Template:Adjectivals and demonyms for former regions

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Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)

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Name Adjective Demonym
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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 Burmesea
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"
Cyrenaica Cyrenaic Cyrenaics
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czechb Czechoslovakians, Czechoslovaks, 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
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
Rhodesia Rhodesian Rhodesians
Siam Siamese Siamese
Silesia Silesian Silesians
Sudetenland Sudetes Sudetenlanders
Sumer Sumerian Sumerians
Soviet Union Soviet, Russianc Soviets, Russiansc
Thebes Theban Thebans
Transylvania Transylvanian Transylvanians
Troy Trojan Trojans
Wallachia Wallachian Wallachians
Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Yugoslavs
Zaire Zairean Zaireans
Zululand Zulu Zulu, Zulus

a  Still used as a demonym for the citizens of Myanmar.
b  "Czech" technically incorrect here, as it is also used to distinguish Czech people from Slovaks or other ethnic groups.
c  "Russian" technically incorrect here, as the Russian SFSR was one of fifteen Soviet Republics (albeit the largest).