Wuhanite

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Wuhan, China.

    "On Chinese social media, holed-up Wuhanites showed how they were coping in videos that quickly went viral. Neighbors exchanged meat for vegetables out of their high-rise windows. Aunties sat around a mah-jongg table placing bets with their prized protective face masks instead of cash."

Example

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"On Chinese social media, holed-up Wuhanites showed how they were coping in videos that quickly went viral. Neighbors exchanged meat for vegetables out of their high-rise windows. Aunties sat around a mah-jongg table placing bets with their prized protective face masks instead of cash."

Etymology

From Wuhan + -ite.

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