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gentilic

gentilic

English

Adjective

gentilic ‎(not comparable)

  1. Tribal or national.
  2. Describing the inhabitants of a particular place; demonymic.

Translations

Noun

gentilic ‎(plural gentilics)

  1. A personal name derived from a place name.
    Vito Corleone? What kind of name is Corleone? A gentilic?
  2. A demonym.

See also

Etymology

Coined based on the Latin gentilis ‎(“of a clan, or gens”) + English suffix -ic.

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