Cities
Note: Many of these adjectivals and demonyms are not used in English as frequently as their counterparts in other languages. A common practice is to use a city's name as if it were an adjective, as in "Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra", "Melbourne suburbs", etc.
Edit this table| City | Country or state/province | Adjective | Demonym (colloquial) | ||||
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| Aberdeen | Scotland | Aberdonian | Aberdonians | ||||
| Adelaide | South Australia | Adelaidean | Adelaideans | ||||
| Albany | New York | Albanian | Albanians | ||||
| Alexandria | Egypt | Alexandrian | Alexandrines | ||||
| Amalfi | Italy | Amalfitan | Amalfitans | ||||
| Aosta | Italy | Aostan, Aostain | Aostans, Aostains | ||||
| Armagh | Northern Ireland | Armachian | Armachians | ||||
| Athens | Greece | Athenian | Athenians | ||||
| Atlanta | Georgia (U.S. state) | Atlantan | Atlantans | ||||
| Auckland | New Zealand | Auckland | Aucklanders ("Jafas") | ||||
| Austin | Texas | Austonian | Austinites | ||||
| Baltimore | Maryland | Baltimorean | Baltimoreans | ||||
| Bangalore | India | Bangalorean | Bangaloreans | ||||
| Bangkok | Thailand | Bangkokian | Bangkokians | ||||
| Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Baton Rougean | Baton Rougeans | ||||
| Bedford | England | Bedfordian (not Bedfordite) | Bedfordians | ||||
| Beijing (Peking) | China | Pekinese | Beijinger, Pekinese | ||||
| Belfast | Northern Ireland | Belfast | Belfastite | ||||
| Belo Horizonte | Brazil | Belo-Horizontino | Belo-Horizontinos | ||||
| Belgrade | Serbia | Belgradian | Belgraders | ||||
| Benevento | Italy | Beneventan | Beneventans | ||||
| Bergamo | Italy | Bergamasque | Bergamasques | ||||
| Berlin | Germany | Berliner | Berliners | ||||
| Bern | Switzerland | Bernese | Bernese | ||||
| Birmingham | England | Birminghamian ("Brummie") | Birminghamians ("Brummies") | ||||
| Birmingham | Alabama | Birminghamian | Birminghamians ("Birminghamsters") | ||||
| Bologna | Italy | Bolognese | Bolognese | ||||
| Bogota | Colombia | Bogotan | Bogotans | ||||
| Bolton | England | Boltonian | Boltonians | ||||
| Boston | Massachusetts | Bostonian | Bostonians | ||||
| Brasilia | Brazil | Brasiliense | Brasilienses | ||||
| Bratislava | Slovakia | Bratislavan | Bratislavan | ||||
| Brescia | Italy | Brescian | Brescians | ||||
| Brighton | England | Brightonian | Brightonians | ||||
| Brisbane | Queensland | Brisbanian | Brisbanians (Brisbanites) | ||||
| Bristol | England | Bristolian | Bristolians | ||||
| Brussels | Belgium | Bruxellois1, Brusselaar2, Brusseleer3 | |||||
| Budapest | Hungary | Budapesti | Budapesters | ||||
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | Porteño | Porteños | ||||
| Buffalo | New York | Buffalonian | Buffalonians | ||||
| Cairns | Queensland | Cairnian | Cairnians | ||||
| Cairo | Egypt | (Cairene) | Cairenes | ||||
| Calgary | Alberta | Calgarian | Calgarians | ||||
| Cambridge | England | Cantabrigian | Cantabrigians4 | ||||
| Cambridge | Massachusetts | ||||||
| Campinas | Brazil | Campineiro | Campineiros | ||||
| Canberra | Australia | Canberran | Canberrans | ||||
| Cape Town | South Africa | (Capetonian) | Capetonians | ||||
| Caracas | Venezuela | Caraquenian | Caraquenians | ||||
| Cardiff | Cardiffian | Wales | Carystus | Greece | Carystian | Carystians | |
| Charlotte | North Carolina | Charlottean | Charlotteans | ||||
| Chennai | India | Chennaite | Chennaites | ||||
| Chicago | Illinois | Chicagoan | Chicagoans | ||||
| Christchurch | New Zealand | Cantabrian | Cantabrians | ||||
| Cincinnati | Ohio | Cincinnatian | Cincinnatian | ||||
| Cleveland | Ohio | Clevelander | |||||
