man never knows what he's capable of until you try (Charles Dincken)
NATIONALITIES
This chart lists many of the countries or nations in the world, with the following information:
- Name of country
- Adjective used for that country (also describes nationality)
- Noun used for a person from that country
Look at these example sentences:
She comes from France. She is French. Her nationality is French. She is a Frenchwoman. She drives a French car. She speaks Frenc
|
Country |
Adjective |
Person |
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Afghanistan |
Afghan |
an Afghan |
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Albania |
Albanian |
an Albanian |
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Algeria |
Algerian |
an Algerian |
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Andorra |
Andorran |
an Andorran |
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Angola |
Angolan |
an Angolan |
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Argentina |
Argentinian |
an Argentinian |
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Armenia |
Armenian |
an Armenian |
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Australia |
Australian |
an Australian |
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Austria |
Austrian |
an Austrian |
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Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijani |
an Azerbaijani |
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Bahamas |
Bahamian |
a Bahamian |
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Bahrain |
Bahraini |
a Bahraini |
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Bangladesh |
Bangladeshi |
a Bangladeshi |
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Barbados |
Barbadian |
a Barbadian |
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Belarus |
Belarusian or Belarusan |
a Belarusian or a Belarusan |
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Belgium |
Belgian |
a Belgian |
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Belize |
Belizean |
a Belizean |
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Benin |
Beninese |
a Beninese |
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Bhutan |
Bhutanese |
a Bhutanese |
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Bolivia |
Bolivian |
a Bolivian |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Bosnian |
a Bosnian |
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Botswana |
Botswanan |
a Tswana |
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Brazil |
Brazilian |
a Brazilian |
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Britain |
British |
a Briton |
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Brunei |
Bruneian |
a Bruneian |
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Bulgaria |
Bulgarian |
a Bulgarian |
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Burkina |
Burkinese |
a Burkinese |
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Burma (official nameMyanmar) |
Burmese |
a Burmese |
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Burundi |
Burundian |
a Burundian |
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Cambodia |
Cambodian |
a Cambodian |
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Cameroon |
Cameroonian |
a Cameroonian |
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Canada |
Canadian |
a Canadian |
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Cape Verde Islands |
Cape Verdean |
a Cape Verdean |
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Chad |
Chadian |
a Chadian |
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Chile |
Chilean |
a Chilean |
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China |
Chinese |
a Chinese |
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Colombia |
Colombian |
a Colombian |
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Congo |
Congolese |
a Congolese |
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Costa Rica |
Costa Rican |
a Costa Rican |
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Croatia |
Croat or Croatian |
a Croat or a Croatian |
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Cuba |
Cuban |
a Cuban |
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Cyprus |
Cypriot |
a Cypriot |
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Czech Republic |
Czech |
a Czech |
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Denmark |
Danish |
a Dane |
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Djibouti |
Djiboutian |
a Djiboutian |
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Dominica |
Dominican |
a Dominican |
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Dominican Republic |
Dominican |
a Dominican |
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Ecuador |
Ecuadorean |
an Ecuadorean |
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Egypt |
Egyptian |
an Egyptian |
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El Salvador |
Salvadorean |
a Salvadorean |
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England |
English |
an Englishman, an Englishwoman |
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Eritrea |
Eritrean |
an Eritrean |
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Estonia |
Estonian |
an Estonian |
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Ethiopia |
Ethiopian |
an Ethiopian |
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Fiji |
Fijian |
a Fijian |
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Finland |
Finnish |
a Finn |
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France |
French |
a Frenchman, a Frenchwoman |
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Gabon |
Gabonese |
a Gabonese |
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Gambia, the |
Gambian |
a Gambian |
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Georgia |
Georgian |
a Georgian |
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Germany |
German |
a German |
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Ghana |
Ghanaian |
a Ghanaian |
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Greece |
Greek |
a Greek |
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Grenada |
Grenadian |
a Grenadian |
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Guatemala |
Guatemalan |
a Guatemalan |
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Guinea |
Guinean |
a Guinean |
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Guyana |
Guyanese |
a Guyanese |
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Haiti |
Haitian |
a Haitian |
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Holland (also Netherlands) |
Dutch |
a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman |
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Honduras |
Honduran |
a Honduran |
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Hungary |
Hungarian |
a Hungarian |
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Iceland |
Icelandic |
an Icelander |
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India |
Indian |
an Indian |
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Indonesia |
Indonesian |
an Indonesian |
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Iran |
Iranian |
an Iranian |
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Iraq |
Iraqi |
an Iraqi |
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Ireland, Republic of |
Irish |
an Irishman, an Irishwoman |
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Italy |
Italian |
an Italian |
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Jamaica |
Jamaican |
a Jamaican |
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Japan |
Japanese |
a Japanese |
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Jordan |
Jordanian |
a Jordanian |
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Kazakhstan |
Kazakh |
a Kazakh |
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Kenya |
Kenyan |
a Kenyan |
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Kuwait |
Kuwaiti |
a Kuwaiti |
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Laos |
Laotian |
a Laotian |
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Latvia |
Latvian |
a Latvian |
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Lebanon |
Lebanese |
a Lebanese |
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Liberia |
Liberian |
a Liberian |
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Libya |
Libyan |
a Libyan |
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Liechtenstein |
- |
a Liechtensteiner |
