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Field Listing :: Nationality
This entry provides the identifying terms for citizens - noun and adjective .
Albania
noun: Albanian(s)
adjective: Albanian
Algeria
noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian
American Samoa
noun: American Samoan(s) (US nationals)
adjective: American Samoan
Andorra
noun: Andorran(s)
adjective: Andorran
Angola
noun: Angolan(s)
adjective: Angolan
Anguilla
noun: Anguillan(s)
adjective: Anguillan
Argentina
noun: Argentine(s)
adjective: Argentine
Armenia
noun: Armenian(s)
adjective: Armenian
Aruba
noun: Aruban(s)
adjective: Aruban; Dutch
Australia
noun: Australian(s)
adjective: Australian
Austria
noun: Austrian(s)
adjective: Austrian
Azerbaijan
noun: Azerbaijani(s)
adjective: Azerbaijani
Bahrain
noun: Bahraini(s)
adjective: Bahraini
Bangladesh
noun: Bangladeshi(s)
adjective: Bangladeshi
Barbados
noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)
Belarus
noun: Belarusian(s)
adjective: Belarusian
Belgium
noun: Belgian(s)
adjective: Belgian
Belize
noun: Belizean(s)
adjective: Belizean
Benin
noun: Beninese (singular and plural)
adjective: Beninese
Bermuda
noun: Bermudian(s)
adjective: Bermudian
Bhutan
noun: Bhutanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Bhutanese
Bolivia
noun: Bolivian(s)
adjective: Bolivian
Botswana
noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
Brazil
noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: Brazilian
Brunei
noun: Bruneian(s)
adjective: Bruneian
Bulgaria
noun: Bulgarian(s)
adjective: Bulgarian
Burkina Faso
noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural)
adjective: Burkinabe
Burma
noun: Burmese (singular and plural)
adjective: Burmese
Burundi
noun: Burundian(s)
adjective: Burundian
Cambodia
noun: Cambodian(s)
adjective: Cambodian
Cameroon
noun: Cameroonian(s)
adjective: Cameroonian
Canada
noun: Canadian(s)
adjective: Canadian
Cape Verde
noun: Cape Verdean(s)
adjective: Cape Verdean
Chad
noun: Chadian(s)
adjective: Chadian
Chile
noun: Chilean(s)
adjective: Chilean
China
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese
Colombia
noun: Colombian(s)
adjective: Colombian
Comoros
noun: Comoran(s)
adjective: Comoran
Cook Islands
noun: Cook Islander(s)
adjective: Cook Islander
Costa Rica
noun: Costa Rican(s)
adjective: Costa Rican
Croatia
noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective: Croatian
Cuba
noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban
Cyprus
noun: Cypriot(s)
adjective: Cypriot
Denmark
noun: Dane(s)
adjective: Danish
Djibouti
noun: Djiboutian(s)
adjective: Djiboutian
Dominica
noun: Dominican(s)
adjective: Dominican
Ecuador
noun: Ecuadorian(s)
adjective: Ecuadorian
Egypt
noun: Egyptian(s)
adjective: Egyptian
Equatorial Guinea
noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)
adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean
Eritrea
noun: Eritrean(s)
adjective: Eritrean
Estonia
noun: Estonian(s)
adjective: Estonian
Ethiopia
noun: Ethiopian(s)
adjective: Ethiopian
Faroe Islands
noun: Faroese (singular and plural)
adjective: Faroese
Fiji
noun: Fijian(s)
adjective: Fijian
Finland
noun: Finn(s)
adjective: Finnish
France
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French
Gabon
noun: Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective: Gabonese
Georgia
noun: Georgian(s)
adjective: Georgian
Germany
noun: German(s)
adjective: German
Ghana
noun: Ghanaian(s)
adjective: Ghanaian
Gibraltar
noun: Gibraltarian(s)
adjective: Gibraltar
Greece
noun: Greek(s)
adjective: Greek
Greenland
noun: Greenlander(s)
adjective: Greenlandic
Grenada
noun: Grenadian(s)
adjective: Grenadian
Guam
