cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Dane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: deign
Forms: form: Danes
Etymology: From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Senses: examples: text: Fresleven - that was the fellow’s name, a Dane - thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:
glosses: A person of Danish descent.
examples: text: As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are more strongly pro-European than at any time in the past two decades – a shift in sentiment that can at least partly be attributed to US President Donald Trump.
ref: 2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Denmark.
glosses: In Anglo-Saxon England, any of the seafaring raiders and settlers who attacked and colonized parts of England from the late 8th century onward; a Viking.
examples: text: Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time; the former, large and round, is judged to be a fortification of the Danes, and the latter, being smaller and rather a quinquangle than a square, of the Saxons.
ref: 1881, John Kirby Hedges, The history of Wallingford, volume 1, page 170:
text: I have wrestled the hilt
from the enemies' hand, avenged the evil
done to the Danes; it is what is due.
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 54:
glosses: A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
Synonyms: sense: person from Denmark
word: Danish
sense: person from Denmark
word: Danishman
sense: person from Denmark
word: Denmarkian
Derived terms: english: from the surname
translation: from the surname
word: Dane County
word: Great Dane
word: Red Dane
Dane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: deign
Etymology: From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Senses: examples: text: Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.
ref: 1913, Harry Leon Wilson, Bunker Bean, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2008, →ISBN, page 13:
text: In “Euphoria,” Dane plays Cal Jacobs, the troubled father to Jacob Elordi’s character in the HBO drama, which is scheduled to begin production on its third season on April 14.
ref: 2025 April 10, Dan Heching, “Eric Dane shares that he has been diagnosed with ALS”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.
examples: text: "I'm going to call him Dane."
"What a queer name! Why? Is it an O'Neill family name? I thought you were finished with the O'Neills."
"It's got nothing to do with Luke. This is his name, no one else's. - - - I called Justine Justine simply because I liked the name, and I'm calling Dane Dane for the same reason."
"Well, it does have a nice ring to it," Fee admitted.
ref: 1977, Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books, published 1998, →ISBN, pages 432–433:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
glosses: A river, the River Dane, in Cheshire, England, which joins the River Weaver at Northwich.
Ecuadorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ecuadorians
form: Ecuadorean
form: Ecuadoran
Etymology: From Ecuador + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from Ecuador or of Ecuadorian descent.
Ecuadorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Ecuadorean
form: Ecuadoran
Etymology: From Ecuador + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Ecuador or the Ecuadorian people.
Ethiopian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ən/
Forms: form: Ethiopians
form: Æthiopian
Etymology: From Ethiopia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Ahmed was also appreciated for his talents as a showman, because he had no equal in letting loose the famous eskista, with the heaving quiver of the torso and shoulders, of which Ethiopians are so fond. Eskista is the dance of the Amharas, enhancing amorous repartee and expressing collective jubilation.
ref: 2002 August 1, Frank Tenaille, Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, →ISBN, page 168:
text: So why is Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, seven years and eight months “behind” much of the rest of the world? And how does that work for Ethiopians living on an increasingly interconnected planet that mostly operates in an entirely different era?
ref: 2024 June 16, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The country where it’s still 2016”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
examples: text: The Ethiopian eunuch.
glosses: A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.
glosses: A very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia.
Derived terms: Ethiopian in the woodpile
Ethiopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ən/
Forms: form: more Ethiopian
form: most Ethiopian
form: Æthiopian
Etymology: From Ethiopia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.
ref: 2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, →ISBN, page 195:
text: A local official, Habtamu Fetena, had earlier told state-run broadcaster, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) that children were among the dead and the death toll was likely to increase.
ref: 2024 July 23, Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian, “More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
examples: text: Any person of color recognized his Ethiopian heritage immediately. That nose, those lips, good hair or no.
ref: 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 314:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.
Synonyms: Ethiopic
Derived terms: Ethiopian Catholic
Ethiopian eggplant
Ethiopianization
Ethiopianize
Ethiopianness
Ethiopian nightshade
Georgian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔːd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ.d͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoːd͡ʒən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒən
Etymology: From Georgia + -n.
Senses: glosses: The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
Hyponyms: sense: language of Georgia
word: Tush
Georgian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔːd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ.d͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoːd͡ʒən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒən
Forms: form: Georgians
Etymology: From Georgia + -n.
Senses: glosses: A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
glosses: A native or resident of the state of Georgia in the United States of America.
