Demonyms Quiz

A demonym is a term that refers to a person from a specific place. For example, a person from Mexico is a Mexican. Can you guess these other demonyms?

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First submitted	June 27, 2011
Times taken	185,029
Average score	57.6%
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a person from	is called ...
the United States	an American
the Netherlands	Dutch
Venice	a Venetian
Texas	a Texan
Philippines	a Filipino
Canada	a Canadian
Canada (slang)	a Canuck
Flanders	Flemish
Peru	a Peruvian
Indiana	a Hoosier
Paris	a Parisian

a person from	is called ...
Rome	a Roman
Moscow	a Muscovite
Troy	a Trojan
Iraq	an Iraqi
Spain	a Spaniard
Switzerland	Swiss
Berlin	a Berliner
Denmark	a Dane
Genoa	Genoese
Brittany	a Breton
Poland	a Pole

a person from	is called ...
London	a Londoner
New Zealand (slang)	a Kiwi
Liverpool	a Liverpudlian
Liverpool (slang)	a Scouser
Birmingham (slang)	a Brummie
Wales	Welsh
Los Angeles	an Angeleno
Cyprus	a Cypriot
Phoenix	a Phoenician
Naples	a Neapolitan
Michigan's UP	a Yooper

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102 Recent Comments

Level 70

Nov 4, 2016

I've always seen it as Bromley for those from Birmingham.

+20

Level 60

Nov 4, 2016

Bromley is an entirely different place.

Level 48

Mar 17, 2025

Bromley is a town just outside London. Nothing to do with Birmingham

Level 62

Nov 4, 2016

Darn, stopped at Scouse and forgot the R

Level 88

Dec 11, 2020

That's the last time I take demonym advice from the Monkees.

Level 32

Nov 4, 2016

You should accept canook or canoock as spelling

+11

Level 47

Nov 4, 2016

I vote against. Please accept the correct spelling.

Level 79

May 21, 2017

What are you on aboot?

Level 48

Mar 17, 2025

Only if you can't spell. The word is Canuck.

Level 61

Mar 24, 2025

Why are you commenting on an old argument from 2016-2017?

Level 61

Mar 9, 2026

Because it's still here

Level 51

Nov 4, 2016

Interesting. Can the answer for liverpool-slang please be accepted without an r on the end? Although I know this quiz is quite old.

Level 61

Nov 4, 2016

No - because that's the accent, not the people. Liverpudlians are scousers.

Level 70

Oct 5, 2017

I tend to disagree. The first time I heard this usage I was in Ireland on holiday when an Irishman said "So your a scouse", I had not heard the expression before, I was 6 years old, and I took umbrage at being called something that I didn't know what it was. I was from Blackpool a whole 30 miles away from Liverpool. In my many years since I have heard 'Scouse' used this way more times than I've had hot dinners........ and I've had a few.

Level 61

Mar 7, 2025

I must say although I enjoyed this quiz I found the chopping and changing between nouns and adjectives very confusing. I agree that "Scouse" should be accepted, if only for that reason (although I've heard it used as a noun as well)

Level 59

Nov 4, 2016

Go Skyrim for helping me with the Breton answer!

Level 39

Nov 5, 2016

more people knew Liverpudlian than Scouser? surprising to me

Level 70

Nov 5, 2016

I did a quiz with all the nationalities of the world, you can check it at my profile.

Level 78

Jul 20, 2017

Canadians don't say canuck; I don't, no one I know does. It's something Americans like to think is cute, but it's just annoying.

Level 70

Oct 5, 2017

I have heard the use of 'Canuck' as a derogatory term here in Australia. In fact in the Northern Territory I witnessed a fight between a Canadian guy and a Queenslander over the snarled usage of the term.

Level 52

Oct 5, 2017

Who won?

Level 72

Dec 11, 2020

It used to be a derogatory term directed towards French Canadians (particularly in America, where there was immigration from Quebec). I am not sure when it came to refer to English Canadians too, but today I really don't see how it is any different from other nicknames (Kiwis, Brits, Yankees, Aussies, etc.) The people who make a fuss about that sort of thing are usually overreacting just a tad.

Level 76

Dec 11, 2020

Yeah i agree. It's not really that derogatory anymore. And I'm personally kinda fond of it because its the hockey team i grew up watching lol

Level 83

Aug 1, 2023

This is an incorrect history of the term “Canuck”. It originated on the coast of British Columbia because many Hawaiian Kanakas worked in the shipping industry. Kanakas corrupted into Canucks, and many people assumed that the Hawaiian Kanakas people were indigenous British Columbians because they were very common on ships hailing from Canada. A significant population of Kanakas grew in Vancouver, too. Anyway, this is why the hockey team is called the very non-derogatory Vancouver Canucks.