noun: Guamanian(s) (US citizens)
adjective: Guamanian
Guatemala
noun: Guatemalan(s)
adjective: Guatemalan
Guernsey
noun: Channel Islander(s)
adjective: Channel Islander
Guinea
noun: Guinean(s)
adjective: Guinean
Guyana
noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Guyanese
Haiti
noun: Haitian(s)
adjective: Haitian
Honduras
noun: Honduran(s)
adjective: Honduran
Hong Kong
noun: Chinese/Hong Konger
adjective: Chinese/Hong Kong
Hungary
noun: Hungarian(s)
adjective: Hungarian
Iceland
noun: Icelander(s)
adjective: Icelandic
India
noun: Indian(s)
adjective: Indian
Indonesia
noun: Indonesian(s)
adjective: Indonesian
Iran
noun: Iranian(s)
adjective: Iranian
Iraq
noun: Iraqi(s)
adjective: Iraqi
Ireland
noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural)
adjective: Irish
Isle of Man
noun: Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women)
adjective: Manx
Israel
noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli
Italy
noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian
Jamaica
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican
Japan
noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese
Jersey
noun: Channel Islander(s)
adjective: Channel Islander
Jordan
noun: Jordanian(s)
adjective: Jordanian
Kazakhstan
noun: Kazakhstani(s)
adjective: Kazakhstani
Kenya
noun: Kenyan(s)
adjective: Kenyan
Kiribati
noun: I-Kiribati (singular and plural)
adjective: I-Kiribati
Kosovo
noun: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovac (Serbian)
adjective: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovski (Serbian)
note: Kosovan, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective
Kuwait
noun: Kuwaiti(s)
adjective: Kuwaiti
Kyrgyzstan
noun: Kyrgyzstani(s)
adjective: Kyrgyzstani
Laos
noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective: Lao or Laotian
Latvia
noun: Latvian(s)
adjective: Latvian
Lebanon
noun: Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Lebanese
Lesotho
noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural)
adjective: Basotho
Liberia
noun: Liberian(s)
adjective: Liberian
Libya
noun: Libyan(s)
adjective: Libyan
Lithuania
noun: Lithuanian(s)
adjective: Lithuanian
Luxembourg
noun: Luxembourger(s)
adjective: Luxembourg
Macau
noun: Chinese
adjective: Chinese
Macedonia
noun: Macedonian(s)
adjective: Macedonian
Madagascar
noun: Malagasy (singular and plural)
adjective: Malagasy
Malawi
noun: Malawian(s)
adjective: Malawian
Malaysia
noun: Malaysian(s)
adjective: Malaysian
Maldives
noun: Maldivian(s)
adjective: Maldivian
Mali
noun: Malian(s)
adjective: Malian
Malta
noun: Maltese (singular and plural)
adjective: Maltese
Mauritania
noun: Mauritanian(s)
adjective: Mauritanian
Mauritius
noun: Mauritian(s)
adjective: Mauritian
Mayotte
noun: Mahorais (singular and plural)
adjective: Mahoran
Mexico
noun: Mexican(s)
adjective: Mexican
Moldova
noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan
Monaco
noun: Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s)
adjective: Monegasque or Monacan
Mongolia
noun: Mongolian(s)
adjective: Mongolian
Montenegro
noun: Montenegrin(s)
adjective: Montenegrin
Montserrat
noun: Montserratian(s)
adjective: Montserratian
Morocco
noun: Moroccan(s)
adjective: Moroccan
Mozambique
noun: Mozambican(s)
adjective: Mozambican
Namibia
noun: Namibian(s)
adjective: Namibian
Nauru
noun: Nauruan(s)
adjective: Nauruan
Nepal
noun: Nepalese (singular and plural)
adjective: Nepalese
Netherlands
noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women)
adjective: Dutch
New Zealand
noun: New Zealander(s)
adjective: New Zealand
Nicaragua
noun: Nicaraguan(s)
adjective: Nicaraguan
Niger
noun: Nigerien(s)