Synonyms: sense: native or resident of the Eurasian country of Georgia
word: Iberian
sense: native or resident of the Eurasian country of Georgia
word: Kartvelian
sense: native or resident of the US state of Georgia
word: goober
sense: native or resident of the US state of Georgia
word: goober-grabbler
Hypernyms: sense: native or resident of the US state of Georgia
word: American
Georgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔːd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ.d͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoːd͡ʒən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒən
Etymology: From Georgia + -n.
Senses: examples: text: As in their narrow defeat of Argentina last week, England were indisciplined at the breakdown, and if Georgian fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili had remembered his kicking boots, Johnson's side might have been behind at half-time.
ref: 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41 – 10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2016:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the U.S. State of Georgia or its Georgian English dialect.
Derived terms: Georgianization
Georgianize
Georgian Orthodox Church
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Georgian terms
Georgian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔːd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ.d͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoːd͡ʒən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒən
Forms: form: Georgians
Etymology: From George + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Such, I think, was the predicament in which the young Georgians found themselves about the year 1910. Many of them—I am thinking of Mr. Forster and Mr. Lawrence in particular—spoilt their early work because, instead of throwing away those tools, they tried to use them. They tried to compromise.
ref: 1924, Virginia Woolf, “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown”, in [Leonard Woolf], editor, Collected Essays, volume I, London: Hogarth Press, published 1966, →OCLC, page 333:
glosses: A British citizen during the reign of a king named George.
Georgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔːd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ.d͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoːd͡ʒən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒən
Forms: form: more Georgian
form: most Georgian
Etymology: From George + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830), sometimes also including the brief reign of William IV (1830–1837).
examples: text: Georgian Poetry
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Pertaining to a movement in lyric poetry during the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom (1910–1936).
topics: architecture
glosses: Of or relating to an architectural style of the period, marked by symmetry and proportion based on the classical architecture of Greece and Rome.
examples: text: The same Georgian persona, leonine and sacerdotal (that of the aristocratic priest) appears throughout the reminiscences of all his disciples.
ref: 2001, Martin Travers, Critics of Modernity: The Literature of the Conservative Revolution in Germany, 1890–1933, page 82:
text: Another example of this sterile Georgian orthodoxy is to be found in the case of Ernst Morwitz […]
ref: 2005, Ernst Osterkamp, “The Legacy of the George Circle”, in Exile, Science and Bildung: The Contested Legacies of German Emigre Intellectuals, page 23:
text: Kantorowicz […] warns against confusing a Georgian aesthetic “secret Germany,” which still slumbered in concealment, with contemporary, ‘awakened’ Nazi Germany.
ref: 2012, Paul Fleming, “Bodies: Ernst H. Kantorowicz”, in “Escape to Life”: German Intellectuals in New York: A Compendium on Exile after 1933, page 227:
glosses: Pertaining to or characteristic of German poet Stefan George (1868–1933).
glosses: Of or pertaining to Saint George.
Hyponyms: english: as noun adjunct
translation: as noun adjunct
word: Regency
Derived terms: Georgian Bay
Georgian Bluffs
Lloyd-Georgian
Kyrgyz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)ɡɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɪə(ɹ)ɡɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɪɹɡɪz/
Forms: form: Kyrgyz
form: Kirghiz
form: Kirgiz
form: Kyrghyz
form: Qirghiz
form: Qyrghyz
Etymology: From Kyrgyz кыргыз (kırgız), possibly derived from Kyrgyz кырк ууз (kırk uuz, “forty tribes”); or possibly from кыргый (kırgıy, “hawk”); or likely from кырк (kırk, “extinguish, mince, cut”). More at Kyrgyz.
Senses: glosses: Member of a Turkic people living primarily in Kyrgyzstan
glosses: Member of a Siberian Turkic people now known as Khakas
Kyrgyz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)ɡɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɪə(ɹ)ɡɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɪɹɡɪz/
Forms: form: Kirghiz
form: Kirgiz
form: Kyrghyz
form: Qirghiz
form: Qyrghyz
Etymology: From Kyrgyz кыргыз (kırgız), possibly derived from Kyrgyz кырк ууз (kırk uuz, “forty tribes”); or possibly from кыргый (kırgıy, “hawk”); or likely from кырк (kırk, “extinguish, mince, cut”). More at Kyrgyz.
