Demonyms

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Grammar Guy: Spelling and expelling demonyms

The Indiana Times 18 Jul 2021

Beelzebub. Mammon. Legion. These are demon names. Today we’re talking about demonyms, which are different from demon names. The devil is in the details, I suppose ... .

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Curtis Honeycutt | Grammar Guy: Spelling and expelling demonyms

Brattleboro Reformer 19 Jul 2021

Today, we’re talking about demonyms, which are different from demon names ... Demonyms are the words we use for groups of people from different places. We get the word “demonym” from the Greek words “demos” (people, citizens, tribespeople) and “nym” (name) ... Back to demonyms ... One of the state demonyms always makes me yawn ... city demonyms.

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Demonyms are the name of the game

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 17 Jul 2021

Beelzebub. Mammon. Legion. These are demon names. Today we're talking about demonyms, which are different from demon names. The devil is in the details, I suppose ... .

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Spelling and expelling demonyms

Journal Review 13 Jul 2021

Today we’re talking about demonyms, which are different from demon names ... Demonyms are the words we use for groups of people from different places. We get the word “demonym” from the Greek words “demos” (people, citizens, tribespeople) and “nym” (name) ... Back to demonyms ... city demonyms.

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Super Quiz: State Nicknames and Demonyms

NWA Online 18 Mar 2021

1. Sooner .

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You might be a Perthling or a Glenrothesian, it’s your demonym

The Courier 24 Jun 2019

Some of you will be Dundonians. There also will be Forfarians among you, and some Arbroathians, and Fifers, and Brechiners. These area-specific titles are demonyms, the word stems from the Ancient Greek word for “people” or “tribe”. ... .

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A guide to Texas demonyms from a Texas word scholar

Houston Chronicle 12 Aug 2016

Ever wondered what to call someone from Dallas, besides wrong? This week the Texas Standard published a handy guide to Texas demonyms so you will always know what to call your cousin from Refugio.  ... .

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Demonyms of Peru

About.com 29 Oct 2015

A demonym (also gentilic, or gentilicio in Spanish) is the name given to a resident -- or residents -- of a specific place. And while it’s fairly rare to hear the word “demonym” used in casual conversation, we actually use demonyms all the time ... Notice that demonyms are not capitalized in the Spanish language ... Demonyms of Peru.

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Gloucester residents reject demonyms

Daily Press 22 May 2014

At least that's what can be deduced from an unscientific poll in the Daily Press Gloucester Blog on what demonym should be attached to residents of Gloucester ... His check for Gloucester demonyms from Google's database of books also turned up no references, which was a first for him, he said.

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Vote for Gloucester residents' demonym

Daily Press 18 Mar 2014

It's a term that's known rather obscurely as a "demonym.". A demonym refers to a name that's used for people of a certain city, county, state, or locality ... Martin's search of demonyms turned up nothing for Gloucester, whether it's the Gloucester, Va., variety, of a Massachusetts or New Jersey strain, or even based in the United Kingdom.

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Acronyms and demonyms

Gulf News 30 Oct 2011

The most surprising thing I have learned today is that "Pakistan" is completely made up - Pakistan the name, I mean ... But here's the thing ... They were a people before they were a country. But with Pakistan, the country, or at least an idea for a country, came first; "Pakistanis," as the demonym (name for the inhabitants), came later.

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