Gentilic Definition

adjective
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Describing the inhabitants of a particular place; demonymic.

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noun
A personal name derived from a place name.
Vito Corleone? What kind of name is Corleone? A gentilic?
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Other Word Forms of Gentilic

Noun

Singular:
gentilic
Plural:
gentilics

Origin of Gentilic

  • Coined based on the Latin gentilis (“of a clan, or gens”) + English suffix -ic.

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