Monthly, number 3, page 129:


goober grabbler

en-noun

goober grabbler (plural goober grabblers)

(Southern US, dated slang) Alternative form of goober-grabbler.


Beijinger

/beɪˈdʒɪŋə(ɹ)/

A native or inhabitant of the city of Beijing, capital of China.


Usonian

Sense 1, Usona + -ian, or Usonia + -an.
: Senses 2–4, Usonia + -an.

usonian (alternative rare)
USonian (alternative)
Usonan (alternative nonstandard)

This much was already evident in the opinions expressed by Usonian politicians and ideologues following the end of the War of 1898.

It is hoped that every reader will have a sufficient share of the general sense of humor to enjoy, and not to take offense at, such bits of Usonian and Canadian lingo.

1956, W. L. McAtee, “Facetious Monickers for American Birds”, in American Speech, volume 31, number 3, page 180:

Right below Juan Ponce is the Palace of the Fortaleza de Santa Catalina drawn in such a way so as to highlight the Puerto Rican and the Usonian flags waving above.

2003, Toshiko Mori, Materials, Fabrication + Performance: The Journal of the School of Architecture and Planning, page 121:

Of or relating to the United States of America.


Johnny Canuck

1869, Johnny + Canuck, a character in political cartoons.

(chiefly World War I, World War II) A Canadian soldier.


French Canadian

(US) The French language as spoken in Canada, Canadian French.


French-Canadian

en-adj

French-Canadian (comparative more French-Canadian, superlative most French-Canadian)

more French-Canadian (comparative)
most French-Canadian (superlative)
French Canadian (alternative)

Of or relating to Francophone Canadians or French Canada.