Continents,Countries and Nationality
Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:49 pm
Continents
Unfortunately, even the experts cannot agree on how many continents there are:
- 7 Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- 6 Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Eurasia, North America, Oceania, South America
- 6 Continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania
- 5 Continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Eurasia, Oceania
- 4 Continents: Eurafrasia, America, Antarctica, Oceania
Curiously, we have a word for somebody who comes from Mars (a Martian), but we have no word for somebody who comes from Antarctica.
This chart lists what is probably the most widely-accepted number of continents (7), and shows the associated adjective and the noun used for a person from each continent:
Continent | Adjective | Person |
Africa | African | an African |
Antarctica | Antarctic | - |
Asia | Asian | an Asian |
Europe | European | a European |
North America | North American | a North American |
Oceania | Oceanian | an Oceanian |
South America | South American | a South American |
Countries
A country is a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory or piece of land. For example, China, France, Iraq and Japan are all countries.
"Country" is a political term, not geographical. In theory, all countries are sovereign, meaning that they are independent and decide their own laws (though they may sometimes surrender or modify certain rights by treaty).
The noun for a country's language usually comes from the adjective for that country, for example:
- He speaks Polish.
- Is French difficult?
- France (not france)
- French (not french)
- a Frenchman (not a frenchman)
Countries & Nationality
This chart lists many of the countries or nations in the world, with the following information:- Name of country
- Adjective used for that country (also describes nationality)
- Noun used for a person from that country
She comes from France. She is French. Her nationality is French. She is a Frenchwoman. She drives a French car. She speaks French.
Country Adjective Person Afghanistan Afghan an Afghan Albania Albanian an Albanian Algeria Algerian an Algerian Andorra Andorran an Andorran Angola Angolan an Angolan Argentina Argentinian an Argentinian Armenia Armenian an Armenian Australia Australian an Australian Austria Austrian an Austrian Azerbaijan Azerbaijani an Azerbaijani Bahamas Bahamian a Bahamian Bahrain Bahraini a Bahraini Bangladesh Bangladeshi a Bangladeshi Barbados Barbadian a Barbadian Belarus Belarusian or Belarusan a Belarusian or a Belarusan Belgium Belgian a Belgian Belize Belizian a Belizian Benin Beninese a Beninese Bhutan Bhutanese a Bhutanese Bolivia Bolivian a Bolivian Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnian a Bosnian Botswana Botswanan a Tswana Brazil Brazilian a Brazilian Britain British a Briton Brunei Bruneian a Bruneian Bulgaria Bulgarian a Bulgarian Burkina Burkinese a Burkinese Burma (official name Myanmar) Burmese a Burmese Burundi Burundian a Burundian Cambodia Cambodian a Cambodian Cameroon Cameroonian a Cameroonian Canada Canadian a Canadian Cape Verde Islands Cape Verdean a Cape Verdean Chad Chadian a Chadian Chile Chilean a Chilean China Chinese a Chinese Colombia Colombian a Colombian Congo Congolese a Congolese Costa Rica Costa Rican a Costa Rican Croatia Croat or Croatian a Croat or a Croatian Cuba Cuban a Cuban Cyprus Cypriot a Cypriot Czech Republic Czech a Czech Denmark Danish a Dane Djibouti Djiboutian a Djiboutian Dominica Dominican a Dominican Dominican Republic Dominican a Dominican Ecuador Ecuadorean an Ecuadorean Egypt Egyptian an Egyptian El Salvador Salvadorean a Salvadorean England English an Englishman, an Englishwoman Eritrea Eritrean an Eritrean Estonia Estonian an Estonian Ethiopia Ethiopian an Ethiopian Fiji Fijian a Fijian Finland Finnish a Finn France French a Frenchman, a Frenchwoman Gabon Gabonese a Gabonese Gambia, the Gambian a Gambian Georgia Georgian a Georgian Germany German a German Ghana Ghanaian a Ghanaian Greece Greek a Greek Grenada Grenadian a Grenadian Guatemala Guatemalan a Guatemalan Guinea Guinean a Guinean Guyana Guyanese a Guyanese Haiti Haitian