| Copenhagen | Denmark | Copenhagener | Copenhageners | ||||
| Corinth | Greece | Corinthian | Corinthians | ||||
| Cork | Republic of Ireland | Cork | Corkonians ("Leesiders") | ||||
| Cracow (Kraków) | Poland | Cracovian (Krakovian) | Cracovians (Krakovians) | ||||
| Curitiba | Brazil | Curitibano | Curitibanos | ||||
| Dallas | Texas | Dallasites | |||||
| Da Lat | Vietnam | Dalatese | Dalatese | ||||
| Darwin | Northern Territory | Darwinian5 | Darwinians | ||||
| Delhi | India | Delhiite | Delhiites | ||||
| Davao | Philippines | Dabaweño | |||||
| Denver | Colorado | Denverite | Denverites | ||||
| Derry | Northern Ireland | Derry | Derrian | ||||
| Detroit | Michigan | Detroiters | |||||
| Devonport | Tasmania | Devonportian | Devonportians | ||||
| Dublin | Ireland | Dublin | Dubliners ("Dubs") | ||||
| Dundee | Scotland | Dundonian | Dundonians | ||||
| Dunedin | New Zealand | Dunedin | Dunedinites | ||||
| East Troy | Wisconsin | East Trojan | East Trojans | ||||
| Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgian | Edinburger | ||||
| Edmonton | Alberta | Edmontonian | Edmontonians | ||||
| Epidaurus | Greece | Epidaurian | Epidaurians | ||||
| Florence | Italy | Florentine | Florentines | ||||
| Fort Lauderdale | Florida | Fort Lauderdalers, Fort Lauderdalians | |||||
| Foz do Iguaçu | Brazil | Iguaçuense | Iguaçuenses | ||||
| Fresno | California | Fresnans, Fresnoans | |||||
| Galway | Republic of Ireland | Galway | Galwegians | ||||
| Geneva | Switzerland | Genevan, Genevese | Genevans, Genevese | ||||
| Genoa | Italy | Genoese | Genoese | ||||
| Glasgow | Scotland | Glaswegian | Glaswegians | ||||
| Gold Coast | Queensland | Gold Coast | Gold Coasters | ||||
| Grand Rapids | Michigan | Grand Rapidian | Grand Rapidians | ||||
| Guadalajara | Jalisco | Tapatío | Tapatíos | ||||
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | Haligonian | Haligonians | ||||
| Hamilton | Ontario | Hamiltonian | Hamiltonians | ||||
| Hamilton | New Zealand | ||||||
| Hanoi | Vietnam | Hanoian | Hanoians | ||||
| Hanover | Lower Saxony | Hanoverian | Hanoverians | ||||
| Hartlepool | England | Hartlepudlian | Hartlepudlian ("Monkey hanger") | ||||
| Helsinki | Finland | Helsinkian | Helsinkians | ||||
| Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | Saigonese | Saigoners | ||||
| Hong Kong | China | Hong Kong, Hongkongese | Hongkongers, Hongkongese, Hongkies | ||||
| Honolulu | Hawaii | Honolulan | Honolulans | ||||
| Houston | Texas | Houstonian | Houstonians | ||||
| Hyderabad | India | Hyderabadi | Hyderabadis | ||||
| Invercargill | New Zealand | Invercargill | Invercargillites, Invercargillonians | ||||
| Inverness | Scotland | Invernessian | Invernessians | ||||
| Iqaluit | Nunavut | Iqalummiut (sing. Iqalummiuq) | |||||
| Islamabad | Pakistan | Islamabadi | Islamabadians | ||||
| Itabira | Brazil | Itabirano | Itabiranos | ||||
| Istanbul | Turkey | Istanbulite | Istanbulites | ||||
| Jacksonville | Florida | Jacksonvillian; Jaxon | Jacksonvillians; Jaxons | ||||
| Izmir | Turkey | Izmirian | Izmirians | ||||
| Jerusalem | Israel | Jerusalemite, Yerushalmi ירושלמי (Hebrew) |
Jerusalemites, Yerushalmim | ||||
| Juiz de Fora | Brazil | Juiz-forano | Juiz-foranos | ||||
| Juneau City/Borough | Alaska | Juneauites | |||||
| Karachi | Pakistan | Karachiite | Karachiites | ||||
| Kastoria | Greece | Kastorian | Kastorians | ||||
| Kenosha | Wisconsin | Kenoshan | Kenoshans | ||||
| Kiev | Ukraine | Kievan | Kievans | ||||
| Kingston | New Jersey | Kingstonian | Kingstonians | ||||
| Knoxville | Tennessee | Knoxvillian | Knoxvillians | ||||
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | ("KL-ites"6) | |||||
