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  1. What is the difference between "citizen" and "denizen"

    Jul 8, 2011 · A citizen of the United States is a legal resident who has been processed by the government as being a member of the United States. A denizen of the United States is simply …

  2. etymology - Why is the inhabitant of a country called a “citizen ...

    Jul 22, 2017 · Why is citizen used to describe an inhabitant of a country when the word is derived from the Latin for city (civitas) and originally meant a city dweller? Wouldn’t the nouns derived …

  3. We say "U.S. citizen", but why can't we say "China citizen"? Or can …

    Sep 14, 2014 · So by analogy with U.S. citizen, you think you can say China citizen, but Chinese citizen blocks it. U.S. citizen is different either because it predates American citizen or it means …

  4. What is my Nationality: United States of America or American?

    Jan 26, 2017 · Also see Can I use “US-American” to disambiguate “American”? If not, what can I use? and Is ‘USAers’ just an ordinary English word today? As a broad rule, United States of …

  5. Why isn't "citizen" spelled as "citisen" in British English?

    Oct 4, 2010 · 28 There is a suffix that is written only as -ize in American English and often -ise in British English (but not always, as ShreevatsaR points out in the comments). This suffix …

  6. single word requests - What is the demonym for a citizen of Niger ...

    Nov 18, 2014 · 12 If a citizen of Nigeria is a Nigerian, what is a citizen of Niger referred to as? The Wikipedia article on Niger and the online Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries say that the proper …

  7. What's the difference between denizen, resident, inhabitant?

    Mar 22, 2015 · Here is the Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms (1942) entry for the three words (plus citizen): Inhabitant, denizen, resident, citizen are here compared as meaning one whose …

  8. A citizen of eSwatini - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 30, 2018 · What should one call a citizen of eSwatini in English? A citizen of eSwatini is called a [n] _____. I can think of the following candidates: a liSwati, a Swati, an eSwatini, a Swazi. …

  9. What would a "Down Under" citizen be called? [closed]

    Today is the 26th of January, it is Australia Day. My question is about its nickname Down Under and derivatives. Q. If you had to, what would you call the citizen of a country called “Down …

  10. meaning - What is implied in calling someone "Citizen"? - English ...

    Jun 14, 2011 · In many dystopian stories, people call each other citizen. In other contexts too, I'm thinking Citizen Kane for example. Why? What is implied here?