[PW] I've lost a word and a Wikipedia page....

[Bankhead, Sheila]

Demonym
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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. In English, the demonym is often the same as the name of the people's native language: e.g., the "French" (people who speak French). Some places, particularly smaller cities and towns, may not have an established word for their residents; toponymists have a particular challenge in researching these. See also ethnonym.-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:project-wombat-fm-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org]On Behalf Of
Phalbe Henriksen
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 12:01 PM
To: list at project-wombat.org
Subject: [PW] I've lost a word and a Wikipedia page....


Folks,

I've "lost" a Wikipedia page! I didn't realize that I.E.'s "history" 
doesn't save individual Wikipedia pages. :(

The page is about how names of countries, states, cities, areas in 
general, and cultures are changed to describe the people from them, 
e.g. Washington/Washingtonian, Liverpool/Liverpudlian, New York/New Yorker.

Does anyone recognize this or know the word that describes this?

Thanks.

Phalbe Henriksen
so forth and so on

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