# Unusual genitive place names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 1999, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961 "1999-08-12T21:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/21 "1999-08-15T05:46:00Z")
We always said “Michiganer” with no “D” sound. ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/22 "1999-08-15T08:31:00Z")
Havana habanero/as Puerto Rico puertoriqueño/as Costa Rica costarricenses Kosovo Kosovars Moscow Muscovites Cyprus Cypriots Florida Floridians Carolina Carolinians Hamburg Hamburgers Frankfurt Franfurters Chihuahua Hot Doggers Long Island Long Gislanders Rome those people you do as when you’re there I understand the term Californicators is used outside California. Cyberspace Cyberians Ones I’ve never heard: Santa Cruz Santa Cruisers Bakersfield Baker’s Fielders Santa Barbara Santa Barbarians Coalinga Coalingerers Idaho Idawhores Illinois Ill Annoyers San Rafael Sanra Fellers San Diego Sandy Eggoers Pocatello Polka Tellers Whitehorse White Equestrians Yellowknife Yellow Knifers Las Vegas Vegans Winnemucca Winnemuckrakers Albany Albanians Malta Malteasers Crete Cretins Greece Greasers Patagonia Patagonads Ray ---
**Author:** ![AmyG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@AmyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmyG)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/23 "1999-08-16T15:42:00Z")
When I was studying in Buenos Aires, residents of the city were referred to as “portenos” (with the tilde over the n). I believe this is because it’s a port city. ---
**Author:** ![CatInHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CatInHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInHat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 1999, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/24 "1999-08-17T16:01:00Z")
Pittsburgh - Pittsburgher. Can I get fries with that? 🙂 * * * The Cat In The Hat ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/25 "1999-08-18T04:14:00Z")
No fries, just Allegheny you can eat. I guess that ‘r’ I put in puertorriqueño should’ve been an ‘rr’, but of course, in Spanish, such “genitive”/adjectival forms aren’t very unusual. I should’ve included among those: Nueva York. . . . . . .neoyorquino/as Then there’s: Philippine Islands. . .f/pilipino/as How 'bout: San Fernando Valley… .Valley Girl Gila Bend… . . . . . .gila monster Ray ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Alan\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/26 "1999-08-18T04:26:00Z")
NanoByte– Would that we had some muck to rake! Hottest gossip around here this year (read: century) is the rumor the judge got caught w/a paw in the till. –Alan Q (Winnemuccan) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/27 "1999-08-18T04:48:00Z")
Back to England: Folks from Manchester are Mancunians. Folks from Newcastle are Geordies. As for the term “Michigander,” it was popularized (though perhaps not invented) by Abraham Lincoln, who jokingly urged some of Michigan’s Congressmen to “stop their Michigandering” and get down to serious business. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/28 "1999-08-18T14:42:00Z")
Is there such a thing as a Valley Boy? ---
**Author:** ![watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce73a5/32.png) [@watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 1999, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/29 "1999-08-19T04:55:00Z")
Nanobyte wrote: > [@](#): > > Yellowknife Yellow Knifers Actually, residents of Yellowknife _are_ called Yellowknifers. I know: I lived there for quite some time. * * * Watsondog ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 1999, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/30 "1999-08-21T00:41:00Z")
Some cities in Los Angeles County, CA; Hermosa Beach–Hermosans Gardena–Gardenans Manhattan Beach–Manhattanites Redondo Beach–Redondoites (also used for students at Redondo Union High School, my alma mater from 1967) 🙂 No clues for: Torrance San Pedro Palos Verdes Long Beach Lynwood Santa Monica Culver City Inglewood ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 1999, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/31 "1999-08-21T01:07:00Z")
Well, let’s see. There’s: Intercourse, Pennsylvania Blue Balls, Montana ## … Oh! I thought the topic was Unusual _Genital_ Place Names. I’m not flying fast, just orbiting low. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/32 "1999-08-21T21:38:00Z")
…and what’s the term for someone from Maine? ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 1999, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/33 "1999-08-21T22:04:00Z")
Here you go, dougie: Torrance - Toreadors San Pedro - Pedristas Palos Verdes - PVers Long Beach - I’m going to pass on this one since I work there and it’s way to easy to match up the town’s nickname (Queen City) with the fact that it has the largest gay population in So. Cal. Lynwood - Woodies Santa Monica - Santa Monicans Culver City - Culverts Inglewood - Lakers ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 1999, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/34 "1999-08-21T22:06:00Z")
I Forgot to explain the last one. NBA players are the only people who would admit to being from Inglewood! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 1999, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/35 "1999-08-21T22:13:00Z")
Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 1999, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/36 "1999-08-22T02:57:00Z")
Texans at various times have been Texicans,Texians,even Texanians course now we know we’re just perfect.My home is in Mesquite I don’t think I have heard any thing but ,residents of Mesquite.( Mesquiteite, well loosen the binding) John Wayne was in many of Republic’s B western ‘Three Mesquiteers’. One of the high schools is the Skeeters. Chef you know the reason is because most of you Dallasites are a sight to see anyway. Plano is an unremarkable suburb just north of Dallas, they are just Plano folks.Dougie, papa is wrong (!) on at least one… San Pedro-Pederists, and Palos Verdes could be Woodies too,es verdad. Lima ,Ohio- Lima beings back to britain again-Shropshire Shropshearer ? Leeds? * * * “Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.”-Marx ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/37 "2000-01-19T23:25:00Z")
It’s been five months since I posed this question, and no Doper has as of yet answered my question about what a native of Maine is properly called…c’mon, puhleeze?? 🙂 * * * “If you drive an automobile, please drive carefully–because I walk in my sleep.”–Victor Borge ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/38 "2000-01-19T23:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by dougie\_monty: > \*\*It’s been five months since I posed this question, and no Doper has as of yet answered my question about what a native of Maine is properly called…c’mon, puhleeze?? 🙂 > \*\* According to Paul Dickson’s “Labels for Locals” a resident of Maine is called either a “Mainer” or a “State of Mainer”. He says that “Maineiac” is used for summertime visitors only. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/39 "2000-01-19T23:44:00Z")
Hey BobT, does that book have a name for inhabitants of “Truth and Consequences (NM)” ? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/40 "2000-01-19T23:56:00Z")
I’m afraid it doesn’t. The Herald, the newspaper of Truth or Consequences always refers to the city as “TorC”. I would imagine that a genitive name would be some form of that, perhaps a “TorCian”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961.md?page=3)