Senses: glosses: The Turkic language of the Kyrgyz people
Kyrgyz
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)ɡɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɪə(ɹ)ɡɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɪɹɡɪz/
Forms: form: Kirghiz
form: Kirgiz
form: Kyrghyz
form: Qirghiz
form: Qyrghyz
Etymology: From Kyrgyz кыргыз (kırgız), possibly derived from Kyrgyz кырк ууз (kırk uuz, “forty tribes”); or possibly from кыргый (kırgıy, “hawk”); or likely from кырк (kırk, “extinguish, mince, cut”). More at Kyrgyz.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or relating to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz people, or the Kyrgyz language
Swiss
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪs/
homophone: swiss
rhymes: -ɪs
Forms: form: more Swiss
form: most Swiss
Etymology: Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Senses: examples: text: The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, chapter V, in Taboo and the Perils of the Soul (The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; II), third edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 310:
text: The government has said in a paper on the UK’s post-Brexit border operating model that it will “ensure that EU, EEA and Swiss citizens may also continue to use our e-passport gates and the existing queueing arrangements”.
ref: 2020 October 23, Daniel Boffey, “UK presses for use of faster passport gates at EU airports post-Brexit”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
Derived terms: Swiss Alps
Swiss Army knife
Swiss Army penknife
Swiss ball
Swiss bar
Swiss cheese
Swiss Cottage
Swiss dagger
Swiss franc
Swiss German
Swissness
Swiss roll
Swiss system
Swiss-turn
Related terms: Alemannic
Swiss German
Swiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪs/
homophone: swiss
rhymes: -ɪs
Forms: form: Swisses
form: Swiss
Etymology: Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Senses: synonyms: Switzer
glosses: A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
examples: text: My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.
glosses: Swiss cheese.
Swiss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪs/
homophone: swiss
rhymes: -ɪs
Etymology: Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Senses: glosses: Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
useless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːs.ləs/
rhymes: -uːsləs
Forms: form: more useless
form: uselesser
form: most useless
form: uselessest
Etymology: From use + -less.
Senses: examples: text: This fork's prongs are bent. It's useless now.
text: I'm all for opening new stations (Transport Scotland is planning another at East Linton, about halfway between Drem and Dunbar), but they are useless without a decent service.
ref: 2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53:
synonyms: unusable
unutilizable
glosses: Without use or possibility to be used.
examples: text: I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a brick wall.
text: I tried my best to make him quit smoking, but my efforts were useless. He now smokes six packs a day.
glosses: Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
examples: text: Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless, but I love him anyways.
glosses: Good-for-nothing; not dependable.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player.
text: Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it.
glosses: Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: sense: good-for-nothing
word: good-for-nothing
sense: unable to do well
word: unskillful
Derived terms: useless as tits on a boar hog
useless as tits on a bull
useless eater
useless lesbian
uselessly
uselessness
beach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːt͡ʃ/
ipa: /bit͡ʃ/
rhymes: -iːtʃ
homophone: beech
Forms: form: beaches
form: beaching
form: beached
form: beached
Etymology: From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“flowing water”).
Cognate with Dutch beek (“brook, stream”), German Bach (“brook, stream”), Swedish bäck (“stream, brook, creek”). More at batch, beck.
Senses: examples: text: When we finally beached, the land was scarcely less wet than the sea.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, “Salt Water”, in Klee Wyck:
glosses: To run aground on a beach.
examples: text: It seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine whale which they had originally descried afar off from the shore.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 90”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: Great Aías led twelve ships from Sálamis
and beached them where Athenians formed for battle.
ref: 1974, Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Iliad, Doubleday, Book Two, lines 530-31, p. 53:
glosses: To run (something) aground on a beach.
glosses: To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
Synonyms: strand
Derived terms: unbeached
Abruzzo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Abruzzo.
Senses: glosses: An administrative region in central Italy.
Meronyms: Chieti
L'Aquila
Pescara
Teramo
Derived terms: Abruzzian
Abruzzo-Erickson syndrome
Related terms: Abruzzese
Abruzzi
Abruzzi Apennines
Valle d'Aosta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvaleɪ dɑːˈɒstə/
rhymes: -ɒstə
Etymology: From Italian Valle d'Aosta (literally “Aosta Valley”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Aosta Valley: An autonomous region of northwestern Italy, with a significant fraction of the population speaking Franco-Provençal.
synonyms: word: Aosta Valley
extra: An autonomous region of northwestern Italy, with a significant fraction of the population speaking Franco-Provençal
synonyms: Aosta
glosses: A former province of the Aosta Valley autonomous region, consisting of the whole region; abolished in 1945.
Apulia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Āpūlia.
Senses: glosses: A peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy.
