Countries, Adjective Forms & Nationalities: Countries, Adjective Forms, and Nationalities (#13)

The adjective forms for countries and the names for citizens of countries
are often confusing in English. This happens for two reasons. First, there
is no easy way to change a country's name to its adjective form because
several different endings are used for this purpose. Second, the words
for nationalities are often the same as the adjective forms, but not always.

Here is more information on names of countries, their adjective forms,
and the words used for their citizens.

 

Countries, Adjective Forms,
and Nationalities (#13)

country		adjective		nationality
Sierra Leone		Sierra Leonean		Sierra Leonean
Singapore		Singaporean		Singaporean
Slovakia		Slovak		Slovak
Slovenia		Slovenian*		Slovene*
Solomon Islands		Soloman Islander		Solomon Islander
Somalia		Somali		Somali
South Africa		South African		South African
Spain		Spanish*		Spaniard*
Sri Lanka		Sri Lankan		Sri Lankan
Sudan		Sudanese		Sudanese
Suriname		Surinamese*		Surinamer*
Swaziland		Swazi		Swazi
Sweden		Swedish*		Swede*
Switzerland		Swiss		Swiss
Syria		Syrian		Syrian

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Special Notes:

1.		For Slovenia, notice the different adjective and nationality forms: Slovenian (adjective), Slovene (nationality).
2.		Notice that Spain also has different adjective and nationality forms: Spanish (adjective), Spaniard (nationality).
3.		Suriname has different adjective and nationality forms, also: Surinamese (adjective), Surinamer (nationality).
4.		Sweden is another country with different adjectives and nationality forms: Swedish (adjective), Swede (nationality).