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This entry provides the identifying terms for citizens - noun and adjective.
| Country | Nationality |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
noun:
Afghan(s)
adjective:
Afghan
|
| 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
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
noun:
Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s)
adjective:
Antiguan, Barbudan
|
| 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
|
| Bahamas, The |
noun:
Bahamian(s)
adjective:
Bahamian
|
| 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
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
noun:
Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)
adjective:
Bosnian, Herzegovinian
|
| Botswana |
noun:
Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective:
Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
|
| Brazil |
noun:
Brazilian(s)
adjective:
Brazilian
|
| British Virgin Islands |
noun:
British Virgin Islander(s)
adjective:
British Virgin Islander
|
| 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
|
| Cabo Verde |
noun:
Cabo Verdean(s)
adjective:
Cabo Verdean
|
| Cambodia |
noun:
Cambodian(s)
adjective:
Cambodian
|
| Cameroon |
noun:
Cameroonian(s)
adjective:
Cameroonian
|
| Canada |
noun:
Canadian(s)
adjective:
Canadian
|
| Cayman Islands |
noun:
Caymanian(s)
adjective:
Caymanian
|
| Central African Republic |
noun:
Central African(s)
adjective:
Central African
|
| Chad |
noun:
Chadian(s)
adjective:
Chadian
|
| Chile |
noun:
Chilean(s)
adjective:
Chilean
|
| China |
noun:
Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Chinese
|
| Christmas Island |
noun:
Christmas Islander(s)
adjective:
Christmas Island
|
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
noun:
Cocos Islander(s)
adjective:
Cocos Islander
|
| Colombia |
noun:
Colombian(s)
adjective:
Colombian
|
| Comoros |
noun:
Comoran(s)
adjective:
Comoran
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
noun:
Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Congolese or Congo
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
noun:
Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Congolese or Congo
|
| Cook Islands |
noun:
Cook Islander(s)
adjective:
Cook Islander
|
| Costa Rica |
noun:
Costa Rican(s)
adjective:
Costa Rican
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
noun:
Ivoirian(s)
adjective:
Ivoirian
|
| Croatia |
noun:
Croat(s), Croatian(s)
adjective:
Croatian
note: the French designation of "Croate" to Croatian mercenaries in the 17th century eventually became "Cravate" and later came to be applied to the soldiers' scarves - the cravat; Croatia celebrates Cravat Day every 18 October |
| Cuba |
noun:
Cuban(s)
adjective:
Cuban
|
| Curacao |
noun:
Curacaoan
adjective:
Curacaoan; Dutch
|
| Cyprus |
noun:
Cypriot(s)
adjective:
Cypriot
|
| Czechia |
noun:
Czech(s)
adjective:
Czech
|
| Denmark |
noun:
Dane(s)
adjective:
Danish
|
| Djibouti |
noun:
Djiboutian(s)
adjective:
Djiboutian
|
| Dominica |
noun:
Dominican(s)
adjective:
Dominican
|
| Dominican Republic |
noun:
Dominican(s)
adjective:
Dominican
|
| Ecuador |
noun:
Ecuadorian(s)
adjective:
Ecuadorian
|
| Egypt |
noun:
Egyptian(s)
adjective:
Egyptian
|
| El Salvador |
noun:
Salvadoran(s)
adjective:
Salvadoran
|
| 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
|
| Eswatini |
noun:
liSwati (singular), emaSwati (plural); note - former term, Swazi(s), still used among English speakers
adjective:
Swati; note - former term, Swazi, still used among English speakers
|
| Ethiopia |
noun:
Ethiopian(s)
adjective:
Ethiopian
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
noun:
Falkland Islander(s)
adjective:
Falkland Island
|
| 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
|
| French Polynesia |
noun:
French Polynesian(s)
adjective:
French Polynesian
|
| Gabon |
noun:
Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Gabonese
|
| Gambia, The |
noun:
Gambian(s)
adjective:
Gambian
|
| Gaza Strip |
noun:
NA
adjective:
NA
|
| 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
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
noun:
Bissau-Guinean(s)
adjective:
Bissau-Guinean
|
| Guyana |
noun:
Guyanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Guyanese
|
| Haiti |
noun:
Haitian(s)
adjective:
Haitian
|
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
noun:
none
adjective:
none
|
| 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
|
| Korea, North |
noun:
Korean(s)
adjective:
Korean
|
| Korea, South |
noun:
Korean(s)
adjective:
Korean
|
| 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
|
| Liechtenstein |
noun:
Liechtensteiner(s)
adjective:
Liechtenstein
|
| Lithuania |
noun:
Lithuanian(s)
adjective:
Lithuanian
|
| Luxembourg |
noun:
Luxembourger(s)
adjective:
Luxembourg
|
| Macau |
noun:
Chinese
adjective:
Chinese
|
| 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
|
| Marshall Islands |
noun:
Marshallese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Marshallese
|
| Mauritania |
noun:
Mauritanian(s)
adjective:
Mauritanian
|
| Mauritius |
noun:
Mauritian(s)
adjective:
Mauritian
|
| Mexico |
noun:
Mexican(s)
adjective:
Mexican
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
noun:
Micronesian(s)
adjective:
Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraen(s), Pohnpeian(s), Yapese
|
| 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:
Nepali (singular and plural)
adjective:
Nepali
|
| Netherlands |
noun:
Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women)
adjective:
Dutch
|
| New Caledonia |
noun:
New Caledonian(s)
adjective:
New Caledonian
|
| 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)
|
| North Macedonia |
noun:
Macedonian(s)
adjective:
Macedonian
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
noun:
NA (US citizens)
adjective:
NA
|
| 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
|
| Papua New Guinea |
noun:
Papua New Guinean(s)
adjective:
Papua New Guinean
|
| Paraguay |
noun:
Paraguayan(s)
adjective:
Paraguayan
|
| Peru |
noun:
Peruvian(s)
adjective:
Peruvian
|
| Philippines |
noun:
Filipino(s)
adjective:
Philippine
|
| Pitcairn Islands |
noun:
Pitcairn Islander(s)
adjective:
Pitcairn Islander
|
| 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 Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
noun:
Saint Helenian(s)
adjective:
Saint Helenian
note: referred to locally as "Saints" |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
noun:
Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s)
adjective:
Kittitian, Nevisian
|
| Saint Lucia |
noun:
Saint Lucian(s)
adjective:
Saint Lucian
|
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
noun:
Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective:
French
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
noun:
Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s)
adjective:
Saint Vincentian or Vincentian
|
| Samoa |
noun:
Samoan(s)
adjective:
Samoan
|
| San Marino |
noun:
Sammarinese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Sammarinese
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
noun:
Sao Tomean(s)
adjective:
Sao Tomean
|
| 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
|
| Solomon Islands |
noun:
Solomon Islander(s)
adjective:
Solomon Islander
|
| Somalia |
noun:
Somali(s)
adjective:
Somali
|
| South Africa |
noun:
South African(s)
adjective:
South African
|
| South Sudan |
noun:
South Sudanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
South Sudanese
|
| 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)
adjective:
Taiwan (or Taiwanese)
note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan |
| Tajikistan |
noun:
Tajikistani(s)
adjective:
Tajikistani
|
| Tanzania |
noun:
Tanzanian(s)
adjective:
Tanzanian
|
| Thailand |
noun:
Thai (singular and plural)
adjective:
Thai
|
| Timor-Leste |
noun:
Timorese
adjective:
Timorese
|
| Togo |
noun:
Togolese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Togolese
|
| Tokelau |
noun:
Tokelauan(s)
adjective:
Tokelauan
|
| Tonga |
noun:
Tongan(s)
adjective:
Tongan
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
noun:
Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
adjective:
Trinidadian, Tobagonian
note: Trinbagonian is used on occasion to describe a citizen of the country without specifying the island of origin |
| Tunisia |
noun:
Tunisian(s)
adjective:
Tunisian
|
| Turkey |
noun:
Turk(s)
adjective:
Turkish
|
| Turkmenistan |
noun:
Turkmenistani(s)
adjective:
Turkmenistani
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
noun:
none
adjective:
none
|
| Tuvalu |
noun:
Tuvaluan(s)
adjective:
Tuvaluan
|
| Uganda |
noun:
Ugandan(s)
adjective:
Ugandan
|
| Ukraine |
noun:
Ukrainian(s)
adjective:
Ukrainian
|
| United Arab Emirates |
noun:
Emirati(s)
adjective:
Emirati
|
| United Kingdom |
noun:
Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective:
British
|
| United States |
noun:
American(s)
adjective:
American
|
| 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
|
| West Bank |
noun:
NA
adjective:
NA
|
| 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
|