Synonyms: Puglia
Meronyms: Bari
Barletta-Andria-Trani
Brindisi
Foggia
Lecce
Taranto
Derived terms: Apulian
Basilicata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An administrative region of southern Italy.
Meronyms: Matera
Potenza
Related terms: Basilicatan
Calabria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈleɪbɹiːə/
ipa: /kəˈlæbɹiːə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Καλαβρία (Kalabría).
Senses: glosses: A peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy.
Meronyms: Catanzaro
Cosenza
Crotone
Reggio Calabria
Vibo Valentia
Derived terms: Calabrian
Campania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Campania, borrowed from Latin Campānia. Doublet of Champagne.
Senses: glosses: An administrative region of southern Italy.
Meronyms: Avellino
Benevento
Caserta
Naples
Salerno
Derived terms: Campanian
Giugliano in Campania
Emilia-Romagna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmiːljə ɹəʊˈmɑːnjə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Emilia-Romagna, from the former regions Emilia and Romagna.
Senses: glosses: An administrative region of northern Italy. Capital: Bologna.
Meronyms: Bologna
Ferrara
Forlì-Cesena
Modena
Parma
Piacenza
Ravenna
Reggio Emilia
Rimini
Related terms: Emilian-Romagnol
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An autonomous region in northern Italy.
Meronyms: Gorizia
Pordenone
Trieste
Udine
Latium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.ʃi.əm/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Latium. Doublet of Lazio.
Senses: glosses: A historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.
glosses: Lazio: A modern administrative region of central Italy.
Related terms: Latial
Latian
Latin
Marche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Marche.
Senses: synonyms: the Marches
glosses: An administrative region in central Italy.
Meronyms: Ancona
Ascoli Piceno
Fermo
Macerata
Pesaro e Urbino
Marche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See March.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of March.
Molise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔˈli.zeɪ/
Senses: glosses: An administrative region of southern Italy.
Meronyms: Campobasso
Isernia
Trentino-Alto Adige
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Trentino-South Tyrol
glosses: An autonomous region of northern Italy.
Meronyms: Trentino
South Tyrol
Paraguayan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪən
Forms: form: Paraguayans
Etymology: From Paraguay + -an.
Senses: examples: text: My mother is a Paraguayan.
glosses: A person from Paraguay or of Paraguayan descent.
Paraguayan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪən
Etymology: From Paraguay + -an.
Senses: examples: text: In front of the embassy was the Paraguayan flag.
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Paraguay.
examples: text: I particularly admire Paraguayan handicrafts.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the people, language, or culture of Paraguay.
Derived terms: Paraguayanness
Umbria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌmbɹiə/
note: after Italian pronunciation
ipa: /ˈʊmbɹiə/
Etymology: Via Italian, from Umbri, ancient Italic tribe inhabiting the region.
Senses: glosses: An administrative region in central Italy.
Meronyms: Perugia
Terni
Veneto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛnətoʊ/
ipa: /ˈvɛnɛtoʊ/
ipa: /vəˈnɛtoʊ/
ipa: /vəˈniːtoʊ/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Italian Veneto.
Senses: glosses: An administrative region of northern Italy, roughly corresponding to the ancient Venetia
Meronyms: Belluno
Padua
Rovigo
Treviso
Venice
Verona
Vicenza
Derived terms: Vittorio Veneto
Venetan
Related terms: Venetic
Alessandria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and associated province of Piedmont, Italy.
Cuneo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkuːniəʊ/
Forms: form: Cuneos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cuneo, from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Doublet of coin.
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy.
glosses: A province of Piedmont, in northwestern Italy.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
Novara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Novara.
Senses: glosses: A province of the Piedmont region, Italy.
glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Novara, Piedmont region, Italy.
Swati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swatis
form: Swati
Etymology: From Swazi liSwati.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Swazi.
Swati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swatis
Etymology: From Urdu سواتی (svātī).
Senses: examples: 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Hazara
The chief frontier tribes on the border are the cis-Indus Swatis, Hassanzais, Akazais, Chagarzais, Pariari Syads, Madda Khels, Amazais and Umarzais.
glosses: A tribe in northern Pakistan cis-Indus region of Hazara, originally migrating from the Swat their ancestral homeland.
glosses: A person of that tribe.
Swati
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Urdu سواتی (svātī).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Swati tribe.
Related terms: Swat
Sudanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /suː.de.niːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From Sudan + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. al-Gada is Sudanese, but was raised in a sleepy town in northeastern Saudi Arabia, where his father was a car mechanic.
ref: 2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 May 2023:
text: Ridding the country of the RSF has come at a great cost for the Sudanese people who are often caught in the crossfire.
ref: 2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.
Sudanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /suː.de.niːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Sudanese
Etymology: From Sudan + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: But few Sudanese can forget the group’s participation in a massacre of over 120 democracy protesters in 2019.
ref: 2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 May 2023:
glosses: A person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Related terms: Sudan
Senegalese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: more Senegalese
form: most Senegalese
Etymology: From Senegal + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.
Derived terms: Senegalese twist
Senegalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Senegalese
Etymology: From Senegal + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Foreigner who marries a Senegalese is granted permanent residency and can apply for citizenship by naturalization.
ref: 2001, Citizenship Laws of the World, Amer Immigration Lawyers Assn, page 173:
text: In times of need, it is the mother's brother whom a Senegalese is most likely to approach for aid. The matrilineage is dominated by the tokor ("tuh-CORE"), the oldest man. The tokor holds all the family money.
ref: 2010, Elizabeth Berg, Ruth Wan, Ruth Lau, Senegal, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 74:
text: Senghor writes that these texts were collected “by the Abbé Boilat, a Senegalese” in his Grammar of the Wolof Language. Identifying Boilat as “a Senegalese” conflicts with the more ambiguous ways that Boilat actually presents himself[…]
ref: 2019 March 5, Tobias Warner, The Tongue-Tied Imagination: Decolonizing Literary Modernity in Senegal, Fordham Univ Press, →ISBN, page 46:
hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
glosses: A person from Senegal or of Senegalese descent.
Palestinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæl.əˈstɪn.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɪniən
Forms: form: more Palestinian
form: most Palestinian
form: Palæstinian
form: Palestinean
Etymology: From Palestine + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Halaby […] accompanied the curators on their trip through the Middle East to collect the artwork of over 20 Palestinian artists.
ref: 2007 December 30, Fayeq S. Oweis, Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 143:
text: Here, Rose shares her Palestinian grandmother's delicious rice and lamb recipe. Her grandmother would make this as a family meal.
ref: 2021 April 13, Shandra Woworuntu, Taste of Freedom: Recipes for Resilience, Balboa Press, →ISBN:
text: Prospects for a Palestinian state seem unclear amid various regional challenges, resistance from Israeli officials, and questions regarding U.S. policy in early 2025.
ref: 2025 May 14, “The Palestinians: Overview, Aid, and U.S. Policy Issues”, in congress.gov:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
Derived terms: word: Afro-Palestinian
word: Anglo-Palestinian
word: Christian Palestinian Aramaic
word: Fakestinian
word: mini-Palestinian
word: Palestinian Arabic
word: Palestinianise
word: Palestinianism
word: Palestinianist
word: Palestinianize
word: Palestinianness
word: Palestinian Syriac
word: Palestinkian
word: Pallywood
word: Pinglish
word: pre-Palestinian
word: Syro-Palestinian
word: un-Palestinian
Related terms: english: which see for more
translation: which see for more
word: Philistine
Palestinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæl.əˈstɪn.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɪniən
Forms: form: Palestinians
form: Palæstinian
form: Palestinean
Etymology: From Palestine + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: فقال لي الأستاذ أنت مصري قلت لا بل فلسطيني
ref: 985, شمس الدين المقدسي [Shams al-Din al-Maqdisi], أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [The Soundest Divisions in Understanding the Regions], published 1906, page 440, lines 8-9; quoted and translated into English in Zakariyeh Mohammed, “Maqdisi: An 11th Century Palestinian Consciousness”, in Jerusalem Quarterly, number 22/23, Institute for Palestine Studies, 2005, page 89:
english: The Soundest Divisions in Understanding the Regions
translation: The Soundest Divisions in Understanding the Regions
text: In 2008 the Rozana Association […] instituted a Maftoul Festival in Bir Zeit, near Ramallah, celebrating the many tasty ways in which Palestinians cook maftoul, or couscous.
ref: 2011, Sarah Irving, Palestine, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 24:
text: We got a message back from Israel that they were withdrawing their troops immediately from Lebanon. We are notifying the Syrians and the Lebanese and demanding that they mutually participate in a cease-fire and withdrawal of the Palestinians back ten kilometers from the Israeli borders.
ref: 2011 [1977 September 24], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 107:
text: About 3 million Palestinians live in the West Bank, plus an estimated 2.1 million in Gaza. Around 98% are Sunni Muslim, with a small Christian minority. Another estimated 2 million Palestinians live in Israel as citizens. Of the Palestinians living in the Middle East, about 5.9 million are registered refugees (in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria) whose claims to land in present-day Israel constitute a major issue of Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
ref: 2025 May 14, “The Palestinians: Overview, Aid, and U.S. Policy Issues”, in congress.gov:
glosses: An inhabitant of Palestine or someone descending from that area.