| Lagos | Nigeria | Lagosian | Lagosians | ||||
| Lahore | Pakistan | Lahori | Lahoris | ||||
| La Paz | Bolivia | Paceño | Paceños | ||||
| Las Vegas | Nevada | Las Vegan | Vegan | ||||
| Leeds | England | Leodensian | Leodensians | ||||
| León | Spain | Leonese | Leoneses | ||||
| Lima | Peru | Limeño | Limeños | ||||
| Liverpool | England | Liverpudlian | Liverpudlians ("Scousers") | ||||
| Livorno | Italy | Leghornese, Livornese | Leghornese, Livornese | ||||
| London | England | Londoner | Londoners | ||||
| Londrina | Brazil | Londrinense | Londrinenses | ||||
| Los Angeles | California | Angeleno | Angelenos | ||||
| Lucca | Italy | Lucchese | Lucchesi | ||||
| Lyon (Lyons) | France | Lyonese | Lyonese | ||||
| Macau | China | Macanese | Macanese | ||||
| Madrid | Spain | Madrilenian; Madrileño (Spanish) | Madrilenians; Madrileños (Spanish) | ||||
| Málaga | Spain | Malagan; Malagüeño (Spanish) | Malagans; Malagüeños (Spanish) | ||||
| Manchester | England | Mancunian | Mancunians ("Mancs") | ||||
| Manila | Philippines | Manileño | Manileños | ||||
| Mantua | Italy | Mantuan | Mantuans | ||||
| Marathon | Greece | Marathonian | Marathonians | ||||
| Marseille | France | Marseillais | Marseillais | ||||
| Megara | Greece | Megarian | Megarians | ||||
| Melbourne | Victoria | Melburnian | Melburnians | ||||
| Memphis | Tennessee | Memphian | Memphians | ||||
| Messina | Italy | Messinese | Messinese | ||||
| Mexico City | Mexico | Capitalino | Capitalinos ("Chilangos"/"Defeños") | ||||
| Milan | Italy | Milanese | Milanese | ||||
| Milan | New York | Milanites, Milaners | |||||
| Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Milwaukeean | Milwaukeeans | ||||
| Misrata | Libya | Misratan | Misratans | ||||
| Minneapolis | Minnesota | Minneapolitan | Minneapolitans | ||||
| Minot | North Dakota | Minotian | Minotians, Minoters | ||||
| Modena | Italy | Modenese | Modenese | ||||
| Montreal | Quebec | Montreal | Montrealers | ||||
| Moscow | Russia | Muscovite | Muscovites | ||||
| Mumbai | India | Mumbaikar | Mumbaikars | ||||
| Muncie | Indiana | Munsonian | Munsonian | ||||
| Munich | Bavaria | Münchner | Münchner | ||||
| Naples | Italy | Neapolitan | Neapolitans | ||||
| Nashville | Tennessee | Nashvillian | Nashvillians | ||||
| Nassau | The Bahamas | Nassuvian | Nassuvians | ||||
| Nelson | New Zealand | Nelson | Nelsonians | ||||
| New Orleans | Louisiana | New Orleanian | New Orleanians, New Orleaners ("Yats") | ||||
| New York City | New York | New York | New Yorkers ("Gothamites"/"Knickerbockers") | ||||
| • The Bronx | Bronx | Bronxites, Bronxers | |||||
| • Brooklyn | Brooklyn | Brooklynites (archaic: "Trolley Dodgers") | |||||
| • Manhattan | Manhattan | Manhattanites | |||||
| • Queens | Queens | Queensites | |||||
| • Staten Island7 | Staten Island | Staten Islanders | |||||
| Newcastle | New South Wales | Novocastrian | Novocastrians | ||||
| Newcastle | England | Novocastrian ("Geordie") | Novocastrians ("Geordies") | ||||
| Nice | France | Niçois | Niçois | ||||
| Nicosia | Cyprus | Nicosian | Nicosians | ||||
| Northampton | England | Northamptonian | Northamptonians | ||||
| Oakland | California | Oaklander | Oaklanders | ||||
| Oamaru | New Zealand | Oamaru, Oamaruvian | Oamaruvians | ||||
| Odessa | Ukraine | Odessit(e) | Odessites | ||||
| Oslo | Norway | Oslovian | Oslovians | ||||
| Osaka | Japan | Osakan | Naniwakko (難波っ子/浪速っ子; Japanese), Osakans (English) | ||||
| Ottawa | Ontario | Ottawan | Ottawans | ||||
| Oxford | England | Oxonian | Oxonians8 | ||||
| Paddock Lake | Wisconsin | Paddock Laker | Paddock Lakers | ||||
| Padua | Italy | Paduan | Paduans | ||||
| Palermo | Italy | Palermitan | Palermitans | ||||
