Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regions

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[edit] Africa

Name Adjective Demonym
Mediterranean Mediterranean
Nile River Nilotic
Nubia Nubian Nubians
Sahara Saharan Sahrawi

[edit] Americas

Name Adjective Demonym
Acadiana, Cajun Country Acadian (Cajuns)
Aleutian Islands Aleut, Aleutian Aleuts, Aleutians
Amazon river and region Amazonian
Antilles Antillean Antilleans
Appalachia Appalachian
Caribbean Caribbean
Guiana Guianan Guianans
Upper Peninsula of Michigan Yoopers
Nassau Nassuvian Nassuvians
New England New England New Englanders
Patagonia Patagonian Patagonians
Rio de Janeiro (state) Fluminense Fluminenses
St. Lawrence River Laurentian
São Paulo (state) Paulista Paulistas

[edit] Asia

An asterisk (*) indicates that the word refers also to a language. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)

Name Adjective Demonym
Bali Balinese* Balinese
Balochistan, Baluchistan Balochi/s, Baluchi/s
Bihar Bihari* Biharis
Borneo Bornean Borneans
Caucasus, Caucasia Caucasian, Caucasic Caucasians
Gujarat Gujaratis
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kongers, Hongkongers
Indochina Indochinese Indochinese
Java Javanese* Javanese
Kashmir Kashmiran Kashmiris
Korea Korean* Koreans
Melanesia Melanesian Melanesians
Punjab Punjabi* Punjabis
Siberia Siberian Siberians
Sindh, Sind Sindhi* Sindhi, Sindhis

[edit] Europe

An asterisk (*) indicates that the word refers also to a language or dialect.

Name Adjective Demonym
Alps Alpine
Alsace Alsatian* Alsatians
Andalusia Andalusian* Andalusians
Apennines Apennine
Apulia Apulian Apulians
Aragon Aragonese* Aragonese
Arcadia Arcadian Arcadians
Asturias Asturian* Asturians
Balkans Balkan
Baltic region Baltic Balts
Bavaria Bavarian Bavarians
Basque Country Basque* Basques
Bohemia Bohemian Bohemians
Brittany Breton* Bretons
Burgundy Burgundian* Burgundians
Calabria Calabrian Calabrians
Cantabria Cantabrian Cantabrians
Canterbury (England) Cantuarian Cantuarians
Carinthia Carinthian Carinthians
Castile Castilian* Castilians
Catalonia Catalan*, Catalonian Catalans, Catalonians
Caucasus, Caucasia Caucasian, Caucasic Caucasians
Cornwall Cornish* Cornish
Corsica Corsican* Corsicans
Crimea Crimean Crimeans
Courland Curonian Curonians
Danube River Danubian
El Bierzo Bercian Bercians
Fife Fife Fifers
Flanders Flemish* Flemings
Franconia Franconian Franconians
Friesland, Frisian Islands Friesian, Frisian* Friesians, Frisians
Galicia (Central Europe) Galician Galicians
Galicia (Spain) Galician* Galicians
Gascony Gascon* Gascons
Harrow Harrovian Harrovians
Hesse Hessian Hessians
Holstein Holsteinian Holsteiner
Kosovo and Methohija Kosovar, Kosovan Kosovars, Kosovans
Lancashire Lancastrian Lancastrians
Lapland Lapp*, Saami* Lappish, Saamis
Latium Latin* Latins
León Leonese* Leoneses
Lombardy Lombard*, Lombardic Lombards
Lorraine Lorrainian Lorrainians
Lusatia Lusatian* Lusatians
Mediterranean Mediterranean
Murcia Murcian Murcians
Navarre Navarrese Navarrese
Normandy Norman* Normans
Northumberland Northumbrian Northumbrians
Orkney Islands Orcadian Orcadians
Pennines Pennine
Picardy Picard* Picards
Piedmont Piedmontese* Piedmontese
Po River Padane
Provence Provençal*
Pyrenees Pyrenean
Rhineland Rhenish Rhinelanders
Sardinia Sardinian* Sardinians
Savoy Savoyard* Savoyards
Saxony Saxon Saxons
Scandinavia Scandinavian Scandinavians
Sicily Sicilian* Sicilians
Swabia Swabian Swabians
Tuscany Tuscan* Tuscans
Tyrol Tyrolean, Tyrolese Tyroleans, Tyrolese
Wallonia Walloon* Walloons
Westphalia Westphalian Westphalian

[edit] Middle East

An asterisk (*) indicates that the word refers also to a language.

Name Adjective Demonym
Galilee Galilean Galileans
Judea, Judaea Judean, Judaean Judeans, Judaeans
Kurdistan Kurdish* Kurds
Palestine Palestinian Palestinians
Samaria Samaritan Samaritans

[edit] Oceania

An asterisk (*) indicates that the word refers also to a language.

Name Adjective Demonym
Antipodes[1] Antipodean Antipodeans
Melanesia Melanesian Melanesians
Micronesia Micronesian Micronesians
Nauru Naurian Naurians
Polynesia Polynesian Polynesians
Tahiti Tahitian* Tahitians

[edit] Other

Name Adjective Demonym
Palatinate Palatine Palatines