# Nationalities not ending in "ese," "ish" or "an" (ex. Savoyard)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationalities-not-ending-in-ese-ish-or-an-ex-savoyard/507939 "2009-08-27T18:46:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationalities-not-ending-in-ese-ish-or-an-ex-savoyard/507939/41 "2009-08-28T13:41:54Z")

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Yankee

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**Author:** ![wmfellows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@wmfellows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wmfellows)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationalities-not-ending-in-ese-ish-or-an-ex-savoyard/507939/42 "2009-08-28T13:53:51Z")

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> [@Argent\_Towers](#):
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> The other thread about “The Irish, the Swedish, the Jewish” got me wondering about uncommon suffixes for denoting somebody’s nationality. Most of them are either “ish,” “ese” or “an.” Scottish, Chinese, Italian, etc.

The Jewish is an adjective, however, as is the Swedish. Swede and Jew would be the Ethno-National nouns.

Add also Bosniac, etc.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationalities-not-ending-in-ese-ish-or-an-ex-savoyard/507939/43 "2009-08-28T13:58:02Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> Wouldn’t that be someone from the obscure Southwest Asian nation of Kiw? 🙂

I suppose the feminine form would be Kiwtie? 😉

**Floater** : Thanks for the correction.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationalities-not-ending-in-ese-ish-or-an-ex-savoyard/507939/44 "2009-08-28T18:44:33Z")

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> [@x-ray\_vision](#):
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> I’m [Adyghe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adyghe_people).

Congratulations. I like your flag.

Then there are the [Uyghurs - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_people)

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