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List of demonyms for US states and territories. This is a list of demonyms used to designate the citizens of specific states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America. Official English-language demonyms are established by the United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO); [ 1] however, many other terms are in ...
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms. The ending -man has feminine equivalent -woman (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman ).
Cajun. (US) A person from Louisiana (mainly the southern portion of the state); derived from 'Acadian'. Canuck. A person from Canada. [ 9] Capixaba. People born in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo are called this nickname. Carioca. (Brazil) A person from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Why are people from Ohio called buckeyes? Historian S.P. Hildreth reported the story of the first use of the buckeye nickname in 1788 when Col. Ebenezer Sproat arrived at Marietta, Ohio, the first ...
This category is for people from the United States state of Ohio Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Ohio Also: Countries : United States : States : Ohio : People For more information, see List of people from Ohio
The United States of America is called 美国 ( Pinyin: měiguó; Jyutping: mei5 gwok3) while the continents of the Americas are called 美洲 ( Pinyin: měizhōu; Jyutping: mei5 zau1 ). There are separate demonyms derived from each word and a United States citizen is referred to as 美国人 ( Pinyin: měiguó rén; Jyutping: mei5 gwok3 yan4 ).
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
(Or 50, if you insist on counting Ohio.) The report comes from a QR code generator called qrfy.com that tracked Google searches along the lines of, "What do you call people from South Dakota, and ...