Countries, Adjective Forms & Nationalities: Countries, Adjective Forms, and Nationalities (#9)

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 (#9)

country		adjective		nationality
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of		Macedonian		Macedonian
Madagascar		Malagasy*		Malagasy*
Malawi		Malawian		Malawian
Malaysia		Malaysian		Malaysian
Maldives		Maldivian		Maldivian
Mali		Malian		Malian
Malta		Maltese		Maltese
Marshall Islands		Marshallese		Marshallese
Mauritania		Mauritanian		Mauritanian
Mauritius		Mauritian		Mauritian
Mexico		Mexican		Mexican
Micronesia, Federated States of		Micronesian		Micronesian, Kosrae, Pohnpeian, Trukese, Yapese*
Moldova		Moldovan		Moldovan
Monaco		Monegasque, Monacan*		Monegasque, Monacan*
Mongolia		Mongolian		Mongolian
Mozambique		Mozambican		Mozambican
Myanmar		Burmese*		Burmese*

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Special Notes:

1.		Note that the adjective and nationality forms used for Madagascar are unusual: Malagasy is used for both.
2.		Because The Federated States of Micronesia consists of a group of islands, the adjective form is Micronesian. Micronesian can also be used as a general nationality form, but forms related to the names of individual islands are also used: Kosrae, Pohnpeian, Trukese, Yapese.
3.		Both Monegasque and Monacan are used for the adjective and nationality forms for Monaco, but Monegasque is much more common.
4.		Myanmar was known as Burma until 1989. The new name is commonly used for the country, but the old adjective and nationality forms (Burmese) are still used.