List of adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regions

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The following is a list of adjectival forms of subcontinental regions in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these subcontinental regions. Note: Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final 's' or, in the case of ese endings, are the same as the plural forms. The ending men has feminine equivalent women (e. g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman). The French terminations ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine; adding 'e' ( oise / aise) makes them singular feminine; 'es' ( oises / aises) makes them plural feminine. The Spanish termination " o" usually denotes the masculine and is normally changed to feminine by dropping the " o" and adding " a". The plural forms are usually " os" and " as" respectively. Adjectives ending ish can be used as collective demonyms (e. g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in ch / tch (e. g. the French, the Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e. g. the adjective Czech does not qualify). Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)

Many place name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)

Name Adjective Demonym Acadia Acadian Acadians Acadiana, Cajun Country Acadian (Cajuns) Aleutian Islands Aleut, Aleutian Aleuts, Aleutians Amazon river and Amazon region Amazonian Andes Andean Antilles Antillean Antilleans Appalachia Appalachian Caribbean Caribbean Cascadia Cascadian Cascadians Ceara Cearense Cearenses Guiana Guianan Guianans Long Island Long Island Long Islanders Maritimes Maritime Maritimers Minas Gerais Mineiro Mineiros New England New England New Englanders Northern Mexico Norteño Norteños Patagonia Patagonian Patagonians Parana (state) Paranaense Paranaenses Rio de Janeiro (state) Fluminense Fluminenses Rio Grande do Sul Sul rio grandense, Gaúcho Gaúchos St. Lawrence River Laurentian Santa Catarina Catarinense, Barriga verde Catarinenses, Barrigas verdes São Paulo (state) Paulista Paulistas South (U. S.) Southern Southerners Upper Peninsula of Michigan Yoopers West Indies West Indian West Indians

Name Adjective Demonym Antipodesa Antipodean Antipodeans Melanesia Melanesian Melanesians Micronesia Micronesian Micronesians Polynesia Polynesian Polynesians Tahiti Tahitian Tahitians New Guinea New Guinean New Guineansa Usually refers to Australia and New Zealand.