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Demonyms, or gentilics

Demons? No, put together the Greek demos meaning populace (demographics, demo and the suffix -onym meaning name (synonym, acronym). Demonyms, also known at gentilics, describe persons from a particular place. In English, the most common constructions add a suffix to the name of the locale: -ian, -(a)n, -ite, -er, -ish, -ine, etc. There are many …

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