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Lithuania |
Lithuanian |
a Lithuanian |
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Luxembourg |
- |
a Luxembourger |
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Macedonia |
Macedonian |
a Macedonian |
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Madagascar |
Malagasy or Madagascan |
a Malagasy or a Madagascan |
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Malawi |
Malawian |
a Malawian |
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Malaysia |
Malaysian |
a Malaysian |
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Maldives |
Maldivian |
a Maldivian |
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Mali |
Malian |
a Malian |
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Malta |
Maltese |
a Maltese |
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Mauritania |
Mauritanian |
a Mauritanian |
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Mauritius |
Mauritian |
a Mauritian |
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Mexico |
Mexican |
a Mexican |
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Moldova |
Moldovan |
a Moldovan |
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Monaco |
Monégasque or Monacan |
a Monégasque or a Monacan |
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Mongolia |
Mongolian |
a Mongolian |
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Montenegro |
Montenegrin |
a Montenegrin |
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Morocco |
Moroccan |
a Moroccan |
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Mozambique |
Mozambican |
a Mozambican |
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Myanmar see Burma |
- |
- |
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Namibia |
Namibian |
a Namibian |
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Nepal |
Nepalese |
a Nepalese |
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Netherlands, the (seeHolland) |
Dutch |
a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman, or a Netherlander |
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New Zealand |
New Zealand (used attributively only, as in New Zealand butter but not |
a New Zealander |
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Nicaragua |
Nicaraguan |
a Nicaraguan |
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Niger |
Nigerien |
a Nigerien |
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Nigeria |
Nigerian |
a Nigerian |
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North Korea |
North Korean |
a North Korean |
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Norway |
Norwegian |
a Norwegian |
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Oman |
Omani |
an Omani |
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Pakistan |
Pakistani |
a Pakistani |
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Panama |
Panamanian |
a Panamanian |
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Papua New Guinea |
Papua New Guinean orGuinean |
a Papua New Guinean or a Guinean |
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Paraguay |
Paraguayan |
a Paraguayan |
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Peru |
Peruvian |
a Peruvian |
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the Philippines |
Philippine |
a Filipino |
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Poland |
Polish |
a Pole |
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Portugal |
Portuguese |
a Portuguese |
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Qatar |
Qatari |
a Qatari |
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Romania |
Romanian |
a Romanian |
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Russia |
Russian |
a Russian |
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Rwanda |
Rwandan |
a Rwandan |
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Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabian or Saudi |
a Saudi Arabian or a Saudi |
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Scotland |
Scottish |
a Scot |
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Senegal |
Senegalese |
a Senegalese |
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Serbia |
Serb or Serbian |
a Serb or a Serbian |
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Seychelles, the |
Seychellois |
a Seychellois |
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Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leonian |
a Sierra Leonian |
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Singapore |
Singaporean |
a Singaporean |
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Slovakia |
Slovak |
a Slovak |
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Slovenia |
Slovene or Slovenian |
a Slovene or a Slovenian |
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Solomon Islands |
- |
a Solomon Islander |
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Somalia |
Somali |
a Somali |
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South Africa |
South African |
a South African |
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South Korea |
South Korean |
a South Korean |
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Spain |
Spanish |
a Spaniard |
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Sri Lanka |
Sri Lankan |
a Sri Lankan |
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Sudan |
Sudanese |
a Sudanese |
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Suriname |
Surinamese |
a Surinamer or a Surinamese |
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Swaziland |
Swazi |
a Swazi |
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Sweden |
Swedish |
a Swede |
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Switzerland |
Swiss |
a Swiss |
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Syria |
Syrian |
a Syrian |
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Taiwan |
Taiwanese |
a Taiwanese |
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Tajikistan |
Tajik or Tadjik |
a Tajik or a Tadjik |
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Tanzania |
Tanzanian |
a Tanzanian |
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Thailand |
Thai |
a Thai |
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Togo |
Togolese |
a Togolese |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
Trinidadian |
a Trinidadian |
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Tunisia |
Tunisian |
a Tunisian |
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Turkey |
Turkish |
a Turk |
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Turkmenistan |
Turkmen or Turkoman |
a Turkmen or a Turkoman |
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Tuvalu |
Tuvaluan |
a Tuvaluan |
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Uganda |
Ugandan |
a Ugandan |
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Ukraine |
Ukrainian |
a Ukrainian |
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
UAE or Emirates (used attributively only, as in UAE buildings, Emirates holidaysbut not |
an Emirati |
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United Kingdom (UK) |
UK (used attributively only, as in UK time but not |
a Briton |
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United States of America (USA) |
US (used attributively only, as in US aggression but not |
a US citizen |
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Uruguay |
Uruguayan |
a Uruguayan |
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Uzbekistan |
Uzbek |
an Uzbek |
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Vanuatu |
Vanuatuan |
a Vanuatuan |
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Vatican City |
- |
- |
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Venezuela |
Venezuelan |
a Venezuelan |
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Vietnam |
Vietnamese |
a Vietnamese |
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Wales |
Welsh |
a Welshman, a Welshwoman |
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Western Samoa |
Western Samoan |
a Western Samoan |
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Yemen |
Yemeni |
a Yemeni |
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Yugoslavia |
Yugoslav |
a Yugoslav |
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Zaire |
Zaïrean |
a Zaïrean |
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Zambia |
Zambian |
a Zambian |
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Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwean |
a Zimbabwean |
