Demonyms

A demonym is a term that's used for a native of a particular place – the place being generally (but not always) a town, city or country. Not to be confused with 'toponym', which essentially just means a place name.

Most (but not all) of these terms can also be used as adjectives for anything that comes from the place in question – for example, "Neapolitan song".

Q: Which word is used to denote a native of ...		A:
Aberdeen		Aberdonian
Cambridge		Cantabrigian
Dundee		Dundonian
Glasgow		Glaswegian
Liverpool (other than the derogatory term Scouser!)		Liverpudlian
Madagasgar		Malagasy
Manchester (often abbreviated to 'Manc', which is generally used pejoratively)		Mancunian
Monaco		Monegasque
Moscow		Muscovite
Naples		Neapolitan
Newcastle upon Tyne (specifically – a Geordie is anyone from Tyneside)		Novocastrian
Orkney		Orcadian
Oxford		Oxonian
(Any port, in Portuguese, but especially) Buenos Aires		Porteño
Sardinia		Sard
Sydney		Sydneysider
Warsaw		Varsovian

A French–speaking native of Belgium

Walloon

Alternatively:

Q: A ... is a term used for a native of which (town, city, country, etc.)?		A:
Gallovidian, or Galwegian (historic Scottish county)		Galloway
Hoosier (US state)		Indiana
Loiner (English city)		Leeds
Carioca or Cariocan (South American city)		Rio de Janeiro
Sand Dancer (coastal town in Tyne & Wear, formerly Co. Durham) – a slightly pejorative term, and distinctly non–PC		South Shields
Mackem (another coastal town in Tyne & Wear, formerly Co. Durham – granted city status in 1992, in connection with the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession)		Sunderland
Moonraker (English county)		Wiltshire

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