Countries & Nationality

This chart lists many of the countries or nations in the world, with the following information: Name of country Adjective used for that country (also describes nationality) Noun used for a person from that country

Look at these example sentences: She comes from America. She is American. Her nationality is American. She has an American barbie doll. She speaks English. Country Australia Brazil Brunei Canada China Denmark Egypt England Adjective Australian Brazilian Bruneian Canadian Chinese Danish Egyptian English Person an Australian a Brazilian a Bruneian a Canadian a Chinese a Dane an Egyptian an Englishman, an Englishwoman a Finn a Frenchman, a Frenchwoman a German a Greek a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman

Finland France

Finnish French

Germany Greece Holland (also Netherlands) India Indonesia Italy Japan Korea see North Korea, South Korea Lebanon Liberia

German Greek Dutch

Indian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean

an Indian an Indonesian an Italian a Japanese a Korean

Lebanese Liberian

a Lebanese a Liberian

Libya Liechtenstein Malaysia Mexico Netherlands, the (seeHolland)

Libyan Malaysian Mexican Dutch

a Libyan a Liechtensteiner a Malaysian a Mexican a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman, or a Netherlander a New Zealander

New Zealand

New Zealand (used attributively only, as in New Zealand butter but not He is New Zealand) Pakistani Papua New Guinean orGuinean Philippine Russian Saudi Arabian or Saudi Singaporean Spanish Swedish Swiss Taiwanese Thai Ugandan UK (used attributively only, as in UK time but not He is UK) or British US (used attributively only, as in US aggression but notHe is US) Vietnamese Yugoslav Zarean Zimbabwean

Pakistan Papua New Guinea

a Pakistani a Papua New Guinean or a Guinean a Filipino a Russian a Saudi Arabian or a Saudi a Singaporean a Spaniard a Swede a Swiss a Taiwanese a Thai a Ugandan a Briton/a British

the Philippines Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Uganda United Kingdom (UK)

United States of America (USA)

a US citizen/an American

Vietnam Yugoslavia Zaire Zimbabwe

a Vietnamese a Yugoslav a Zarean a Zimbabwean