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Demonym

A demonym (/ˈdɛmənɪm/; from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) 'people, tribe', and ὄνυμα (ónuma) 'name') or gentilic (from Latin gentilis 'of a clan, or gens')...

Last Update: 2024-03-26T12:44:40Z Word Count : 2218 Synonim Demonym

Crete

Crete (/kriːt/ KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th...

Last Update: 2024-03-28T16:29:43Z Word Count : 10494 Synonim Crete

List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names

equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these places. Note: Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final 's' or...

Last Update: 2024-01-19T00:30:26Z Word Count : 666 Synonim List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names

Heraklion

Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in...

Last Update: 2024-03-07T21:02:18Z Word Count : 3697 Synonim Heraklion

Aria (Crete)

Arbe, was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Crete. The name is not attested but the demonyms (Ἀριαῖοι and Ἄρβιος) are. Aria minted coins in the...

Last Update: 2020-06-14T11:04:18Z Word Count : 132 Synonim Aria (Crete)

Cretan State

Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia) on the island of Crete. In 1897, the Cretan Revolt led the Ottoman Empire to declare war on Greece...

Last Update: 2024-03-15T16:03:06Z Word Count : 1719 Synonim Cretan State

Chania

Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about 70 km (43 mi) west of Rethymno and 145 km (90 mi) west of Heraklion...

Last Update: 2024-03-18T02:04:53Z Word Count : 5202 Synonim Chania

List of adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regions

denote the people or the inhabitants of these subcontinental regions. Note: Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final 's' or...

Last Update: 2024-03-28T05:29:19Z Word Count : 386 Synonim List of adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regions

Africa

modern-day Libya and Nubia, and, according to Martin Bernal, as far north as Crete. An independent centre of civilization with trading links to Phoenicia was...

Last Update: 2024-03-19T16:26:52Z Word Count : 18804 Synonim Africa

Greece

to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline...

Last Update: 2024-03-25T07:46:00Z Word Count : 30489 Synonim Greece

Nazi Germany

54% Protestant 40% Catholic 3.5% Gottgläubig 1.5% irreligious 1% other Demonym(s) German Government Unitary Nazi one-party fascist state under a totalitarian...

Last Update: 2024-03-26T03:55:13Z Word Count : 20476 Synonim Nazi Germany

New Zealand

with Asian and Pacific minorities sharing the remaining 1%. While the demonym for a New Zealand citizen is New Zealander, the informal "Kiwi" is commonly...

Last Update: 2024-03-18T21:01:41Z Word Count : 22054 Synonim New Zealand

Cyprus

aes Cyprium, "metal of Cyprus", later shortened to Cuprum. The standard demonym relating to Cyprus or its people or culture is Cypriot. The terms Cypriote...

Last Update: 2024-03-26T20:45:39Z Word Count : 20157 Synonim Cyprus

Europe

Bronze Age began c. 3200 BCE in Greece with the Minoan civilisation on Crete, the first advanced civilisation in Europe. The Minoans were followed by...

Last Update: 2024-03-24T11:04:43Z Word Count : 21876 Synonim Europe

Philistia

Maspero imagined a great overland migration. The Philistines moved first from Crete to Caria, he proposed, and then from Caria to Canaan in the time of Ramesses...

Last Update: 2024-01-09T15:35:24Z Word Count : 2155 Synonim Philistia

Republic of Venice

Empire. It also acquired the islands of Crete (Candia) and Euboea (Negroponte); the present core city of Chania on Crete is largely of Venetian construction...

Last Update: 2024-03-19T04:03:40Z Word Count : 11776 Synonim Republic of Venice

Naxos

in our [Aegean] sea, all of them lying close to larger islands, such as Crete or Naxos. The name "Dia" was even transferred to the island of Naxos itself...

Last Update: 2024-01-16T17:37:00Z Word Count : 2235 Synonim Naxos

Ottoman Empire

Cretan War cost Venice much of Dalmatia, its Aegean island possessions, and Crete. (Losses from the war totalled 30,985 Venetian soldiers and 118,754 Turkish...

Last Update: 2024-03-28T15:18:00Z Word Count : 27754 Synonim Ottoman Empire

Kingdom of Greece

the Treaty of Berlin, while frustrating Greek hopes of receiving Crete. Greeks in Crete continued to stage regular revolts, and in 1897, the Greek government...

Last Update: 2024-03-25T19:25:26Z Word Count : 12759 Synonim Kingdom of Greece

Malta

Malta's search-and-rescue area extends from east of Tunisia to west of Crete, an area of around 250,000 km2 (97,000 sq mi). As a military organisation...

Last Update: 2024-03-22T00:00:14Z Word Count : 18391 Synonim Malta

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Demonym

A demonym (; from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) 'people, tribe', and ὄνυμα (ónuma) 'name') or gentilic (from Latin gentilis 'of a clan, or gens') is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, state, country, and continent). Demonyms are used to designate all people (the general population) of a particular place, regardless of ethnic, linguistic, religious or other cultural differences that may exist within the population of that place. Examples of demonyms include Cochabambino, for someone from the city of Cochabamba; French for a person from France; and Swahili, for a person of the Swahili coast. As a sub-field of anthroponymy, the study of demonyms is called demonymy or demonymics. Since they are referring to territorially defined groups of people, demonyms are semantically different from ethnonyms (names of ethnic groups). In the English language, there are many polysemic words that have several meanings (including demonymic and ethnonymic uses), and therefore a particular use of any such word depends on the context. For example, the word Thai may be used as a demonym, designating any inhabitant of Thailand, while the same word may also be used as an ethnonym, designating members 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 Briton or, informally, a Brit. Some demonyms may have several meanings. For example, the demonym Macedonians may refer to the population of North Macedonia, or more generally to the entire population of the region of Macedonia, a portion of which is in Greece. In some languages, a demonym may be borrowed from another language as a nickname or descriptive adjective for a group of people: for example, Québécois, Québécoise (female) is commonly used in English for a native of the province or city of Quebec (though Quebecer, Quebecker are also available). In English, demonyms are always capitalized.Often, demonyms are the same as the adjectival form of the place, e.g. Egyptian, Japanese, or Greek. However, they are not necessarily the same, as exemplified by Spanish instead of Spaniard or British instead of Briton.English commonly uses national demonyms such as Ethiopian or Guatemalan, while the usage of local demonyms such as Chicagoan, Okie or Parisian is less common. Many local demonyms are rarely used and many places, especially smaller towns and cities, lack a commonly used and accepted demonym altogether.


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