Level 68

Oct 5, 2017

Does that mean you're not familiar with that hockey team from Vancouver, BC?

Level 76

Aug 19, 2017

I thought Filipinos were called Pinoy. Or is that slang?

Level 79

Jun 3, 2018

Slang with positive connotations. If they see a beautiful Filipino woman they might refer to her as "Pinay."

Level 33

Aug 19, 2017

Got quite a lot but disappointed that it took me so long to get trojan.

Level 74

Jan 19, 2018

Someone who is Flemish is a Fleming.

Phoenicians came from Phoenicia (unless you are referring to the town in Arizona?)

Level 41

Apr 13, 2018

The Arizonian(?) city is being referred to, yes.

Level 69

Sep 8, 2018

Have you seriously called Phoenix (1.5 m) a TOWN?

Level 47

Jan 30, 2018

well can't believe I remembered Hoosier and Genoese

Level 66

Feb 16, 2018

You should add "Aussie" for Australians

Level 46

Jan 29, 2019

Stupid Flanders

Level 78

Feb 18, 2019

I, for one, tried Flanderseses.

Level 49

Feb 18, 2019

Most of the ones I missed were the American ones, so it was interesting to learn what people from those places were called. Phoenicians for Phoenix. I would never have guessed.

Level 73

Feb 18, 2019

I'd be happy never to be called a Brit by anyone ever again so glad that wasn't a question.

Level 74

Feb 8, 2021

I have a feeling there's a harrowing best-selling novel leading up to this comment...

Level 48

Mar 17, 2025

Why? As a Welshwoman living in Canada I've spent years trying to explain to people that you can insult 50% of the population of the UK by calling them English, but that we're all pretty happy to be referred to as Brits.

Level 65

Aug 11, 2025

Well, no. The vast majority of the UK population lives in England, so I don’t think you’d offend 50% of Brits

Level 26

Feb 18, 2019

Excellent quiz! More, please ! I think this type of quiz would be a great addition to any geography badge, btw.

Level 20

Feb 18, 2019

I missed Canadian *facepalm*

Level 73

Feb 18, 2019

It would make me happy if people from Flanders were called philanderers

Level 52

Aug 1, 2023

Thats the demonym for Paris actually

Level 68

Feb 18, 2019

Should make an "Escanaba in da Moonlight" quiz

Level 70

Feb 18, 2019

Maybe accept slight misspellings of "Venetian" in which an "i" is used for the 4th letter instead of an "e"?

I was super confused why my (misspelled) answer wasn't being accepted and couldn't figure out where the misspelling was (particularly since the letter "i" is pronounced with an "eeee" sound in Italian).

Level 67

Feb 18, 2019

28/33. I stunned by how poorly most folks seemed to go with this quiz

Level 73

Feb 19, 2019

Knew Liverpudlian but in all the spelling variations I tried I always stuck in an extra d. Still doesn't look right with only one. I was probably thinking of Lilliputian and mixing the two.

Level 83

Feb 20, 2019

When you update, you should add Porteño for Buenos Aires.

Level 41

May 26, 2019

I only got yooper because my 5th grade teacher was one and taught us that demonym. 5th grade me was amused.

Level 48

Jul 23, 2019

Only missed 4 so proud of that. I never knew Angeleno, not heard of it at all. And knew the word hoosier, just not what it was!

Level 48

Dec 23, 2019

Lived in LA for 10 years and never knew Angeleno lmao.

Level 69

Apr 30, 2020

Got all of them except for the American and British local ones and the slang words. I guess it's what I deserve for having committed the crime of not being an American.

Level 51

Jun 17, 2020

Yooper is really oddly specific, feel like that one was thrown in specifically to bring down the average score lol

Level 61

Dec 11, 2020

I know that one and Ive never been to Michigan

Level 73

Dec 11, 2020

I have cousins who live there and refer to themselves in that way, but since I had only heard them and never seen it in writing I assumed since it referred to the Upper Peninsula it was spelled "UPer".

Level 71

Jun 19, 2020

Phoenician for Phoenix seems really funny to me, since the city has nothing to do with ancient phoenicia. You learn something new every day.

Level 62

Dec 11, 2020

This needs a No. 2, there's loads of interesting curveball ones out there like Monegasque or Sammarinese

Level 32

Dec 11, 2020

As a Brit I didn't know what UP meant for Michigan.

Level 67

Dec 11, 2020

Upper Peninsula

Level 48

Mar 17, 2025

As a Canadian I didn't know either. Very America-centric quiz

Level 66

Dec 11, 2020

Had to look up Michigan's UP, never heard of that before. I have a hard time believing anyone outside of USA would have.

