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The demonym habanero/a for Cuba's capital, Havana, has several derived or related terms, including: habanero, a chili pepper. habano, a generic term for Cuban cigars, habanera, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century. "Habanera", an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen. Havanese, the national dog of Cuba. See also
So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. "the French", "the Dutch") provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify). Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.
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Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French , the Dutch ) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify).
Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World ) Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.
Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French , the Dutch ) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' /tʃ/ sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify as its -ch is pronounced /k/ ).
Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World ) Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.
Nippon (official, English), (日本) (official, Japanese), Nihon (alternate, more common reading of 日本 in Japanese), Yamato (大和) or Wa (倭) (historic, ancient Japan, derogatory), Ōyashima (大八洲) (meaning the country of eight great islands, historic), Cipangu/Zipangu or Gipangu (appeared in The Travels of Marco Polo in the 13th ...