Friday, 27 July 2012

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Mancunian

noun 

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this wordClick to hear the US pronunciation of this word/mæŋˈkjuː.ni.ən/ [C]

Definition

a person from Manchester, a city in the north of England

Mancunian adjective 

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Scouse

noun (PERSON

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word/skaʊs/ UK informal

Definition

[C] (also Scousera person who comes from the Liverpool area, in north-west England

Liverpudlian

noun 

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this wordClick to hear the US pronunciation of this word/ˌliv.əˈpʌd.li.ən//-ɚ-/ [C]

Definition

a person from Liverpool, a city in northwest England

Liverpudlian adjective 

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a Liverpudlian accent
Glaswegian

noun 

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Definition

a person from Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland

Glaswegian adjective 

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Steven has a Glaswegian accent.


Geordie

noun 

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Definition



[C] someone who comes from Tyneside in Northeast England

[U] the type of English spoken by someone from Tyneside

a Geordie accent



For more, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_forms_of_place_names

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