Level 67

Dec 11, 2020

I went with Genovite. My bad. Still, 30/33 ain't bad.

Level 85

Dec 11, 2020

Can you accept "yoopie" for "yooper", as that's how I've always heard it living pretty close to the area

Level 77

Dec 11, 2020

I made a quiz on a similar topic a few months ago: Demonyms of British Cities.

Level 46

Dec 11, 2020

Spelled Moscuvite in every possible way except the right one.

Level 62

Mar 10, 2025

me with Neapolitan

Level 88

Dec 11, 2020

People from LA are called actors

Level 79

Dec 11, 2020

can ‘scouse’ be accepted without the R? that’s the adjective

Level 45

Dec 11, 2020

I tried Iraqian because I had no idea and it took Iraqi. :)

Level 58

Jan 19, 2021

I am from the Phoenix area and the locals here seem pretty even split between people who call themselves Phonecians and those who hate that. I am the latter

Level 91

Aug 7, 2023

What demonym do you prefer instead?

Level 56

Apr 22, 2021

Phoenician is already taken..

Level 81

Aug 11, 2022

that's what the indians said. Look where that got us

Level 77

Nov 4, 2021

I know Hoosier is the official demonym as per the US Government Printing Office, but I still kinda feel like it should get a slang marker. Maybe not, I don't know.

Level 87

Jan 5, 2022

Brummie here. A big thank you to Joe Pera for helping me get 100% on this quiz

Level 35

May 7, 2022

Surprised how little people got ‘Brummie’, I thought it was quite commonly known

Level 79

Aug 1, 2023

Me too, not so much in America I reckon

Level 65

Aug 11, 2025

I’m English and have only heard it a couple of times, it would be very obscure knowledge in other countries

Level 81

Aug 11, 2022

yoopers rise up!!!!!!!!!!!!

Level 54

Jan 25, 2023

Moscovite

Moskovite

Moscowite

Moscavite

Moscuvite

Moscovian

Moscauvite

Level 61

Aug 1, 2023

Ditto, homie. I thought i tried every variation of the spelling. Eventually I gave up.

Level 50

Jul 27, 2023

Why doeesn't the quiz take napolitano -a?

Level 77

Aug 2, 2023

Because that isn't English..?

Same reason it doesn't take Veneziano or Peruano or Polski or Schweizerisch (Suisse? Svizzero? Helvetii?). All of those are correct demonyms for this quiz, but being on the English part of the site, they're kind of looking for answers in English unless otherwise specified.

Although actually, I guess Napolitano is like Galician/Spanish for Neapolitan so it's more like why it doesn't take Venezianisch or Perufo kasa or Huitene or Liverpoolczycy.

Level 79

Aug 1, 2023

Tried Brittish for Brittany for fun

Level 61

Aug 1, 2023

My fav is people from of Charlotte, NC: Charlottean, not Charlatans.

They take great offense when that one is messed up!

Level 67

Aug 2, 2023

Man. Moscovite, Briton, Youper. Spellings were killing me.

Level 65

Aug 4, 2023

I know it's not commonly used (if ever), but please consider accepting "Unitedstatian".

Level 49

Mar 24, 2024

You're making it too hard on us poor Americans(U.S)! Just add -ian after the place!

Level 70

Oct 29, 2024

My favourite has always been Sydneysider.

Level 77

Mar 7, 2025

Slang for a Canadian is Canuck. While the slang for a Liverpudlian is CanOfChickenAndCoke.

Level 46

Mar 7, 2025

I would like to know how many people got "Yooper" right..I'm am one and I just didn't think too many people knew that term

Level 27

Mar 7, 2025

petition for Parisian demonymt to be changed to Parisites

Level 33

Mar 7, 2025

What's wrong with parisians? Though that would be pretty funny...

Also, very proud of myself for getting 100%!

Level 65

Mar 8, 2025

I was surprised to see Yooper had the lowest guess %... I'm from the Great Lakes region so that one was very easy :D

Level 58

May 15, 2025

For some reason I thought Canuck specifically referred to the maritime provinces of Canada, TIL

Level 8

Jul 14, 2025

Troja = Trojan👾🐎

Level 38

Jul 18, 2025

Cypriots mentioned 🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾

Level 65

Aug 11, 2025

31/33, missed Upper Peninsula and Phoenician, could have guessed that one. As a Brit, I’d never heard of an Angeleno, but I tried a few things that would make sense and guessed correctly

Level 34

Oct 30, 2025

You should add some Latin American ones: Carioca, Porteño, Rio Platense, Bonarense

Level 52

Jan 8, 2026

I typed Angelene… not Angeleno…

Level 63

Mar 28, 2026

Never rlly thought about what someone from LA is called lol

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