Synonyms and antonyms of Describing people according to the part of the world they come from in British Thesaurus

Aboriginal (adjective)

belonging to any of the groups of people who lived in Australia before European people came to live there

Afghan (adjective)

someone who is Afghan is from Afghanistan

African (adjective)

someone who is African is from Africa

African American (adjective)

someone who is African American is from the US, but their family originally came from Africa

American (adjective)

someone who is American is from the US

American (adjective)

someone who is American is from North America, South America, or the Caribbean

Anglo-Saxon (adjective)

mainly American relating to white English-speaking people in the US, especially people whose families originally came from the UK or northern Europe

Asian (adjective)

someone who is Asian is from Asia, especially one of the countries in South Asia such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka

Australian (adjective)

someone who is Australian is from Australia

Basque (adjective)

someone who is Basque is from the Basque Country of southern France and northern Spain

Belgian (adjective)

someone who is Belgian is from Belgium

British (adjective)

someone who is British comes from the UK

Canadian (adjective)

someone who is Canadian is from Canada

Caucasian (adjective)

formal used for describing a white person, for example from Europe, North America, or Australia

Chinese (adjective)

someone who is Chinese is from China

colonial (noun)

someone who lives in a country that is controlled by their own country

Croatian (adjective)

someone who is Croatian is from Croatia

Cypriot (adjective)

someone who is Cypriot is from Cyprus

Danish (adjective)

someone who is Danish is from Denmark

Dutch (adjective)

someone who is Dutch is from the Netherlands

English (adjective)

someone who is English is from England

Eurasian (adjective)

someone who is Eurasian is part white and part Asian

Filipino (adjective)

someone who is Filipino is from the Philippines

Finnish (adjective)

someone who is Finnish is from Finland

Flemish (adjective)

someone who is Flemish comes from Flanders in Belgium

French (adjective)

someone who is French is from France

Gallic (adjective)

French, or considered typical of France or French people

Georgian (adjective)

someone who is Georgian is from the central Asian country of Georgia

German (adjective)

someone who is German is from Germany

Greek (adjective)

someone who is Greek is from Greece

Gujarati (adjective)

someone who is Gujarati is from the state of Gujarat in western India

Hispanic (adjective)

used for describing someone, especially someone in the US, whose family originally came from Spain or another country where Spanish is spoken

Indian (adjective)

someone who is Indian is from India

Iraqi (adjective)

someone who is Iraqi is from Iraq

Irish (adjective)

someone who is Irish is from Ireland

Israeli (adjective)

someone who is Israeli is from Israel

Italian (adjective)

someone who is Italian is from Italy

Japanese (adjective)

someone who is Japanese is from Japan

Latin American (adjective)

someone who is Latin American is from Mexico, Central America, or South America

Malay (adjective)

someone who is Malay is a member of a race of people from Malaysia and Indonesia

Manx (adjective)

someone who is Manx is from the Isle of Man

Nordic (adjective)

someone who is Nordic is from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Iceland

Norwegian (adjective)

someone who is Norwegian is from Norway

of Chinese/German etc extraction ()

to be part of a family that is originally from China/Germany etc

Pakistani (adjective)

someone who is Pakistani is from Pakistan

Palestinian (adjective)

someone who is Palestinian is from Palestine

Persian (adjective)

someone who was Persian came from the ancient country of Persia

Persian (adjective)

someone who is Persian comes from the modern country of Iran. The usual word is Iranian.

Peruvian (adjective)

someone who is Peruvian is from Peru

Polish (adjective)

someone who is Polish comes from Poland

the Portuguese (adjective)

someone who is Portuguese is from Portugal

Punjabi (adjective)

someone who is Punjabi is from Punjab

Russian (adjective)

someone who is Russian is from Russia

Scandinavian (adjective)

someone who is Scandinavian is from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, or Finland

Semitic (adjective)

someone who is Semitic belongs to the group of people originally from the Middle East that includes Jews and Arabs

Singhalese ()

another spelling of Sinhalese

Sinhalese (adjective)

someone who is Sinhalese is a member of the main group of people who live in Sri Lanka

Spanish (adjective)

someone who is Spanish is from Spain

Swedish (adjective)

someone who is Swedish is from Sweden

Swiss (adjective)

someone who is Swiss is from Switzerland

Thai (adjective)

someone who is Thai comes from Thailand

Turkish (adjective)

someone who is Turkish is from Turkey

Welsh (adjective)

someone who is Welsh is from Wales