adjective: Nigerien
Nigeria
noun: Nigerian(s)
adjective: Nigerian
Niue
noun: Niuean(s)
adjective: Niuean
Norfolk Island
noun: Norfolk Islander(s)
adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
Norway
noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective: Norwegian
Oman
noun: Omani(s)
adjective: Omani
Pakistan
noun: Pakistani(s)
adjective: Pakistani
Palau
noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan
Panama
noun: Panamanian(s)
adjective: Panamanian
Paraguay
noun: Paraguayan(s)
adjective: Paraguayan
Peru
noun: Peruvian(s)
adjective: Peruvian
Poland
noun: Pole(s)
adjective: Polish
Portugal
noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
adjective: Portuguese
Puerto Rico
noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens)
adjective: Puerto Rican
Qatar
noun: Qatari(s)
adjective: Qatari
Romania
noun: Romanian(s)
adjective: Romanian
Russia
noun: Russian(s)
adjective: Russian
Rwanda
noun: Rwandan(s)
adjective: Rwandan
Saint Lucia
noun: Saint Lucian(s)
adjective: Saint Lucian
Samoa
noun: Samoan(s)
adjective: Samoan
San Marino
noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Sammarinese
Saudi Arabia
noun: Saudi(s)
adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian
Senegal
noun: Senegalese (singular and plural)
adjective: Senegalese
Serbia
noun: Serb(s)
adjective: Serbian
Seychelles
noun: Seychellois (singular and plural)
adjective: Seychellois
Sierra Leone
noun: Sierra Leonean(s)
adjective: Sierra Leonean
Singapore
noun: Singaporean(s)
adjective: Singapore
Slovakia
noun: Slovak(s)
adjective: Slovak
Slovenia
noun: Slovene(s)
adjective: Slovenian
Somalia
noun: Somali(s)
adjective: Somali
South Africa
noun: South African(s)
adjective: South African
Spain
noun: Spaniard(s)
adjective: Spanish
Sri Lanka
noun: Sri Lankan(s)
adjective: Sri Lankan
Sudan
noun: Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Sudanese
Suriname
noun: Surinamer(s)
adjective: Surinamese
Sweden
noun: Swede(s)
adjective: Swedish
Switzerland
noun: Swiss (singular and plural)
adjective: Swiss
Syria
noun: Syrian(s)
adjective: Syrian
Taiwan
noun: Taiwan (singular and plural)
note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan
adjective: Taiwan
Tajikistan
noun: Tajikistani(s)
adjective: Tajikistani
Tanzania
noun: Tanzanian(s)
adjective: Tanzanian
Thailand
noun: Thai (singular and plural)
adjective: Thai
Togo
noun: Togolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Togolese
Tokelau
noun: Tokelauan(s)
adjective: Tokelauan
Tonga
noun: Tongan(s)
adjective: Tongan
Tunisia
noun: Tunisian(s)
adjective: Tunisian
Turkey
noun: Turk(s)
adjective: Turkish
Tuvalu
noun: Tuvaluan(s)
adjective: Tuvaluan
Uganda
noun: Ugandan(s)
adjective: Ugandan
Ukraine
noun: Ukrainian(s)
adjective: Ukrainian
United Kingdom
noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British
Uruguay
noun: Uruguayan(s)
adjective: Uruguayan
Uzbekistan
noun: Uzbekistani
adjective: Uzbekistani
Vanuatu
noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)
adjective: Ni-Vanuatu
Venezuela
noun: Venezuelan(s)
adjective: Venezuelan
Vietnam
noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese
Virgin Islands
noun: Virgin Islander(s) (US citizens)
adjective: Virgin Islander
Wallis and Futuna
noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders
adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander
Western Sahara
noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s)
adjective: Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian
Yemen
noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni
Zambia
noun: Zambian(s)
adjective: Zambian
Zimbabwe
noun: Zimbabwean(s)
adjective: Zimbabwean