Nationality

This entry provides the identifying terms for citizens - noun and adjective.

• Afghanistan

  noun: Afghan(s)
  
  adjective: Afghan

• Albania

  noun: Albanian(s)
  
  adjective: Albanian

• Algeria

  noun: Algerian(s)
  
  adjective: Algerian

• American Samoa

  noun: American Samoan(s) (US nationals)
  
  adjective: American Samoan

• Andorra

  noun: Andorran(s)
  
  adjective: Andorran

• Angola

  noun: Angolan(s)
  
  adjective: Angolan

• Anguilla

  noun: Anguillan(s)
  
  adjective: Anguillan

• Antigua and Barbuda

  noun: Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s)
  
  adjective: Antiguan, Barbudan

• Argentina

  noun: Argentine(s)
  
  adjective: Argentine

• Armenia

  noun: Armenian(s)
  
  adjective: Armenian

• Aruba

  noun: Aruban(s)
  
  adjective: Aruban; Dutch

• Australia

  noun: Australian(s)
  
  adjective: Australian

• Austria

  noun: Austrian(s)
  
  adjective: Austrian

• Azerbaijan

  noun: Azerbaijani(s)
  
  adjective: Azerbaijani

• Bahamas, The

  noun: Bahamian(s)
  
  adjective: Bahamian

• Bahrain

  noun: Bahraini(s)
  
  adjective: Bahraini

• Bangladesh

  noun: Bangladeshi(s)
  
  adjective: Bangladeshi

• Barbados

  noun: Barbadian(s) or Bajan (colloquial)
  
  adjective: Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial)

• Belarus

  noun: Belarusian(s)
  
  adjective: Belarusian

• Belgium

  noun: Belgian(s)
  
  adjective: Belgian

• Belize

  noun: Belizean(s)
  
  adjective: Belizean

• Benin

  noun: Beninese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Beninese

• Bermuda

  noun: Bermudian(s)
  
  adjective: Bermudian

• Bhutan

  noun: Bhutanese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Bhutanese

• Bolivia

  noun: Bolivian(s)
  
  adjective: Bolivian

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  noun: Bosnian(s), Herzegovinian(s)
  
  adjective: Bosnian, Herzegovinian

• Botswana

  noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
  
  adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

• Brazil

  noun: Brazilian(s)
  
  adjective: Brazilian

• British Virgin Islands

  noun: British Virgin Islander(s)
  
  adjective: British Virgin Islander

• Brunei

  noun: Bruneian(s)
  
  adjective: Bruneian

• Bulgaria

  noun: Bulgarian(s)
  
  adjective: Bulgarian

• Burkina Faso

  noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Burkinabe

• Burma

  noun: Burmese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Burmese

• Burundi

  noun: Burundian(s)
  
  adjective: Burundian

• Cabo Verde

  noun: Cabo Verdean(s)
  
  adjective: Cabo Verdean

• Cambodia

  noun: Cambodian(s)
  
  adjective: Cambodian

• Cameroon

  noun: Cameroonian(s)
  
  adjective: Cameroonian

• Canada

  noun: Canadian(s)
  
  adjective: Canadian

• Cayman Islands

  noun: Caymanian(s)
  
  adjective: Caymanian

• Central African Republic

  noun: Central African(s)
  
  adjective: Central African

• Chad

  noun: Chadian(s)
  
  adjective: Chadian

• Chile

  noun: Chilean(s)
  
  adjective: Chilean

• China

  noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Chinese

• Christmas Island

  noun: Christmas Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Christmas Island

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  noun: Cocos Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Cocos Islander

• Colombia

  noun: Colombian(s)
  
  adjective: Colombian

• Comoros

  noun: Comoran(s)
  
  adjective: Comoran

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  noun: Congolese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Congolese or Congo

• Congo, Republic of the

  noun: Congolese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Congolese or Congo

• Cook Islands

  noun: Cook Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Cook Islander

• Costa Rica

  noun: Costa Rican(s)
  
  adjective: Costa Rican

• Cote d'Ivoire

  noun: Ivoirian(s)
  
  adjective: Ivoirian

• Croatia

  noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s)
  
  adjective: Croatian
  
  note: the French designation of "Croate" to Croatian mercenaries in the 17th century eventually became "Cravate" and later came to be applied to the soldiers' scarves - the cravat; Croatia celebrates Cravat Day every 18 October

