Top 10 similar words or synonyms for demonym

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Top 30 analogous words or synonyms for demonym

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Demonym "-ish" is usually proper only as an adjective. See note below list.
Demonym Demonyms may also not conform to the underlying naming of a particular place, but instead arise out of historical or cultural particularities that become associated with its denizens. These demonyms are usually more informal and colloquial. In the United States such informal demonyms frequently become associated with mascots of the intercollegiate sports teams of the state university system. In other countries the origins are often disputed.
Demonym Demonyms do not always clearly distinguish place of origin or ethnicity from place of residence or citizenship, and oftentimes demonyms overlap with the ethnonym for the ethnically dominant group of a the region. Thus a "Thai" may be any resident or citizen of Thailand, of any ethnic group, or more narrowly a member of the Thai people. Conversely, some groups of people may be associated with multiple demonyms. For example, a native of the United Kingdom may be called a "British person", a "Brit", or a "Briton". In some languages, when a parallel demonym does not exist, a demonym is borrowed from another language as a nickname or descriptive adjective of a group of people.
Demonym In the Pacific, at least two countries use prefixation:
Demonym Literature and science fiction have created a wealth of gentilics that are not directly associated with a cultural group. These will typically be formed using the standard models above. Examples include Martian for hypothetical people of Mars (credited to scientist Percival Lowell) or "Gondorian" for the people of Tolkien's fictional land of Gondor.