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    This document discusses demonyms, or the adjectives used to describe people from different countries. It provides the following information: - Most countries form their demonym by adding suffixes like "-an", "-ian", or "-n" to the country name (e.g. Australian, Iranian, Italian). - Some use "-ese" (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese). - Others use "-i" (e.g. Bangladeshi, Iraqi, Israeli). - A few use "-ish" (e.g. British, Danish, English). - There are some exceptions to these rules (e.g. French, Greek, Dutch).

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    This document discusses demonyms, or the adjectives used to describe people from different countries. It provides the following information: - Most countries form their demonym by adding suffixes like "-an", "-ian", or "-n" to the country name (e.g. Australian, Iranian, Italian). - Some use "-ese" (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese). - Others use "-i" (e.g. Bangladeshi, Iraqi, Israeli). - A few use "-ish" (e.g. British, Danish, English). - There are some exceptions to these rules (e.g. French, Greek, Dutch).

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    This document discusses demonyms, or the adjectives used to describe people from different countries. It provides the following information: - Most countries form their demonym by adding suffixes like "-an", "-ian", or "-n" to the country name (e.g. Australian, Iranian, Italian). - Some use "-ese" (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese). - Others use "-i" (e.g. Bangladeshi, Iraqi, Israeli). - A few use "-ish" (e.g. British, Danish, English). - There are some exceptions to these rules (e.g. French, Greek, Dutch).

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    Vocabulary: demonyms

    Gentilicios
    Adjetivo = nombre del país + sufijo “-an” (o “-ian”, o simplemente “-n”)

    COUNTRY ADJECTIVE NOUN COUNTRY ADJECTIVE NOUN


    Australia Australian an Australian Indonesia Indonesian an Indonesian
    Austria Austrian an Austrian Iran Iranian an Iranian
    Belgium Belgian a Belgian Italy Italian an Italian
    Bolivia Bolivian a Bolivian Libya Libyan a Libyan
    Brazil Brazilian a Brazilian Malaysia Malaysian a Malaysian
    Canada Canadian a Canadian
    Mexico Mexican a Mexican
    Chile Chilean a Chilean
    Morocco Moroccan a Moroccan
    Colombia Colombian a Colombian
    Nigeria Nigerian a Nigerian
    Costa Rica Costa Rican a Costa Rican
    Norway Norwegian a Norwegian
    Croatia Croatian a Croatian / a Croat
    Ecuador Ecuadorian an Ecuadorian
    Romania Romanian a Romanian
    Egypt Egyptian an Egyptian Russia Russian a Russian
    Germany German a German Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian / Saudi a Saudi Arabian / a Saudi
    Guatemala Guatemalan a Guatemalan South Africa South African a South African
    Honduras Honduras a Honduran Syria Syrian a Syrian
    Hungary Hungarian a Hungarian Ukraine Ukrainian a Ukrainian
    India Indian an Indian Uruguay Uruguayan a Uruguayan
    Adjetivo = nombre del país + sufijo “-ese”

    COUNTRY ADJECTIVE NOUN


    China Chinese a Chinese person
    Japan Japanese a Japanese person
    Portugal Portuguese a Portuguese person
    Senegal Senegalese a Senegalese person
    Vietnam Vietnamese a Vietnamese person

    Adjetivo = nombre del país + sufijo “-i”

    COUNTRY ADJECTIVE NOUN


    Bangladesh Bangladeshi a Bangladeshi
    Iraq Iraqi an Iraqi
    Israel Israeli an Israeli
    Pakistan Pakistani a Pakistani
    Adjetivo = nombre del país + sufijo “-ish”

    Britain British a Briton / a Brit (informal)


    Denmark Danish a Dane
    England English an Englishman / an Englishwoman / an English person
    Finland Finnish a Finn
    Ireland Irish an Irishman / an Irishwoman / an Irish person
    Poland Polish a Pole
    Scotland Scottish a Scot / a Scotsman / a Scotswoman / a Scottish person
    Spain Spanish a Spaniard
    Sweden Swedish a Swede
    Turkey Turkish a Turk
    EXCEPCIONES

    Argentina Argentinian / Argentine an Argentinian


    France French a Frenchman / a Frenchwoman / a French person
    Greece Greek a Greek
    The Netherlands Dutch a Dutchman / a Dutchwoman / a Dutch person
    Iceland Icelandic an Icelander
    New Zealand New Zealand / Kiwi (informal) a New Zealander / a Kiwi (informal)
    Peru Peruvian a Peruvian
    The Philippines Philippine a Filipino / a Filipina
    Switzerland Swiss a Swiss person
    Thailand Thai a Thai person
    Wales Welsh a Welshman / a Welshwoman / a Welsh person

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