Editing Demonym (section)

==Non-standard examples==
Demonyms may also not conform to the underlying naming of a particular place, but instead arise out of historical or cultural particularities that become associated with its denizens. In the United States such demonyms frequently become associated with regional pride such as "''Burqueño''" and the feminine "''Burqueña''" of [[Albuquerque]],<ref name="White 2020">{{cite web | last=White | first=Juliet | title=18 Words You'll Only Understand If You're From New Mexico | website=OnlyInYourState | date=July 16, 2020 | url=https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-mexico/words-nm/ | access-date=April 26, 2021 | archive-date=April 26, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426113712/https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-mexico/words-nm/ | url-status=live }}</ref> or with the mascots of intercollegiate sports teams of the [[state university system]], take for example the [[sooners|sooner]] of [[Oklahoma]] and the [[Oklahoma Sooners]].<ref name="Oklahoma 2013">{{cite web | last=Oklahoma | first=University of | title=What is a Sooner? | website=University of Oklahoma | date=May 20, 2013 | url=https://soonersports.com/news/2013/5/20/208806115.aspx | access-date=April 26, 2021 | archive-date=June 18, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618065703/http://www.soonersports.com/trads/what-is-a-sooner.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

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'''Formal'''

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*[[Aberdeenshire]] → [[Northeast Scots|Doric]]
*[[Albuquerque]] → Burqueños or the feminine Burqueñas (also "''Albuquerqueans''")
*[[Buenos Aires]] → [[Porteños]]
*[[Concepción, Chile]] → [[Penquistas]]
*[[Connecticut]] → [[Nutmegger]]s
*[[Cyprus]] → [[Cypriot people|Cypriots]]
*[[Guinea Bissau]] → Bissau-Guinean
*[[Edinburgh]] → Lothian
*[[Lisbon]] → Alfacinha
*[[Indiana]] → [[Hoosier]]s<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mettler|first=Katie|date=January 13, 2017|title='Hoosier' is now the official name for Indiana folk. But what does it even mean?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/13/hoosier-is-now-the-official-name-for-indiana-folk-but-what-does-it-even-mean/|access-date=July 31, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307035051/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/13/hoosier-is-now-the-official-name-for-indiana-folk-but-what-does-it-even-mean/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Los Angeles]] → Angelenos<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Angeleno|access-date=2017-08-10}}</ref>
*[[Madagascar]] → [[Malagasy people|Malagasy]]
*[[Massachusetts]] → [[Bay Staters]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleI/Chapter2/Section35|title=Massachusetts: General Laws, Section 35|work=malegislature.gov|access-date=2016-11-14|archive-date=2018-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226000411/https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleI/Chapter2/Section35|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Prior to the Massachusetts State Legislature designating "Bay Stater" as the state's official demonym, other terms used included ''Massachusett'', borrowed from the native [[Massachusett]] tribe, ''Massachusite'', championed by the early English [[Boston Brahmin|Brahmins]], ''Massachusettsian'', by analogy with other state demonyms, and ''Masshole'', originally derogatory.</ref>
*[[North Macedonia]] → Macedonians
*[[Nunavut]] → Nunavummiut, Nunavummiuq (sing.)
*[[Minas Gerais]] → Mineiros
*[[Rio Grande do Sul]] → [[Gaúcho]]s
*[[Rio de Janeiro (city)]] → [[Carioca]]s
*[[Rio de Janeiro (state)]]  → Fluminense
*[[São Paulo (city)]] → Paulistanos
*[[São Paulo (state)]] → Paulistas
*[[Shropshire]] → Salopian
*[[Tierra Caliente (Mexico)|Tierra Caliente]] → Calentano, Calentana, Guache, Guacha, Huache, Huacha
*[[Uruguay]] → Orientales
*[[Valparaíso]] → [[Porteños]]
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'''Informal'''

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*[[Australia]] → [[Aussie]]
*[[Birmingham, England]] → Brummie
*[[Canada]] → [[Canuck]]
*[[Cardiff]] → Taffs
*[[Devon]] → [[Janner]]
*[[Hartlepool, England]] → [[Monkey hanger]]
*[[Isle Of Wight]] → Caulkheads<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-9551,00.html |title=Why are natives of the Isle of Wight known as 'caulkheads'? |language=en |work=The Guardian |date= |access-date=2022-02-22  }}</ref>
*[[Plymouth]] → [[Janner]]
*[[Jersey]] → [[Jèrriais]] (adjectival), Jerseyman (demonym)
*[[Kansas]] → [[Jayhawker]]
*[[Liverpool, England]] → Scouser, Liverpudlian
*[[London, England]] → [[Cockney]] (specifically, someone from East London)
*[[Mexico]] → [[Aztec]]a<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sinonimosgratis.com/mexicanos |title=Mexicanos sinónimos, mexicanos antónimos |language=es |publisher=SinonimosGratis.com |date= |access-date=2022-02-22 |archive-date=2022-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104205222/https://www.sinonimosgratis.com/mexicanos |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Middlesbrough, England]] → [[Smoggie]]
*[[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Australia]] → Novocastrian
*[[Newcastle upon Tyne, England]] → [[Geordie]]
*[[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland, Canada]] → [[Newfie]]
*[[New Zealand]] → [[Kiwi (nickname)|Kiwi]]
*[[Nigeria]] → [[Naija]]
*[[North Carolina]] → [[Tar Heel]]
*[[Philippines]] → [[Pinoy]]
*[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]] → [[Yinzer]]
*[[Peru]] → [[Inca]] (also Perulero)
*[[Puerto Rico]] → [[Boricua]] (from Taino Arawak ''Boriken'' ({{Translation|land of brave people}}))
*[[South Australia]] → Croweater
*[[City of Sunderland|Sunderland, England]] → [[Mackem]]
*[[Sydney, Australia]] → Sydneysider
*[[Ohio]] → Buckeye
*[[Oklahoma]] → [[Okie]], [[Sooner]]
*[[Oldham, England]] → Yonner
*[[Tasmania]] → Taswegian<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2013/05/slang-what-aussies-call-other-aussies|title=Slang: What Aussies call other Aussies|work=Australian Geographic|access-date=2018-07-03|language=en|archive-date=2018-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703133313/http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2013/05/slang-what-aussies-call-other-aussies|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[United States]] → Yank or Yankee
*[[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]] → [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Yooper]]
*[[Wisconsin]] → [[Cheesehead]]
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