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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 submittedJune 27, 2011
Times taken182,328
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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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100 Recent Comments
Skymatone
+1
Level 59
Nov 4, 2016
Go Skyrim for helping me with the Breton answer!
JohnOfili
+2
Level 40
Nov 5, 2016
more people knew Liverpudlian than Scouser? surprising to me
rawe
+2
Level 68
Nov 5, 2016
I did a quiz with all the nationalities of the world, you can check it at my profile.
Chargly
+5
Level 77
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.
Malbaby
+2
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.
mushroomsteve
+8
Level 52
Oct 5, 2017
Who won?
Jiaozira
+3
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.
Dontforget
+1
Level 74
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
Dimby
+2
Level 82
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.
jchesney
+8
Level 68
Oct 5, 2017
Does that mean you're not familiar with that hockey team from Vancouver, BC?
likeitmatters
+2
Level 76
Aug 19, 2017
I thought Filipinos were called Pinoy. Or is that slang?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Jun 3, 2018
Slang with positive connotations. If they see a beautiful Filipino woman they might refer to her as "Pinay."
MathPerson
+1
Level 33
Aug 19, 2017
Got quite a lot but disappointed that it took me so long to get trojan.
AVB
+6
Level 73
Jan 19, 2018
Someone who is Flemish is a Fleming.

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

DapperAlpaca
+3
Level 42
Apr 13, 2018
The Arizonian(?) city is being referred to, yes.
Gassu
+9
Level 70
Sep 8, 2018
Have you seriously called Phoenix (1.5 m) a TOWN?
Ourania
+1
Level 47
Jan 30, 2018
well can't believe I remembered Hoosier and Genoese
undeadwarrior
+2
Level 66
Feb 16, 2018
You should add "Aussie" for Australians
GeoDude
+7
Level 47
Jan 29, 2019
Stupid Flanders
tshalla
+2
Level 78
Feb 18, 2019
I, for one, tried Flanderseses.
CaoMaru
+1
Level 50
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.
Ssssss
+1
Level 70
Feb 18, 2019
I'd be happy never to be called a Brit by anyone ever again so glad that wasn't a question.
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 74
Feb 8, 2021
I have a feeling there's a harrowing best-selling novel leading up to this comment...
catlady
+1
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.
Evenultrapawn
+1
Level 62
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
idfx
+3
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.
NathanIQMaster
+1
Level 20
Feb 18, 2019
I missed Canadian *facepalm*
roleybob
+3
Level 74
Feb 18, 2019
It would make me happy if people from Flanders were called philanderers
zzzsdfnlkdslkfj
+4
Level 52
Aug 1, 2023
Thats the demonym for Paris actually
Shade9099
+1
Level 68
Feb 18, 2019
Should make an "Escanaba in da Moonlight" quiz
jsmay311
+1
Level 69
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).

RealDad12
+1
Level 67
Feb 18, 2019
28/33. I stunned by how poorly most folks seemed to go with this quiz
ander217
+2
Level 74
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.
Walacama
+1
Level 83
Feb 20, 2019
When you update, you should add Porteño for Buenos Aires.
SeaNomad
+6
Level 81
Feb 22, 2019
Somehow it is illogical to call only people from USA American, since USA is just a part of Americas, geographically. In principle for example people from Canada, Mexico, Chile or Brazil are also American.

And then, I was once told by a Filipina that if I (a Finn) went to Philippines, they would most certainly call me there "Americano".

kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Feb 24, 2019
It's not illogical at all it is common, broadly understood convention. Do you feel it is illogical to call people from the United States of Mexico "Mexican?" How about referring to people from the US state of Georgia as "Georgian?" This is just stupid. Besides, things from North America are North American, things from South America are South American, things from either can be unambiguously described as "from the Americas," but American for centuries has been commonly understood to mean from the USA. It's about conveying meaning in a way that you will be understood and there's nothing wrong or illogical about it.
QuizWol
+8
Level 66
May 5, 2019
Not all that many centuries. Not yet reached 3.
roleybob
+4
Level 74
May 15, 2019
I've no problem with calling things from the US "American" but it is also acceptable to use American meaning "from the Americas"

Maybe you weren't denying that, maybe you were just suggesting "from the Americas" for clarity

kalbahamut
+6
Level 80
Nov 13, 2019
Yes, for the sake of clarity, since "American" is SO much more commonly used to refer to things from the country so commonly called "America" for short, it would be vastly superior to refer to things from North and South America as "from the Americas." To do otherwise you would almost have to wish to be deliberately confusing or antagonistic, and I don't see what the point of that is.