• Cuba

  noun: Cuban(s)
  
  adjective: Cuban

• Curacao

  noun: Curacaoan
  
  adjective: Curacaoan; Dutch

• Cyprus

  noun: Cypriot(s)
  
  adjective: Cypriot

• Czechia

  noun: Czech(s)
  
  adjective: Czech

• Denmark

  noun: Dane(s)
  
  adjective: Danish

• Djibouti

  noun: Djiboutian(s)
  
  adjective: Djiboutian

• Dominica

  noun: Dominican(s)
  
  adjective: Dominican

• Dominican Republic

  noun: Dominican(s)
  
  adjective: Dominican

• Ecuador

  noun: Ecuadorian(s)
  
  adjective: Ecuadorian

• Egypt

  noun: Egyptian(s)
  
  adjective: Egyptian

• El Salvador

  noun: Salvadoran(s)
  
  adjective: Salvadoran

• Equatorial Guinea

  noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)
  
  adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean

• Eritrea

  noun: Eritrean(s)
  
  adjective: Eritrean

• Estonia

  noun: Estonian(s)
  
  adjective: Estonian

• Eswatini

  noun: liSwati (singular), emaSwati (plural); note - former term, Swazi(s), still used among English speakers
  
  adjective: Swati; note - former term, Swazi, still used among English speakers

• Ethiopia

  noun: Ethiopian(s)
  
  adjective: Ethiopian

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  noun: Falkland Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Falkland Island

• Faroe Islands

  noun: Faroese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Faroese

• Fiji

  noun: Fijian(s)
  
  adjective: Fijian

• Finland

  noun: Finn(s)
  
  adjective: Finnish

• France

  noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
  
  adjective: French

• French Polynesia

  noun: French Polynesian(s)
  
  adjective: French Polynesian

• Gabon

  noun: Gabonese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Gabonese

• Gambia, The

  noun: Gambian(s)
  
  adjective: Gambian

• Gaza Strip

  noun: NA
  
  adjective: NA

• Georgia

  noun: Georgian(s)
  
  adjective: Georgian

• Germany

  noun: German(s)
  
  adjective: German

• Ghana

  noun: Ghanaian(s)
  
  adjective: Ghanaian

• Gibraltar

  noun: Gibraltarian(s)
  
  adjective: Gibraltar

• Greece

  noun: Greek(s)
  
  adjective: Greek

• Greenland

  noun: Greenlander(s)
  
  adjective: Greenlandic

• Grenada

  noun: Grenadian(s)
  
  adjective: Grenadian

• Guam

  noun: Guamanian(s) (US citizens)
  
  adjective: Guamanian

• Guatemala

  noun: Guatemalan(s)
  
  adjective: Guatemalan

• Guernsey

  noun: Channel Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Channel Islander

• Guinea

  noun: Guinean(s)
  
  adjective: Guinean

• Guinea-Bissau

  noun: Bissau-Guinean(s)
  
  adjective: Bissau-Guinean

• Guyana

  noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Guyanese

• Haiti

  noun: Haitian(s)
  
  adjective: Haitian

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  noun: none
  
  adjective: none

• Honduras

  noun: Honduran(s)
  
  adjective: Honduran

• Hong Kong

  noun: Chinese/Hong Konger
  
  adjective: Chinese/Hong Kong

• Hungary

  noun: Hungarian(s)
  
  adjective: Hungarian

• Iceland

  noun: Icelander(s)
  
  adjective: Icelandic

• India

  noun: Indian(s)
  
  adjective: Indian

• Indonesia

  noun: Indonesian(s)
  
  adjective: Indonesian

• Iran

  noun: Iranian(s)
  
  adjective: Iranian

• Iraq

  noun: Iraqi(s)
  
  adjective: Iraqi

• Ireland

  noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural)
  
  adjective: Irish

• Isle of Man

  noun: Manxman(men), Manxwoman(women)
  
  adjective: Manx

• Israel

  noun: Israeli(s)
  
  adjective: Israeli

• Italy

  noun: Italian(s)
  
  adjective: Italian

• Jamaica

  noun: Jamaican(s)
  
  adjective: Jamaican

• Japan

  noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Japanese

• Jersey

  noun: Channel Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Channel Islander

• Jordan

  noun: Jordanian(s)
  
  adjective: Jordanian

• Kazakhstan

  noun: Kazakhstani(s)
  
  adjective: Kazakhstani

• Kenya

  noun: Kenyan(s)
  
  adjective: Kenyan

• Kiribati

  noun: I-Kiribati (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: I-Kiribati

• Korea, North

  noun: Korean(s)
  
  adjective: Korean

• Korea, South

  noun: Korean(s)
  
  adjective: Korean

• Kosovo

  noun: Kosovan
  
  adjective: Kosovan
  
  note: Kosovo, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective as in Kosovo Albanian, Kosovo Serb, Kosovo minority, or Kosovo citizen

