Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for former regions
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An asterisk (*) indicates that the word refers also to a language or dialect. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)
| Name | Adjective | Demonym | |
|---|---|---|---|
| colloquial | |||
| Abyssinia | Abyssinian | Abyssinians | |
| Acadia | Acadian | Acadians | |
| Akkadia | Akkadian * | Akkadians | |
| Argos | Argive | Argives | |
| Austria-Hungary | Austro-Hungarian | Austro-Hungarians, Austrians, Hungarians | |
| Babylonia | Babylonian * | Babylonians | |
| Bactria, Bactriana | Bactrian | Bactrians | |
| Bessarabia | Bessarabian | Bessarabians | |
| Burma | Burmese * | Burmese[1] | |
| Byzantium | Byzantine | Byzantines | |
| Carthage | Carthaginian | Carthaginians | |
| Ceylon | Ceylonese | Ceylonese | |
| Chechnya | Chechnyan, Chechen | Chechnyan, Chechen | |
| Colossae | Colossian | Colossians | |
| Confederate States of America | Confederate, CSA | Confederates, Confederate Americans | "Rebels", "Rebs" |
| Corinth | Corinthian | Corinthians | |
| Crete | Cretan | Cretans | |
| Cyrenaica | Cyrenaic | Cyrenaics | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czech[2] | Czechoslovakians, Czechs, Slovaks | |
| Dacia | Dacian * | Dacians | |
| Dalmatia | Dalmatian * | Dalmatians | |
| Elam | Elamite, Elamitic, Elamitish | Elamites | |
| Ephesus | Ephesian | Ephesians | |
| Etruria | Etruscan | Etruscans | |
| Galatia | Galatian | Galatians | |
| Gaul | Gallic * | Gauls | |
| Germania | Germanian, Germanic | Germanians, Germanics | |
| Illyria | Illyrian | Illyrians | |
| Locris | Locrian | Locrians | |
| Malaya | Malay *, Malayan | Malays, Malayans | |
| Manchuria | Manchurian | Manchurians | |
| Media | Median * | Medes, Medians | |
| Megara | Megarian | Megarians | |
| Mesopotamia | Mesopotamian | Mesopotamians | |
| Moldavia | Moldavian | Moldavians | |
| Moravia | Moravian | Moravians | |
| Olympia | Olympic | Olympians | |
| Persia | Persian * | Persians | |
| Philippi | Philippian | Philippians | |
| Phocis | Phocian | Phocians | |
| Phoenicia | Phoenician * | Phoenicians | |
| Phrygia | Phrygian | Phrygians | |
| Pomerania | Pomeranian | Pomeranians | |
| Prussia | Prussian | Prussians | |
| Rhodes | Rhodian | Rhodians | |
| Rhodesia | Rhodesian | Rhodesians | |
| Siam | Siamese | Siamese | |
| Silesia | Silesian | Silesians | |
| Sudetenland | Sudetes | Sudetenlanders | |
| Sumer | Sumerian * | Sumerians | |
| Soviet Union | Soviet, Russian *[3] | Soviets, Russians[3] | |
| Sparta | Spartan | Spartans | |
| Thebes | Theban | Thebans | |
| Thessalonica | Thessalonian | Thessalonians | |
| Thessaly | Thessalian | Thessalians | |
| Thrace | Thracian | Thracians | |
| Transylvania | Transylvanian | Transylvanians | |
| Troy | Trojan | Trojans | |
| Wallachia | Wallachian | Wallachians | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavian | Yugoslavs | |
| Zaire | Zairean | Zaireans | |
| Zululand | Zulu | Zulu, Zulus | |
