Bougainvillean

“Nobody has ever asked us what we wanted,” a resentful Bougainvillean told a visitor, alluding to the copper development as well as the colonial history.

1971 July 25, Robert Trumbull, “Bougainvilleans Offered Shares in a Rich Mine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2025-06-07:

The island of Bougainville had its brief moment of international notoriety more than a decade ago. No conversation with a stranger seems to go very far before that moment is recalled, however, because to many Bougainvilleans it serves to illustrate how they came to terms with the evaporation of their traditional world.

1986 October 18, Barbara Crossette, “THE TALK OF KIETA; A ’Garden of Eden’ in the South Pacific Is Resisting the Fruits of Television”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24:

Prime Minister Paias Wingti acknowledges serious lapses of discipline by the military, but says claims of human rights abuses are exaggerated by “ignorant international do-gooders.” He insists that most Bougainvilleans support the government and are being terrorized by the rebels.

1994 July 24, Geoff Spencer, “Glint of Peace Blossoms in Tropical Bougainville”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2025-06-07:

Most remarkable of all, though, the Bougainvilleans have refined coconut oil into a fuel for the few generators and trucks that still functioned on the island during the blockade.

1998 September 12, Dominic Rotheroe, “The Green Guerrillas”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-03-12:

They wore their best clothes, but the 100 Bougainvilleans who filed into Papua New Guinea’s Parliament on Jan. 23 carried only modest hopes. They had waited through 13 years and six wrecked truces for last year’s deal ending the secessionist rebellion on their island; […]

2002 January 25, Elizabeth Feizkhah, “Bougainville Cuts The Apron Strings”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2025-06-07:

Local officials say the arrival of the mysterious foreigners boosted Musingku’s stature, and hence his potential to take more money from Bougainvilleans.

2004 December 14, Rory Callinan, “Jungle Fever”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2025-06-07:

Many Bougainvilleans however feel a closer cultural affinity to the nearby Solomon Islands, with a strong provincial identity that differs from the tribal factions of other regions of Papua New Guinea.

2019 December 11, Faith Ridler, “Bougainville looks set to become the world’s newest nation after voters backed independence from Papua New Guinea”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-11-11:

Speaking in the native Tok Pisin language to several thousand ecstatic Bougainvilleans, many wearing traditional grass skirts, carrying spears and waving the islands' cobalt-blue flag, he emphasized the need for economic development.

2019 December 13, A. Odysseus Patrick, “Bloody past casts long shadow over Pacific islands poised to become world’s newest nation”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-12-13:


Bougainvillean

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Bougainvillean (comparative more Bougainvillean, superlative most Bougainvillean)

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Slipping into a reflective mood, Mr. Kinna, 36 years old, recalled his Bougainvillean childhood.

March is also ideal for keeping tabs on the humpback whale, in many ways similar to surfers, who swim south from the Arctic and hang out in Hawaii for most of the winter to feed, frolic and fornicate. Of all mammals, they probably come closest to living out the Bougainvillean dream.

1998 January 3, Andy Martin, “Travel ’98: March Hawaii”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-06:

P.N.G.’s Minister for Inter-Government Relations, Sir Peter Barter, described the coronation as a “mockery of Bougainvillean traditions and customs.”


Saigoneer

In his first visit to Vietnam, the U.S. president was welcomed by Hanoians and Saigoneers in ways he's never seen before.

2016 May 25, Kim Thuy, “Obama fever: Hanoi & Saigon styles”, in VnExpress:

A Saigoneer told VnExpress: “This morning, I took my kid to kindergarten but the teacher wasn’t there. She was hunting Pokemon outside and got caught by the principal.”

2016 August 10, Chau An, “Pokemon Go banned by Vietnamese companies”, in VNExpress:

Again, Hanoians are more cautious than Saigoneers, as more claim that they almost never sharing their locations (15% vs 22%).

2020 July 24, “Data Privacy – Are We Too Confident or Too Reckless?”, in Indochina Research:

Au Lac Do Brazil has been long known to Saigoneers as the first Brazilian-style Churrasqueira barbecue restaurant in Vietnam with a variety of buffet, a la carte, and set menu options.

2024 November 7, “Au Lac Do Brazil – IN Dining Ushers in a Transformative Era for Au Lac Do Brazil”, in IN Dining:


Benasquese

Of, from or relating to Benasque city or Benasque Valley, Aragon region, Spain.


Kilgoreite

From Kilgore + -ite (demonymic suffix), after Kilgore, Texas + -ite.

The proud Kilgoreites weathered the boomtown chaos with remarkable resilience during the East Texas oil rush.

2007, Kenny Franks, The Birth of the Oil Industry in Texas:

(demonym) A native or resident of Kilgore, Texas, USA.