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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A personal name derived from a place name.

   "Vito Corleone? What kind of name is Corleone? A gentilic?"

2. 2
   A demonym.

Adjective

1. 1
   Tribal or national. not-comparable
2. 2
   Describing the inhabitants of a particular place; demonymic. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

clannishdemonymdemonymdemonymicdemonymicfamily

Example

More examples

"Vito Corleone? What kind of name is Corleone? A gentilic?"

Etymology

From Latin gentilis (“of a clan or gens”) + English suffix -ic.

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