Synonyms: word: Pal
word: Pally
english: chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs
translation: chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs
word: Filastini
word: Falestinian
english: chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs
translation: chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs
word: Filastinian
word: Fakestinian
english: derogatory and hence offensive
translation: derogatory and hence offensive
word: Palestinkian
word: Palesimian
Derived terms: word: Fakestinian
word: Palestinian Arabic
word: Palestinian Authority
word: Palestinkian
word: Palestinophile
word: Palestinophilia
word: Palestinophilic
word: pan-Palestinian
Pakistani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pakistanis
Etymology: From Pakistan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The country’s Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, on Tuesday told reporters that Pakistanis could reduce their tea consumption by “one or two cups” per day as imports are putting additional financial strain on the government.
ref: 2022 June 15, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistanis told to drink less tea as nation grapples with economic crisis”, in CNN:
synonyms: Pak
glosses: A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent.
Pakistani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pakistani
form: most Pakistani
Etymology: From Pakistan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge following in India, announced his Bollywood comeback last week, sending fans into a frenzy, 18 months after an Indian court effectively ruled that a de facto industry ban on Pakistani talent imposed in 2016 was illegal.
ref: 2025 April 7, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistani star’s Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people.
Derived terms: Pakistaniness
Paklish
Pinglish
Pukistani
Nigerien
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /naɪˌdʒɪɹiˈɛn/
/niːˈʒɛəɹɪən/
Forms: form: Nigeriens
Etymology: From French nigérien, from Niger + -ien.
Senses: glosses: A person from Niger or of Nigerien descent.
Synonyms: Nigerois
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Nigerien
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /naɪˌdʒɪɹiˈɛn/
/niːˈʒɛəɹɪən/
Etymology: From French nigérien, from Niger + -ien.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Niger or the Nigerien people.
Related terms: Nigerian
Nigerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/
ipa: /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiən/
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Nigerians
Etymology: From Nigeria + -an.
Senses: examples: text: For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions.
ref: 2010, Harry N. Agina, The Invasion of the Funky Pastors: Church Business at War with African Culture, Author House, →ISBN, page 119:
text: 'No meat!' The Nigerian, who grew up knowing that ponmo or cowskin was popular on the menu list back home, heard the Chadians carry on, and pretending there was nothing scary about the promotion of ponmo as a national delicacy, replied suavely, 'Meat certainly is not all a man lives for, or is it, gentlemen?'
ref: 2012, Steve Carlos, Behind the Firing Line:
text: He added that Nigerians were also pained watching their leaders live in luxury while they struggled to make ends meet.
ref: 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent.
Derived terms: word: Nigerianize
word: Nigerianization
word: Niggerian
Nigerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹɪən/
ipa: /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹiən/
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Etymology: From Nigeria + -an.
Senses: examples: text: There was some languidness latent in the Nigerian atmosphere that made her forget the meaning of time passing.
ref: 2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 70:
text: One protester in the Nigerian capital told the national Channels Television that he was forced to join the Thursday protests due to hunger.
ref: 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture.
Derived terms: word: Nigerian English
word: Nigerianness
word: Nigerian Pidgin
word: Nigerian prince
word: Nigerian scam
word: Nigerian time
word: Niggerian
word: Transnigerian
Related terms: Nigerien
Nigerois
Mauritian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Mauritius + -an.
Senses: examples: text: One of the official languages of Mauritius is Mauritian Creole.
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture.
Derived terms: Mauritian Creole
Mauritianness
Mauritian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mauritians
Etymology: From Mauritius + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Like the Irish, the Mauritians were alien to the English in race, culture and religion.
ref: 1964, James Pope-Hennessy, Verandah: Some Episodes in the Crown Colonies: 1867-1889, G. Allen and Unwin, page 258:
glosses: A person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent.
Mauritian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mauritius + -an.
