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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