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By Gerald Erichsen, About.com Guide to Spanish Language

Nationality names often not predictable

Friday December 14, 2007
As in English, the names of nationalities aren't always predictable in Spanish. If you're from the United States you might know that you're estadounidense in Spanish (even if your tongue trips over it). But what is someone from Japan called? Or from Canada? Check our list of nationality names to find out. Study the list...

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October 29, 2008 at 4:07 pm
(1) Denise Schultz says:

You need to add to your description of nationalty names that if they end in a consonant in the masculine you add an -a to the
word to make it feminine also.

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