QuizWol, cut & paste from Wikipedia for your convenience: English use of the term American for people of European descent dates to the 17th century, with the earliest recorded appearance being in Thomas Gage's The English-American: A New Survey of the West Indies in 1648. In English, American came to be applied especially to people in British America and thus its use as a demonym for the United States derives by extension.

2019 - 1648 = 371 years, or nearly 4 centuries.

boracay99
+2
Level 69
Dec 11, 2020
I typed in Murcan; didn't accept it.
catlady
+2
Level 48
Mar 17, 2025
Please don't try calling a Canadian 'American', for your own safety...
Evenultrapawn
+1
Level 62
Aug 11, 2025
New country dropped: United States of Mexico
QuizWol
+7
Level 66
May 5, 2019
I have started to refer to USAmericans as USAmericans, in writing anyway.

Technically Canadians are also American but are too nice and/or fed up to care any more about making that clear. They gave up. Hasn't done them any harm really.

kalbahamut
+9
Level 80
Nov 13, 2019
I sure hope you are also referring to Germans as FRGermans, to Mexicans as USMexicans, to most Koreans as ROKoreans, and to the Chinese as PRChinese. Otherwise you'd probably look like a bit of a hypocritical muggins.
HyddenRizz
+4
Level 67
Mar 7, 2025
Worst comments on this site by a mile, none of these except Korean have any double meaning, and we call Koreans specifically South Korean!

This site could use a block feature.

RobNobody
+4
Level 80
Mar 7, 2025
Those aren't really fair comparisons, though, as there's no ambiguity in the usage. "German" only refers to Germany, "Mexican" only refers to Mexico, "Korean" only refers to the Korean peninsula (people from the specific countries are respectively "North Korean" or "South Korean"), and "Chinese" only refers to China (the People's Republic of; those from the Republic of China are Taiwanese.)

Meanwhile, "American" is used both to refer to people from "the Americas" as well as specifically to those from the United States of America, and there's no commonly-used term that specifies one or the other. So, there's ambiguity that some try to resolve with terms like "USAmerican."