a Haitian Holland (also Netherlands) Dutch a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman Honduras Honduran a Honduran Hungary Hungarian a Hungarian Iceland Icelandic an Icelander India Indian an Indian Indonesia Indonesian an Indonesian Iran Iranian an Iranian Iraq Iraqi an Iraqi Ireland, Republic of Irish an Irishman, an Irishwoman Israel Israeli an Israeli Italy Italian an Italian Jamaica Jamaican a Jamaican Japan Japanese a Japanese Jordan Jordanian a Jordanian Kazakhstan Kazakh a Kazakh Kenya Kenyan a Kenyan Korea see North Korea, South Korea Kuwait Kuwaiti a Kuwaiti Laos Laotian a Laotian Latvia Latvian a Latvian Lebanon Lebanese a Lebanese Liberia Liberian a Liberian Libya Libyan a Libyan Liechtenstein - a Liechtensteiner Lithuania Lithuanian a Lithuanian Luxembourg - a Luxembourger Macedonia Macedonian a Macedonian Madagascar Malagasy or Madagascan a Malagasy or a Madagascan Malawi Malawian a Malawian Malaysia Malaysian a Malaysian Maldives Maldivian a Maldivian Mali Malian a Malian Malta Maltese a Maltese Mauritania Mauritanian a Mauritanian Mauritius Mauritian a Mauritian Mexico Mexican a Mexican Moldova Moldovan a Moldovan Monaco Monégasque or Monacan a Monégasque or a Monacan Mongolia Mongolian a Mongolian Montenegro Montenegrin a Montenegrin Morocco Moroccan a Moroccan Mozambique Mozambican a Mozambican Myanmar see Burma - - Namibia Namibian a Namibian Nepal Nepalese a Nepalese Netherlands, the (see Holland) Dutch a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman, or a Netherlander New Zealand New Zealand (used attributively only, as in New Zealand butter but not He is New Zealand) a New Zealander Nicaragua Nicaraguan a Nicaraguan Niger Nigerien a Nigerien Nigeria Nigerian a Nigerian North Korea North Korean a North Korean Norway Norwegian a Norwegian Oman Omani an Omani Pakistan Pakistani a Pakistani Panama Panamanian a Panamanian Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean or Guinean a Papua New Guinean or a Guinean Paraguay Paraguayan a Paraguayan Peru Peruvian a Peruvian the Philippines Philippine a Filipino Poland Polish a Pole Portugal Portuguese a Portuguese Qatar Qatari a Qatari Romania Romanian a Romanian Russia Russian a Russian Rwanda Rwandan a Rwandan Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian or Saudi a Saudi Arabian or a Saudi Scotland Scottish a Scot Senegal Senegalese a Senegalese Serbia Serb or Serbian a Serb or a Serbian Seychelles, the Seychellois a Seychellois Sierra Leone Sierra Leonian a Sierra Leonian Singapore Singaporean a Singaporean Slovakia Slovak a Slovak Slovenia Slovene or Slovenian a Slovene or a Slovenian Solomon Islands - a Solomon Islander Somalia Somali a Somali South Africa South African a South African South Korea South Korean a South Korean Spain Spanish a Spaniard Sri Lanka Sri Lankan a Sri Lankan Sudan Sudanese a Sudanese Suriname Surinamese a Surinamer or a Surinamese Swaziland Swazi a Swazi Sweden Swedish a Swede Switzerland Swiss a Swiss Syria Syrian a Syrian Taiwan Taiwanese a Taiwanese Tajikistan Tajik or Tadjik a Tajik or a Tadjik Tanzania Tanzanian a Tanzanian Thailand Thai a Thai Togo Togolese a Togolese Trinidad and Tobago Trinidadian
Tobagan/Tobagoniana Trinidadian
a Tobagan/TobagonianTunisia Tunisian a Tunisian Turkey Turkish a Turk Turkmenistan Turkmen or Turkoman a Turkmen or a Turkoman Tuvali Tuvaluan a Tuvaluan Uganda Ugandan a Ugandan Ukraine Ukrainian a Ukrainian United Arab Emirates (UAE) UAE or Emirates (used attributively only, as in UAE buildings, Emirates holidays but not He is UAE, I am Emirates) or Emirati an Emirati United Kingdom (UK) UK (used attributively only, as in UK time but not He is UK) or British a Briton United States of America (USA) US (used attributively only, as in US aggression but not He is US) a US citizen Uruguay Uruguayan a Uruguayan Uzbekistan Uzbek an Uzbek Vanuata Vanuatuan a Vanuatuan Vatican City - - Venezuela Venezuelan a Venezuelan Vietnam Vietnamese a Vietnamese Wales Welsh a Welshman, a Welshwoman Western Samoa Western Samoan a Western Samoan Yemen Yemeni a Yemeni Yugoslavia Yugoslav a Yugoslav Zaire Zaïrean a Zaïrean Zambia Zambian a Zambian Zimbabwe Zimbabwean a Zimbabwean
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