• Kuwait

  noun: Kuwaiti(s)
  
  adjective: Kuwaiti

• Kyrgyzstan

  noun: Kyrgyzstani(s)
  
  adjective: Kyrgyzstani

• Laos

  noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
  
  adjective: Lao or Laotian

• Latvia

  noun: Latvian(s)
  
  adjective: Latvian

• Lebanon

  noun: Lebanese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Lebanese

• Lesotho

  noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural)
  
  adjective: Basotho

• Liberia

  noun: Liberian(s)
  
  adjective: Liberian

• Libya

  noun: Libyan(s)
  
  adjective: Libyan

• Liechtenstein

  noun: Liechtensteiner(s)
  
  adjective: Liechtenstein

• Lithuania

  noun: Lithuanian(s)
  
  adjective: Lithuanian

• Luxembourg

  noun: Luxembourger(s)
  
  adjective: Luxembourg

• Macau

  noun: Chinese
  
  adjective: Chinese

• Madagascar

  noun: Malagasy (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Malagasy

• Malawi

  noun: Malawian(s)
  
  adjective: Malawian

• Malaysia

  noun: Malaysian(s)
  
  adjective: Malaysian

• Maldives

  noun: Maldivian(s)
  
  adjective: Maldivian

• Mali

  noun: Malian(s)
  
  adjective: Malian

• Malta

  noun: Maltese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Maltese

• Marshall Islands

  noun: Marshallese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Marshallese

• Mauritania

  noun: Mauritanian(s)
  
  adjective: Mauritanian

• Mauritius

  noun: Mauritian(s)
  
  adjective: Mauritian

• Mexico

  noun: Mexican(s)
  
  adjective: Mexican

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  noun: Micronesian(s)
  
  adjective: Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraen(s), Pohnpeian(s), Yapese

• Moldova

  noun: Moldovan(s)
  
  adjective: Moldovan

• Monaco

  noun: Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s)
  
  adjective: Monegasque or Monacan

• Mongolia

  noun: Mongolian(s)
  
  adjective: Mongolian

• Montenegro

  noun: Montenegrin(s)
  
  adjective: Montenegrin

• Montserrat

  noun: Montserratian(s)
  
  adjective: Montserratian

• Morocco

  noun: Moroccan(s)
  
  adjective: Moroccan

• Mozambique

  noun: Mozambican(s)
  
  adjective: Mozambican

• Namibia

  noun: Namibian(s)
  
  adjective: Namibian

• Nauru

  noun: Nauruan(s)
  
  adjective: Nauruan

• Nepal

  noun: Nepali (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Nepali

• Netherlands

  noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women)
  
  adjective: Dutch

• New Caledonia

  noun: New Caledonian(s)
  
  adjective: New Caledonian

• New Zealand

  noun: New Zealander(s)
  
  adjective: New Zealand

• Nicaragua

  noun: Nicaraguan(s)
  
  adjective: Nicaraguan

• Niger

  noun: Nigerien(s)
  
  adjective: Nigerien

• Nigeria

  noun: Nigerian(s)
  
  adjective: Nigerian

• Niue

  noun: Niuean(s)
  
  adjective: Niuean

• Norfolk Island

  noun: Norfolk Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)

• North Macedonia

  noun: Macedonian(s)
  
  adjective: Macedonian

• Northern Mariana Islands

  noun: NA (US citizens)
  
  adjective: NA

• Norway

  noun: Norwegian(s)
  
  adjective: Norwegian

• Oman

  noun: Omani(s)
  
  adjective: Omani

• Pakistan

  noun: Pakistani(s)
  
  adjective: Pakistani

• Palau

  noun: Palauan(s)
  
  adjective: Palauan

• Panama

  noun: Panamanian(s)
  
  adjective: Panamanian

• Papua New Guinea

  noun: Papua New Guinean(s)
  
  adjective: Papua New Guinean

• Paraguay

  noun: Paraguayan(s)
  
  adjective: Paraguayan

• Peru

  noun: Peruvian(s)
  
  adjective: Peruvian

• Philippines

  noun: Filipino(s)
  
  adjective: Philippine

• Pitcairn Islands

  noun: Pitcairn Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Pitcairn Islander

• Poland

  noun: Pole(s)
  
  adjective: Polish

• Portugal

  noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Portuguese

• Puerto Rico

  noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens)
  
  adjective: Puerto Rican

• Qatar

  noun: Qatari(s)
  
  adjective: Qatari

• Romania

  noun: Romanian(s)
  
  adjective: Romanian

• Russia

  noun: Russian(s)
  
  adjective: Russian

• Rwanda

  noun: Rwandan(s)
  
  adjective: Rwandan

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  noun: Saint Helenian(s)
  
  adjective: Saint Helenian
  
  note: referred to locally as "Saints"