| Palmerston North | New Zealand | Palmerstonian | Palmerstonians | ||||
| Paris | France | Parisian | Parisians | ||||
| Parma | Italy | Parmesan | Parmesans | ||||
| Perth | Western Australia | Perth | Perthites | ||||
| Perugia | Italy | Perugian | Perugians | ||||
| Peterborough | United Kingdom | Peterbourian | Peterbourians | ||||
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | (Philadelphian) | Philadelphians | ||||
| Phoenix | Arizona | Phoenician, Phoenixer | Phoenicians, Phoenixers | ||||
| Pisa | Italy | Pisan | Pisans | ||||
| Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgher | Pittsburghers | ||||
| Pompeii | Italy | Pompei(i)an | Pompei(i)ans | ||||
| Ponferrada | Spain | Ponferradian | Ponferradians | ||||
| Porto Alegre | Brazil | Porto-Alegrense | Porto-Alegrenses | ||||
| Portland | Oregon | Portlander | Portlanders | ||||
| Prague | Czech Republic | Praguer | Praguers | ||||
| Pristina | Kosovo | Prishtinali, Prishtinas (Albanian) Prištinci, Prištevci (Serbian) |
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| Providence | Rhode Island | Providentian | Providentians | ||||
| Pylos | Greece | Pylian | Pylians | ||||
| Quebec City | Quebec | Quebec (City) (English); québécois (French) | Quebeckers, Quebecers (English); Québécois9 (French) | ||||
| Randall | Wisconsin | Randallite | Randallites | ||||
| Regina | Saskatchewan | Regina (modifier), Reginan | Reginans | ||||
| Rethymno | Greece | Rethymnian | Rethymnians | ||||
| Richmond | Virginia | Richmonder | Richmonders | ||||
| Riga | Latvia | Rigan | Rigans | ||||
| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Carioca | Cariocas | ||||
| Rhodes | Greece | Rhodian | Rhodians | ||||
| Rochester | New York | (Rochesterian) | Rochesterians | ||||
| Rome | Italy | Roman | Romans | ||||
| Rotorua | New Zealand | Rotoruan | Rotoruans | ||||
| St. Louis | Missouri | St. Louisan | St. Louisans | ||||
| Saint Petersburg | Russia | Saint Petersburgian | Saint Petersburgians | ||||
| Salerno | Italy | Salernitan | Salernitans | ||||
| Salt Lake City | Utah | Salt Lakers | |||||
| Salvador | Brazil | Soteropolitano | Soteropolitanos | ||||
| San Antonio | Texas | San Antonian | San Antonians | ||||
| San Diego | California | San Diegan | San Diegans | ||||
| San Francisco | California | San Franciscan | San Franciscans | ||||
| Santa Clarita | California | Santa Claritan | Santa Claritans | ||||
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia | Cruceño | Cruceños | ||||
| São Carlos | Brazil | Sãocarlense and Carlopolitano | Sãocarlenses and Carlopolitanos | ||||
| São Paulo | Brazil | Paulistano | Paulistanos | ||||
| Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | Saskatoon (modifier), Saskatonian | Saskatonians ("Saskabushers") | ||||
| Savannah | Georgia (U.S. state) | Savannaian | Savannians | ||||
| Seattle | Washington | Seattleite | Seattleites | ||||
| Seoul | South Korea | Seoulite | Seoulites | ||||
| Serres | Greece | Serrean | Serreans | ||||
| Shanghai | China | Shanghainese | Shanghainese | ||||
| Siena | Italy | Sien(n)ese | Sien(n)ese | ||||
| Silver Lake | Wisconsin | Silver Laker | Silver Laker | ||||
| Sheffield | England | Sheffielders | |||||
| Skopje | Macedonia | Skopjan | Skopjans | ||||
| Slough | England | Sluff | Sluffs | ||||
| Sofia | Bulgaria | Sofian | Sofians | ||||
| Solihull | England | Silhillian | Silhillians | ||||
| Somers | Wisconsin | Somersite | Somersites | ||||
| Sorrento | Italy | Sorrentine | Sorrentines | ||||
| Sparta | Greece | Spartan | Spartans | ||||
| Spoleto | Italy | Spoletian | Spoletians | ||||
| Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholmer | Stockholmers | ||||
| Sunderland | England | "Mackems" | |||||
