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Country/region
Adjective
Population
the Greeks the Iraqis the Israelis the Thais
the Chinese the Congolese the Portuguese the Swiss
Greece Iraq Israel Thailand
China Congo Portugal Switzerland
3 exceptions
Country/region
Britain
England
France
Ireland
Spain
The Netherlands/
Holland Wales
Denmark Finland Poland Scotland
Sweden Turkey
Notes
Greek Iraqi Israeli Thai
Chinese Congolese Portuguese Swiss
Adjective
British English French Irish Spanish Dutch
Welsh Danish Finnish Polish Scottish.
Scotch Swedish
Turkish
Population
the British the English the French the Irish the Spanish the Dutch
the Welsh the Danes the Finns the Poles the Scots
the Swedes the Turks
nationalities. countries and regions 364
Person
a Greek an Iraqi an Israeli a Thai
a Chinese
a Congolese a Portuguese a Swiss
Person
a British person (Briton) an Englishwoman/man a Frenchman/woman an Irishwoman/man
a Spaniard
a Dutchwoman/man
a Welshman/woman a Dane
a Finn
a Pole
a Scot
a Swede a Turk
a Scottish is the usual word for the people and culture ofScotland; Scotch is used for whisky.
b The word Briton is unusual except in newspaper headlines - for example TWO BRITONS KILLED IN AIR CRASH. Brit is sometimes used informally.
c English is not the same as British. and is not used for Scottish. Welsh or Irish people (see 114).
d Although American is the normal English word for United States citizens and affairs. people from other parts of the American continent may object to this
use. and some people avoid it for this reason.
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