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[1]
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[2]
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[3]
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Country
or continent
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people singular
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people in general (the)
people plural (2, 3…)
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people in general
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Africa
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African
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an African
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Africans
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Ø
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America
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American
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an American
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Americans
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Ø
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Argentina
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Argentinean
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an Argentinean
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Argentineans
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Ø
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Asia
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Asian
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an Asian
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Asians
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Ø
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Australia
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Australian
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an Australian
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Australians
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Ø
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Belgium
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Belgian
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a Belgian
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Belgians
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Ø
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Brazil
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Brazilian
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a Brazilian
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Brazilians
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Ø
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Europe
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European
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a European
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Europeans
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Ø
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Germany
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German
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a German
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Germans
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Ø
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Guinea |
Guinean |
a Guinean |
Guineans
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Ø
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Hungary
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Hungarian
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a Hungarian
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Hungarians
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Ø
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India
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Indian
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an Indian
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Indians
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Ø
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Indonesia
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Indonesian
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an Indonesian
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Indonesians
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Ø
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Iran
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Iranian
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an Iranian
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Iranians
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Ø
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Italy
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Italian
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an Italian
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Italians
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Ø
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Norway
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Norwegian
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a Norwegian
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Norwegians
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Ø
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(Arabia)
[4]
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Arabian
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an Arab
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Arabs
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Ø
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Greece
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Greek
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a Greek
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Greeks
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Ø
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Iraq
|
Iraqi
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an Iraqi
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Iraqis
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Ø
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Israel
|
Israeli
|
an Israeli
|
Israelis
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Ø
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| Madagascar | Malagasy | a Malagasy | Malagasies | Ø |
Pakistan
|
Pakistani
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a Pakistani
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Pakistanis
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Ø
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the Philippines
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Filipino
|
a Filipino
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Filipinos
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Ø
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Thailand
|
Thai
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a Thai
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Thais
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Ø
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Turkey
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Turkish
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a Turk
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Turks
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Ø
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Burkina Faso |
Burkinabe |
a Burkinabe
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Burkinabe |
Ø
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China
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Chinese
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a Chinese
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Chinese
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Ø
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Gabon |
Gabonese |
a Gabonese |
Gabonese |
Ø
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Japan |
Japanese |
a Japanese |
Japanese |
Ø
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Portugal
|
Portuguese
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a Portuguese
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Portuguese
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Ø
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| Senegal | Senegalese
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a Senegalese
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Senegalese
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Ø
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Vietanam |
Vietnamese |
a Vietnamese
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Vietnamese
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Ø
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Switzerland
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Swiss
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a Swiss
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Swiss
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Ø
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England
[5]
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English
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an Englishman
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Englishmen
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the English
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France
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French
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a Frenchman
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Frenchmen
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the French
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the Netherlands
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Dutch
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a Dutchman
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Dutchmen
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the Dutch
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Ireland
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Irish
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an Irishman
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Irishmen
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the Irish
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Wales
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Welsh
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a Welshman
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Welshmen
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the Welsh
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Britain
[6]
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British
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(a Briton)
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(Britons)
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the British
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Denmark
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Danish
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a Dane
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Danes
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the Danish #
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Finland
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Finnish
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a Finn
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Finns
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the Finnish#
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Poland
|
Polish
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a Pole
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Poles
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the Polish#
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Spain
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Spanish
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a Spaniard
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Spaniards*
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the Spanish
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Sweden
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Swedish
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a Swede
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Swedes
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the Swedish#
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Scotland (a)
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Scottish
Scots
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a Scotsman
a
Scot
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Scotsmen or
Scots
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the Scottish#
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Scotland (b)
[7]
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Scotch
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(a Scotchman)
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(Scotchmen)
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(the Scotch)
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* "Spaniards" and "a Spaniard" are relatively rare
in modern English.
# All these are relatively rare; "the Danes", "the Finns",
"the Poles", "the Swedes",
"the Scots" are much more common.
[1]
The adjective is
used as a noun to refer to the language, if one exists.
[2]
It's always possible
to say "a/an (adjective) person/man/woman" and "(adjective)
people".
Examples: "Africans" or "African people"; "the
Poles" or "the Polish people"; "a Spaniard" or
"a Spanish man".
[3] This exists only
for a few European countries.
[4] There's no modern
country called Arabia. The language is "Arabic".
[5] For the English,
French, Dutch, Irish, Welsh and British no specific noun exists to refer to the
people but Dutchwomen, Irishman, etc., are written as one word.
[6]
We talk about ancient
Britons but the inhabitants of modern Britain are referred to as "British
people" or "the British".
[7] Scots people do not like to be called "Scotchmen" or "the Scotch". Scotch is whisky!