greenapple7
+2
Level 62
Mar 10, 2025
"The Americas" are North and South America, which are continents. "The United States of America" is a country. Hope that helps.
CardinalSin
+1
Level 81
Aug 30, 2025
Not really. The points made by SeaNomad and reiterated by RobNobody are still valid. When people from the USA describe themselves as "American", they are being ambiguous. Do you ever hear a South African describing his nationality as "African"? No, because the term would equally apply to a Moroccan. I think that it's high time that our friends from the USA came up with a unique demonym for themselves.
Bdubz
+1
Level 42
May 26, 2019
I only got yooper because my 5th grade teacher was one and taught us that demonym. 5th grade me was amused.
Kaz60
+1
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!
NauruPalau
+2
Level 49
Dec 23, 2019
Lived in LA for 10 years and never knew Angeleno lmao.
Relox84
+6
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.
boopuffyboo
+5
Level 47
Jun 17, 2020
Yooper is really oddly specific, feel like that one was thrown in specifically to bring down the average score lol
EvanAviator
+2
Level 61
Dec 11, 2020
I know that one and Ive never been to Michigan
ander217
+1
Level 74
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".
Baalhammon
+7
Level 70
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.
BerryCJ
+3
Level 62
Dec 11, 2020
This needs a No. 2, there's loads of interesting curveball ones out there like Monegasque or Sammarinese
Meklin
+2
Level 32
Dec 11, 2020
As a Brit I didn't know what UP meant for Michigan.
jennraven
+1
Level 67
Dec 11, 2020
Upper Peninsula
catlady
+1
Level 48
Mar 17, 2025
As a Canadian I didn't know either. Very America-centric quiz
Canuckquizzer1981
+4
Level 65
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.
RealDad12
+1
Level 67
Dec 11, 2020
I went with Genovite. My bad. Still, 30/33 ain't bad.
Shadywyvern
+1
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
Nathaniel
+1
Level 76
Dec 11, 2020
I made a quiz on a similar topic a few months ago: Demonyms of British Cities.
cockybra
+5
Level 46
Dec 11, 2020
Spelled Moscuvite in every possible way except the right one.
greenapple7
+2
Level 62
Mar 10, 2025
me with Neapolitan
lemmons
+4
Level 89
Dec 11, 2020
People from LA are called actors
stylus
+2
Level 79
Dec 11, 2020
can ‘scouse’ be accepted without the R? that’s the adjective
Marvel072506
+3
Level 44
Dec 11, 2020
I tried Iraqian because I had no idea and it took Iraqi. :)
Whuskey
+3
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
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Aug 7, 2023
What demonym do you prefer instead?
Hampus
+5
Level 56
Apr 22, 2021
Phoenician is already taken..
iRDM
+4
Level 80
Aug 11, 2022
that's what the indians said. Look where that got us
gavagai
+5
Level 76
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.
beorming
+1
Level 86
Jan 5, 2022
Brummie here. A big thank you to Joe Pera for helping me get 100% on this quiz
Isabeledwards
+2
Level 35
May 7, 2022
Surprised how little people got ‘Brummie’, I thought it was quite commonly known
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 76
Aug 1, 2023
Me too, not so much in America I reckon
Evenultrapawn
+1
Level 62
Aug 11, 2025
I’m English and have only heard it a couple of times, it would be very obscure knowledge in other countries
iRDM
+2
Level 80
Aug 11, 2022
yoopers rise up!!!!!!!!!!!!
JoshLegoat
+7
Level 54
Jan 25, 2023
Moscovite

Moskovite

Moscowite

Moscavite

Moscuvite

Moscovian

Moscauvite

dumBunny
+2
Level 59
Aug 1, 2023
Ditto, homie. I thought i tried every variation of the spelling. Eventually I gave up.
southpaw
+3
Level 51
Jul 27, 2023
Why doeesn't the quiz take napolitano -a?
evilcheeser
+2
Level 76
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.

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 76
Aug 1, 2023
Tried Brittish for Brittany for fun
dumBunny
+1
Level 59
Aug 1, 2023
My fav is people from of Charlotte, NC: Charlottean, not Charlatans.

They take great offense when that one is messed up!

jennraven
+2
Level 67
Aug 2, 2023
Man. Moscovite, Briton, Youper. Spellings were killing me.
zakatan
+2
Level 65
Aug 4, 2023
I know it's not commonly used (if ever), but please consider accepting "Unitedstatian".
Unobtainium
+2
Level 49
Mar 24, 2024
You're making it too hard on us poor Americans(U.S)! Just add -ian after the place!
lucd13
+2
Level 70
Oct 29, 2024
My favourite has always been Sydneysider.
VinMaps
+1
Level 77
Mar 7, 2025
Slang for a Canadian is Canuck. While the slang for a Liverpudlian is CanOfChickenAndCoke.
mirleeo
+2
Level 45
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
In2restingFacts
+2
Level 26
Mar 7, 2025
petition for Parisian demonymt to be changed to Parisites
Ferbin
+1
Level 78
Mar 14, 2025
Petition for bigots to shut up and stop spreading their bigotry online.
AlexaStone
+1
Level 34
Mar 7, 2025
What's wrong with parisians? Though that would be pretty funny...

Also, very proud of myself for getting 100%!

Joshf22
+1
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
kirbykart
+1
Level 58
May 15, 2025
For some reason I thought Canuck specifically referred to the maritime provinces of Canada, TIL
TypAusDerSchweiz
+1
Level 8
Jul 14, 2025
Troja = Trojan👾🐎
usernamecreative
+1
Level 33
Jul 18, 2025
Cypriots mentioned 🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾
Evenultrapawn
+1
Level 62
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
GeneralZaroff
+1
Level 33
Oct 30, 2025
You should add some Latin American ones: Carioca, Porteño, Rio Platense, Bonarense
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