| Sydney | New South Wales | Sydney | Sydneysiders | ||||
| Syracuse | Italy | Syracusan | Syracusans | ||||
| Tallinn | Estonia | Tallinner | Tallinners | ||||
| Taranto | Italy | Tarantine, Tarentine | Tarantines, Tarentines | ||||
| Tbilisi | Georgia (country) | Tbilisian | Tbilisians; Tbiliselebi (Georgian) | ||||
| Thebes | Greece | Theban | Thebans | ||||
| Thessaloniki | Greece | Thessalonian | Thessalonians | ||||
| Tokyo | Japan | Edokko (江戸っ子; Japanese), Tokyoites (English) | |||||
| Toowoomba | Queensland | Toowoomban | Toowoombans | ||||
| Toronto | Ontario | Toronto, Torontonian | Torontonians | ||||
| Tournai | Belgium | Tournaisian | Tournaisian | ||||
| Townsville | Queensland | Townsvillian | Townsvillians | ||||
| Trevor | Wisconsin | Trevorite | Trevorites | ||||
| Trent | Italy | Tridentine | Tridentines | ||||
| Trieste | Italy | Triestine | Triestines | ||||
| Tripoli | Greece / Libya | Tripolitan | Tripolitans | ||||
| Trois-Rivières | Quebec | Trifluvien, Trifluvienne (French); Trifluvian (English) | Trifluviens/Trifluviennes (French); Trifluvians (English) | ||||
| Tucson | Arizona | Tucsonan | Tucsonans | ||||
| Tulsa | Oklahoma | Tulsan | Tulsans | ||||
| Turin | Italy | Turinese | Turinese | ||||
| Twin Lakes | Wisconsin | Twin Laker | Twin Lakers | ||||
| Uberlândia | Brazil | Uberlandense | Uberlandenses | ||||
| Valencia | Spain | Valencian | Valencians | ||||
| Vancouver | British Columbia | Vancouverite | Vancouverites | ||||
| Venice | Italy | Venetian | Venetians | ||||
| Veracruz | Mexico | Veracruzano | Veracruzano (Jarocho) | ||||
| Verona | Italy | Veronese | Veronese | ||||
| Vicenza | Italy | Vicentine | Vicentines | ||||
| Vichy | France | Vichyssois | Vichyssois | ||||
| Vienna | Austria | Viennese | Viennese | ||||
| Warsaw | Poland | Varsovian | Varsovians | ||||
| Washington, D.C. | United States | Washingtonian | Washingtonians10 | ||||
| Wellington | New Zealand | Wellington, Wellingtonian | Wellingtonians | ||||
| Wheatland | Wisconsin | Wheatlander | Wheatlanders | ||||
| Wichita | Kansas | Wichitan | Wichitans | ||||
| Wilmot | Wisconsin | Wilmotter | Wilmotters | ||||
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | Winnipeggers, Winnipegers | |||||
| Wolverhampton | England | Wulfrunians | |||||
| Xalapa | Mexico | Xalapeño | Xalapeños | ||||
| Xanthi | Greece | Xanthian | Xanthians | ||||
| Yerevan | Armenia | Yerevani | Yerevanis | ||||
| Zintan | Libya | Zintani | Zintanis | ||||
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Famous quotes containing the word cities:
“If I be false, or swerve a hair from truth,
When time is old and hath forgot itself,
When waterdrops have worn the stones of Troy,
And blind oblivion swallowed cities up,
And mighty states characterless are grated
To dusty nothing, yet let memory
From false to false among false maids in love
Upbraid my falsehood.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Again and again I am brought up against it, and again and again I resist it: I don’t want to believe it, even though it is almost palpable: the vast majority lack an intellectual conscience; indeed, it often seems to me that to demand such a thing is to be in the most populous cities as solitary as in the desert.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with walls? Because, pointing out the inhabitants and citizens of the city, so expert in military discipline and so strong and well armed: “Here,” he said, “are the walls of the city,” meaning that there is no wall but of bones, and that towns and cities can have no more secure nor stronger wall than the virtue of their citizens and inhabitants.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)