Countries with Different Demonyms and Adjectivals

There are 34 countries that have a different word for their demonym and their adjectival. Try to guess their demonyms and adjectivals.

A demonym is used to denote the inhabitants of a place and an adjectival is used to describe something from a place

For example: Steve, a Greenlander (demonym), introduced me to Greenlandic (adjectival) cuisine

All demonyms and adjectivals use the singular form. Adjectivals and demonyms that are the same are prefilled

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Country	Adjectival	Demonym
Barbados	Barbadian	Bajan, Barbadian
Botswana	Botswanan	Motswana
Burundi	Burundian	Barundi, Burundian
Croatia	Croatian	Croat, Croatian
Denmark	Danish	Dane
El Salvador	Salvadoran	Salvadoran, Salvadorean, Salvadorian
Eswatini	Swati, Swazi	Swazi
Ethiopia	Ethiopian	Ethiopian, Habesha
France	French	French, Frenchman/Frenchwoman
Gabon	Gabonese	Gabonaise, Gabonese
Greece	Greek, Hellenic	Greek, Hellene
Iceland	Icelandic	Icelander
Ireland	Irish	Irish, Irishman/Irishwoman
Kiribati	Kiribati	Gilbertese, I-Kiribati
Luxembourg	Luxembourg, Luxembourgish	Luxembourger
Mali	Malian, Malinese	Malian
Mongolia	Mongolian	Mongol, Mongolian

Country	Adjectival	Demonym
Myanmar	Burmese, Myanma	Myanmar
Netherlands	Dutch	Dutch, Dutchman/Dutchwoman, Netherlander
North Korea	North Korean	Korean, North Korean
Philippines	Filipino, Philippine	Filipino/Filipina
Poland	Polish	Pole
Rwanda	Rwandan	Banyarwanda, Rwandan
San Marino	Sammarinese, San Marinese	Sammarinese
Serbia	Serbian	Serb, Serbian
Singapore	Singapore, Singaporean	Singaporean
Slovakia	Slovak	Slovak, Slovakian
South Korea	South Korean	Korean, South Korean
Spain	Spanish	Spaniard
Suriname	Surinamese	Surinamer
Sweden	Swedish	Swede
United Kingdom	British, UK, United Kingdom	British, Briton
United States	American, U.S., United States	American
Vanuatu	Ni-Vanuatu, Vanuatuan	Ni-Vanuatu