Senses: examples: text: However, Baker (pc) notes that limero is also a common Mauritian pronunciation.
ref: 1989, John A. Holm, Pidgins and Creoles: Reference Survey, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 401:
text: The are two perspectives on the relationship between Réunionnais, a semicreole, and Mauritian, a typical plantation creole. Baker and Corne (1982) argue that […] Mauritian is the product of a break in the transmission of French, […]
ref: 2000, John H. McWhorter, The Missing Spanish Creoles: Recovering the Birth of Plantation Contact Languages, University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 187–188:
text: 2001, Robert Chaudenson, Salikoko S. Mufwene, and Sheri Pargman, Creolization of Language and Culture (English edition of Robert Chaudenson, Des îles, des hommes, des langues), Routledge, →ISBN, page 47,
Much later, Richardson (1963) posits a theory very similar to Jespersen’s, claiming that the [grammatical] system of Mauritian has resulted from the contact of very different systems (French, Malagasy, and Bantu), which allegedly could not merge together because of excessive heterogeneity, but neutralized each other instead.
glosses: Mauritian Creole.
Mauritanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Mauritanians
Etymology: From Mauritania + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Mauritania or of Mauritanian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Mauritanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪniən
Forms: form: more Mauritanian
form: most Mauritanian
Etymology: From Mauritania + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritania, the Mauritanian people or the Mauritanian language.
Libyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭbʹē-ən
ipa: /ˈlɪbi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪbiən
Etymology: From Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: More than 40,000 would-be migrants to Europe have been intercepted at sea since Italy began paying and equipping the Libyan coastguard to do so in 2017.
ref: 2020 February 13, Roland Oliphant, “'I have lost four years of my life': the desperate migrants stuck in squalid Libyan camps”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.
Derived terms: Libyanness
Libyanize
Libyanization
Libyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭbʹē-ən
ipa: /ˈlɪbi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪbiən
Forms: form: Libyans
Etymology: From Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: No one in Faya forgets that French air force raids drove the Libyans out of Faya, prompting them to abandon their tanks with less than Gaddafian revolutionary zeal and hightail it back home on foot.
ref: 2005, Jeffrey Tayler, Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel:
text: Their frustration has surfaced in protests in several Libyan cities over the last few days, most notably in Benghazi, the seat of the revolution, where Libyans stormed the National Transitional Council building.
ref: 2012 January 26, Moni Basu, “Libyans face tough challenges in building a new nation”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.
Libyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭbʹē-ən
ipa: /ˈlɪbi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪbiən
Etymology: From Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.
Senses: glosses: The Libyan Arabic language.
lesbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛz.bɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈlɛz.bi.ən/
Forms: form: more lesbian
form: most lesbian
form: le$bian
form: le dollar bean
form: les🫘
Etymology: From Latin Lesbiana, from Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos) + Latin adjective suffix -iana; by reference to Sappho of Lesbos (whence also sapphist, sapphic), known for her sentimental poems about women. This sense of the word may have been borrowed from, or influenced by, the German cognate lesbisch, where it is found in medical literature from the 1830s.
Senses: examples: text: Lesbian fans of the show were rooting for Jane and Amanda to get together.
glosses: Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
raw_tags: of a woman
glosses: Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
Preferring primarily women as romantic or sexual partners.
raw_tags: of a woman
examples: text: a lesbian relationship / marriage / kiss
text: The so-termed Lesbian love is a vice of a still more hideous and degrading nature than pederasty.
ref: 1855 [1854], Charles Hempel, transl., Homœopathic guide in all diseases of the Urinary and Sexual Organs, Philadelphia: Rademacher & Sheek, translation of Der homöopathische Rathgeber: in allen Krankheiten der Geschlechts- und Harnwerkzeuge by Wilhelm Gollmann, page 201:
text: […] Madonna's infamous nationally televised lesbian kiss with Britney Spears […]
ref: 2011, Michael Bruce, Robert M. Stewart, College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.
raw_tags: of a romantic or sexual act or relationship
examples: text: We're going to a lesbian bar tonight.
text: Some lesbians also felt comfortable in the entertainment clubs in the black section of the city; these clubs were not lesbian but were lesbian friendly.
ref: 2000, Bonnie Zimmerman, Encyclopedia of lesbian and gay histories and cultures, volume 1, page 135:
text: Openly gay poets such as Allen Ginsberg were prominent among the beats, and many North Beach bars were gay and lesbian as well as bohemian.
ref: 2008, Carl Abbott, How cities won the West: four centuries of urban change, page 283:
glosses: Intended for lesbians.
raw_tags: of an institution or group
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Lesbian (“of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos”).