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  noun: Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s)
  
  adjective: Kittitian, Nevisian

• Saint Lucia

  noun: Saint Lucian(s)
  
  adjective: Saint Lucian

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
  
  adjective: French

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  noun: Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s)
  
  adjective: Saint Vincentian or Vincentian

• Samoa

  noun: Samoan(s)
  
  adjective: Samoan

• San Marino

  noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Sammarinese

• Sao Tome and Principe

  noun: Sao Tomean(s)
  
  adjective: Sao Tomean

• Saudi Arabia

  noun: Saudi(s)
  
  adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian

• Senegal

  noun: Senegalese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Senegalese

• Serbia

  noun: Serb(s)
  
  adjective: Serbian

• Seychelles

  noun: Seychellois (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Seychellois

• Sierra Leone

  noun: Sierra Leonean(s)
  
  adjective: Sierra Leonean

• Singapore

  noun: Singaporean(s)
  
  adjective: Singapore

• Slovakia

  noun: Slovak(s)
  
  adjective: Slovak

• Slovenia

  noun: Slovene(s)
  
  adjective: Slovenian

• Solomon Islands

  noun: Solomon Islander(s)
  
  adjective: Solomon Islander

• Somalia

  noun: Somali(s)
  
  adjective: Somali

• South Africa

  noun: South African(s)
  
  adjective: South African

• South Sudan

  noun: South Sudanese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: South Sudanese

• Spain

  noun: Spaniard(s)
  
  adjective: Spanish

• Sri Lanka

  noun: Sri Lankan(s)
  
  adjective: Sri Lankan

• Sudan

  noun: Sudanese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Sudanese

• Suriname

  noun: Surinamer(s)
  
  adjective: Surinamese

• Sweden

  noun: Swede(s)
  
  adjective: Swedish

• Switzerland

  noun: Swiss (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Swiss

• Syria

  noun: Syrian(s)
  
  adjective: Syrian

• Taiwan

  noun: Taiwan (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Taiwan (or Taiwanese)
  
  note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan

• Tajikistan

  noun: Tajikistani(s)
  
  adjective: Tajikistani

• Tanzania

  noun: Tanzanian(s)
  
  adjective: Tanzanian

• Thailand

  noun: Thai (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Thai

• Timor-Leste

  noun: Timorese
  
  adjective: Timorese

• Togo

  noun: Togolese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Togolese

• Tokelau

  noun: Tokelauan(s)
  
  adjective: Tokelauan

• Tonga

  noun: Tongan(s)
  
  adjective: Tongan

• Trinidad and Tobago

  noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s)
  
  adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian
  
  note: Trinbagonian is used on occasion to describe a citizen of the country without specifying the island of origin

• Tunisia

  noun: Tunisian(s)
  
  adjective: Tunisian

• Turkey

  noun: Turk(s)
  
  adjective: Turkish

• Turkmenistan

  noun: Turkmenistani(s)
  
  adjective: Turkmenistani

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  noun: none
  
  adjective: none

• Tuvalu

  noun: Tuvaluan(s)
  
  adjective: Tuvaluan

• Uganda

  noun: Ugandan(s)
  
  adjective: Ugandan

• Ukraine

  noun: Ukrainian(s)
  
  adjective: Ukrainian

• United Arab Emirates

  noun: Emirati(s)
  
  adjective: Emirati

• United Kingdom

  noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural)
  
  adjective: British

• United States

  noun: American(s)
  
  adjective: American

• Uruguay

  noun: Uruguayan(s)
  
  adjective: Uruguayan

• Uzbekistan

  noun: Uzbekistani
  
  adjective: Uzbekistani

• Vanuatu

  noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Ni-Vanuatu

• Venezuela

  noun: Venezuelan(s)
  
  adjective: Venezuelan

• Vietnam

  noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
  
  adjective: Vietnamese

• Virgin Islands

  noun: Virgin Islander(s) (US citizens)
  
  adjective: Virgin Islander

• Wallis and Futuna

  noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders
  
  adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander

• West Bank

  noun: NA
  
  adjective: NA

• Yemen

  noun: Yemeni(s)
  
  adjective: Yemeni

• Zambia

  noun: Zambian(s)
  
  adjective: Zambian

• Zimbabwe

  noun: Zimbabwean(s)
  
  adjective: Zimbabwean