Ottawa people are Ottawans.
My hoose is in the Provisional Republic of New Edinburgh, though.
about ulster (northern ireland)
technically we’re all british (says so on the passport)
some of us like to be british, and some of us prefer to be called irish. it’s political.
(if you can’t work out where i stand by now…you’re dumber than i thought)
remembering the Ali G episode in belfast. i take it you know who Ali G is? if not, do start a thread and you shall find out.
Ali: so, you’re irish then.
Unionist: no, i’m british
Ali: what, is you a tourist then?
Well, yeah, residents of ancient Troy are called Trojans as well. Actually, I think rather than simple euphony, it was likely due to the original name (in Latin, at least)being Troia. This got anglicised to Troy, dropping the Latin ending of -a. Meanwhile, the adjectival form would have had the i between two vowels, and those generally got anglicised to j’s. But at RPI, we always called the residents Troylets.
The British seem to be the masters of screwed up adjectival forms of places. For example, Liverpool -> Liverpudlian, Cambridge -> Cantabridgian, Manchester -> Mancunian, Isle of Man -> Manx, Oxford -> Oxonian. Why they do this, I have no idea.
My home state of Massachusetts seems to be the most defiant of being used in a name for the residents. Massachusettsian, Massachusettser, Massachusettsite all fail to sound at all correct.
Hmm… Let’s see what I can recall of Europe:
France -> French(man)
England -> English(man)
Scotland -> Scottish, Scot
Switzerland -> Swiss
Britain -> British, Brit, Briton
Portugal -> Portugese
Spain -> Spanish, Spaniard
Germany -> German
Poland -> Polish, Pole
Denmark -> Danish, Dane
Ireland -> Irish(man)
Italy -> Italian
Belgium -> Belgian
Netherlands -> Dutch(man), Netherlander?
Sweden -> Swedish, Swede
Norway -> Norwejian
Finland -> Finnish, Finn
Greece -> Greek, Grecian?, Hellenic?
Albania -> Albanian
Romania -> Romanian
Luxembourg -> ?
Leichtenstein -> ?
Iceland -> Icelandic, Icelander?
Czech Republic -> Czech
Slovakia -> Slovak?, Slovakian?
Austria -> Austrian
Hungary -> Hungarian
Wales -> Welsh(man)
Yugoslavia -> Yugoslavian
Andorra -> Andorran
Estonia -> Estonian
Lithuania -> Lithuanian
Latvia -> Latvian
Russia -> Russian
Ukraine -> Ukranian
Bosnia-Herzegovia -> Bosnian? (never heard Herzegovian)
Macedonia -> Macedonian
Bulgaria -> Bulgarian
OK, I think that’s about it. I notice that -ish endings can’t be used as a term for a resident (one can say (I am a German" but not “I am a Spanish”), so all those have two terms (e.g. Spanish and Spaniard). I suspect that the difference is primarily whether the country’s name entered English through Latin, or through Anglo-Saxon. The Anglo-Saxons probably had names for many of the peoples around them before 1066 (the Celts, Franks, Scots, Swedes, etc.), and many of these names stuck. Other names entered through Latin and/or French (e.g. Germany from Germania). Although I’d imagine that some changed over time.
Incidentally, Dutch, Greek, Portugese and Czech seem rather unique. Can one refer to a person as “a Portugese”?
If there are three of them, are they a Troika?
Boy, I’m producing a lot in this thread… 
Officially, it’s “Massachutensian”, BION - an English ending on a Latinized form of an Algonquin name. That’s why the term you always hear is “Massachusetts resident” - or, if you’re in Maine, “Masshole”.
Soitenly.
Darn - somebody got to the joke about Massachusetts before I did - as a Californian, I just heard it a couple of years ago and thought it was pretty funny…
How about folks from Connecticut? Obviously, I don’t want the easy refuge of “Nutmeggers” because CT is the Nutmeg State. The only remotely possible entry I have heard from somebody from Westport is “Connecticucian”…
What’s the Straight Dope?
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Another Hoosier? Wow. Me, too. Southern Indiana here. Right on the Ohio. What about you?
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An obvious bump to get this back up the posting list, but I really do want to hear if somebody has an alternative way to refer to somebody from CT…
Let’s consult the 2001 World Almanac for the states. Under state listing they have a Famous ‘resident’ with resident being replaced by a nickname in plural
AL = Alabamians
AK = Alaskans
AZ = Arizonans
AR = Arkansans
CA = Californians
CO = Coloradans
CT = Nutmeggers
DE = Delawareans
FL = Floridians
GA = Georgians
HI = Islanders
ID = Idahoans
IL = Illinoisans
IN = Hossiers
IA = Iowans
KS = Kansans
KY = Kentuckians
LA = Louisianans
ME = Down Easters
MD = Marylanders
MA = Bay Staters
MI = People
MN = Minnesotans
MS = Mississippians
MO = Missourians
MT = Montanans
NE = Nebraskans
NV = Nevadans
NH = New Hampshirites
NJ = New Jerseyans
NM = New Mexicans
NY = New Yorkers
NC = North Carolinians
ND = North Dakotans
OH = Ohioans
OK = Oklahomans
OR = Oregonians
PA = Pennsylvanians
RI = Rhode Islanders
SC = South Carolinians
SD = South Dakotans
TN = Tennesseans
TX = Texans
UT = Utahans
VT = Vermonters
VA = Virginians
WA = Washingtonians
WV = West Virginians
WI = Wisconsinites
WY = Wyominites
Ending #
-an(s) 23
-ian(s) 14
-ite(s) 3
-er(s) 9
people 1
What’s up with the poor people for Michigan. Why’d the World Almanac not give them a nickname?
I wonder if the -ite are old Hebrew words. Isrealite, Canaanite, etc.
Since you asked, people stuck in Michigan are Michiganders, notwithstanding the bumper stickers that call them Michugganehs. (xref: Mainiacs).
I hail from Fort Wayne. Didja see the post from Jinxie…
What the hell is HOSSier?? Are we back on the Ponderosa, dude? 
I always wondered about these three: 1. Why are people from Holland not Hollanders, Hollandites,or Hollandians, but instead are Dutch. 2. Why “Norwegian” for residents of Norway, and 3. Why are people from Glasgow called Glaswegians? I suppose there are some out there who know the answers and will think I’m incredibly stupid for asking, but hey, I’ve had two babies and I’ve lost millions of brain cells and counting…
As a life-long Michigander (Detroit) myself, I’d like to add that we’ve always thrown around the terms: Lowpers (low-perrs) and Yoopers for the residents of the Lower and Upper penninsulas respectively.
As for the OP, We’ve always said “Buckeyes”. But if we had to use the state name, I’d say Ohioans.
Say Yah, to da U.P. eh!
allright allright… Hoosier, but hey 2% isn’t that bad of a typo rating!
No offense meant, Jinxie. I just giggled at the thought of being a HOSSier.
None taken, nor accounted for.