Synonyms: sense: of a woman: preferring women partners
english: but reclaimed by some lesbians
translation: but reclaimed by some lesbians
word: dyke
english: preferred by some lesbians
translation: preferred by some lesbians
word: gay
english: not specific to women
translation: not specific to women
word: homosexual
sense: between women, pertaining to women's homosexuality
english: but reclaimed by some lesbians
translation: but reclaimed by some lesbians
word: dyke
sense: between women, pertaining to women's homosexuality
english: preferred by some lesbians
translation: preferred by some lesbians
word: gay
sense: between women, pertaining to women's homosexuality
english: not specific to women
translation: not specific to women
word: homosexual
lesbian
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛz.bɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈlɛz.bi.ən/
Forms: form: lesbians
form: lesbianing
form: lesbianed
form: lesbianed
form: le$bian
form: le dollar bean
form: les🫘
Etymology: From Latin Lesbiana, from Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos) + Latin adjective suffix -iana; by reference to Sappho of Lesbos (whence also sapphist, sapphic), known for her sentimental poems about women. This sense of the word may have been borrowed from, or influenced by, the German cognate lesbisch, where it is found in medical literature from the 1830s.
Senses: examples: text: That's the way I want to go – Lesbianed to death.
ref: 2014, Ian Collin, Angels of The North, page 107:
text: Surveillance by other inmates creates yet another dimension of power and control. Angry with Chapman and Vause, Dogget tells Healy that she has witnessed the two “lesbianing” in the shower, […]
ref: 2016, April Kalogeropoulos Householder, Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, Feminist Perspectives on Orange Is the New Black, page 85:
glosses: To (cause to) take part in lesbian sex, or other lesbian activity.
Liberian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Liberians
Etymology: From Liberia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Several Liberians voiced their offense over Trump’s comment to Boakai, given the US president’s past remarks on African countries and the colonial legacy left by the US organization in Liberia.
ref: 2025 July 9, Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, “Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Liberia or of Liberian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Liberian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪɹiən
Etymology: From Liberia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: “I felt insulted because our country is an English-speaking country,” Archie Tamel Harris, a Liberian youth advocate, told CNN.
ref: 2025 July 9, Mitchell McCluskey and Larry Madowo, “Trump praises ‘good English’ of Liberian president, prompting criticism across Africa”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Liberia or the Liberian people.
Derived terms: Liberian English
Kenyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kenyans
Etymology: From Kenya + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Kenyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kenya + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people.
Derived terms: Kenyanness
Kazakh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈzak/
ipa: /kəˈzɑːk/
ipa: /ˈkazak/
ipa: /kəˈzɑk/
ipa: /kəˈzæk/
ipa: /ˈkæzæk/
rhymes: -ɑːk
Forms: form: Kazakhs
form: Kazak
form: Qazaq
form: Kaisak
Etymology: From Russian каза́х (kazáx), from Kazakh қазақ (qazaq). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.
Senses: synonyms: Kazakhstani
glosses: A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
glosses: The national language of Kazakhstan.
Kazakh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈzak/
ipa: /kəˈzɑːk/
ipa: /ˈkazak/
ipa: /kəˈzɑk/
ipa: /kəˈzæk/
ipa: /ˈkæzæk/
rhymes: -ɑːk
Forms: form: more Kazakh
form: most Kazakh
form: Kazak
form: Qazaq
form: Kaisak
Etymology: From Russian каза́х (kazáx), from Kazakh қазақ (qazaq). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.
Senses: examples: text: Over 70% of the city population is reckoned to be Kazakh or Uzbek and only 15% Russian. Being much more Kazakh than Russian certainly gives Shymkent a less disciplined feel about it, and this has its good sides to it and its bad sides.
ref: 2010, Michael Fergus, Vitaliy Krotov, “Other cities”, in Kazakhstan: The Business Traveller’s Handbook (Gorilla Guides: Travel Handbooks for the Business Jungle), Northampton, Mass.: Interlink Travel, →ISBN, chapter 9 (Other Major Cities), page 159:
text: At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU.
ref: 2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023:
synonyms: Kazakhstani
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.
Derived terms: Kazakh dandelion
Kazakhness
Kazakh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈzak/
ipa: /kəˈzɑːk/
ipa: /ˈkazak/
ipa: /kəˈzɑk/
ipa: /kəˈzæk/
ipa: /ˈkæzæk/
rhymes: -ɑːk
Etymology: From Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gazakh.
Israeli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭz-rā'lē
ipa: /ɪzˈɹeɪli/
rhymes: -eɪli
Forms: form: Israelis
Etymology: From Hebrew ישראלי (jiśrəʾēlî). By surface analysis, Israel + -i.
Senses: examples: text: Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.
ref: 2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2021:
glosses: A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.