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A '''national adjective''' describes something as being from that country, for example, "[[Caphirian cuisine]]" is "cuisine of [[Caphiria]]". | A '''national adjective''' describes something as being from that country, for example, "[[Caphirian cuisine]]" is "cuisine of [[Caphiria]]". A '''demonym''' denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there, for example, "[[Capetians]]" are people of or from [[the Cape]]. Most demonyms and national adjectives are {{wp|Morphological derivation|derivatives}} of the name of the country to which they relate, but there are exceptions. | ||
==Sovereign states== | ==Sovereign states== | ||
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! Country | ! Country | ||
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|[[Faneria]] | |||
|Fanerian or Fhainin (hard F) | |||
|Fhainnin or Fanerian (hard F) | |||
|Fhainic (Pronounced Ae-nic), Fhainin (improper slang) | |||
|Fhainnin (Aen-nin) | |||
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| [[the Cape]] | | [[the Cape]] | ||
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==Other entities== | ==Other entities== | ||
==Continents and Regions== | ==Continents and Regions== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Country | ! Country | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of ethnic slurs]] | *[[List of ethnic slurs]] | ||