Demonyms of the United Kingdom

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General

• United Kingdom - Briton (singular), Britons/British (plural)

Britons are referred to by several other names throughout the world, some of them may be pejorative, insulting, or verging on ethnic or racial slurs. The following list is provided for completeness only, and intends no disrespect to anyone (the same goes for the names listed under Regions and Cities below):

Other Names - Brit, Inselaffe (German for Island Monkey),Limey, Pom, Pommie, Pommy, Roast Beef, Rosbif

Regions and Cities

• Great Britain - also Briton (singular), Britons/British (plural)
• England - Englishman, Englishwoman, English
• Birmingham - Brummie
• Bristol - Bristolian
• Cambridge - Cantabrian, Cantab, Tab, Cantabrigian
• Cornwall - Cornish, Kernewek, Janner
• Lancaster - Lancastrian
• Leeds - Loiner
• Liverpool - Liverpudlian, Scouser, Scouse
• London - Londoner, Cockney
• Manchester - Mancunian
• Newcastle - Novocastrian, Geordie
• Nottingham - Nottinghamian
• Slough - Paludian
• Sunderland - Maccam
• Yorkshire - Yorkshireman, Yorkshirewoman, Tyke, Yorkie
• Northern Ireland - Ulsterman, Northern Irishman, Northern Irishwoman, Northern Irish, Irishman, Irishwoman, Irish
• Belfast - Belfaster, Belfastian
• Scotland - Scot, Scottish (colloquial), Jock
• Aberdeen - Aberdonian
• Dundee - Dundonian
• Edinburgh - Edinbourgeois, Edinburgher (frowned upon)
• Glasgow - Glaswegian, Weegie
• Wales - Welshman, Welshwoman, Welsh, Taff
• Cardiff - Cardiffer, Cardiffian
• Swansea - Swansean, Jack
• Wrexham - Wrexhamite

UK Territories

• Anguilla - Anguillan
• Ascension Island - no indigenous inhabitants
• Bermuda - Bermudian
• British Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islander, Virgin Islander
• Cayman Islands - Caymanian
• Channel Islands - Channel Islander
• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) - Falkland Islander
• Gibraltar - Gibraltarian
• Guernsey - Guernsey, Channel Islander
• Jersey - Jerseyan, Jerseyite, Channel Islander
• Isle of Man - Manxman, Manxwoman, Manx
• Montserrat - Montserratian
• Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn Islander
• Saint Helena - Saint Helenian
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - no indigenous inhabitants
• Turks & Caicos Islands - ???

Find British Noders

• The Everything People Registry : United Kingdom
• The Everything People Registry : United Kingdom : England
• The Everything People Registry : United Kingdom : Northern Ireland
• The Everything People Registry : United Kingdom : Scotland
• The Everything People Registry : United Kingdom : Wales
• Britnoder (writeup), Britnoders (usergroup)

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I do not pretend that this is a complete list as far as the city demonyms go. If you would like to have more cities added, please /msg me.

Thanks to Albert Herring, ascorbic, CamTarn, Catchpole, CatherineB, Cyan de Funk, gbulmer, HamsterMan, Just_Tom, lemur, oops, sam512, spiregrain, stupot, Teiresias, TenMinJoe, tregoweth, and Txikwa for their suggestions and input.