The premise for this column may sound like a joke without a punch line, but nagging curiosity drove me to ask the question. What do you call people from various towns in the south and southwest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You remember homonyms, right? Or should we say write? And what about those synonyms? Those simple words and phrases make life easy ...

With the only two possible criteria being what the name happens to be in English (so, what makes sense to use as a suffix for it), and what the origin of the suffix is; if it is "-ish" then it likely ...

A demonym is the official term used to describe a resident of a specific country, state, or city. According to the U.S. Government Publishing Office, a resident of Florida is officially called a ...

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Who are you if you live in Caldwell? What is the collective group of people living in Nampa called? For thousands of people here, there isn’t an answer to that question. When asked, Nampa officials ...

Somehow through its 363 years of history, Gloucester County has managed to have no definitive term to describe its residents. It’s a term that’s known rather obscurely as a “demonym.” A demonym refers ...

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A Chelsean? A Chelsite? A Chelski? What should a resident of Chelsea, Que., be called? There's no agreed-upon choice, but the municipality is hoping to change that. As part of the celebrations for the ...

You remember homonyms, right? Or should we say write? And what about those synonyms? Those simple words and phrases make life easy. But what about demonyms? Hint: They have nothing to do with the ...