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List of adjectives and demonyms for states and territories of India

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Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World)

State or territory Adjective Demonym
colloquial
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andamanese[1]
Nicobarese[1]
Andamanese
Nicobarese
Andhra Pradesh Andhrulu Andhraites, Andhrites, Andhra Pradeshis, Andhrulu Teluguvaaru
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachali Arunachalis
Assam Assamese[1] Assamese
Bihar Bihari[1] Biharis
Chandigarh Chandigarhi Chandigarhis
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarhi Chhattisgarhis
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Dadran
Nagar Havelian
Damanese
Diuese
Dadran
Nagar Havelian
Damanese
Diuese
Delhi Delhiite, Delhian Delhiites, Delhians
Goa Goan,[1] Goans, Goenkars
Gujarat Gujarati[1] Gujaratis
Haryana Haryanvi Haryanvis
Himachal Pradesh Himachali Himachalis
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu
Kashmiri[1]
Jammuite
Kashmiris
Jharkhand Jharkhandi Jharkhandis
Karnataka Karnatakan, Canarese[1] Karnatakans, Canarese, Kannadiga Kannadiga
Kerala Keralite Keralites, Malayalis Malayali
Ladakh Ladakhi Ladakhi
Lakshadweep (Laccadives) Laccadivian Laccadivians
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradeshi Madhya Pradeshis
Maharashtra Maharashtrian[1] Maharashtrians Marathi
Manipur Manipuri[1] Manipuris Meiteis
Meghalaya Meghalayan Meghalayans
Mizoram Mizo[1] Mizos
Nagaland Naga,[1] Nagalandese Nagas, Nagalanders
Odisha Odia[1] (Odia) [of the people]
Odishan (Orissan) [of the state]
Odissi (Orissi)[1]
Odias (Odias)
Odishans (Orissans)
Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) Pondicherrian Pondicherrians
Punjab Punjabi[1] Punjabis
Rajasthan Rajasthani[1] Rajasthanis
Sikkim Sikkimese[1] Sikkimese
Tamil Nadu Tamil,[1] Tamilian Tamils, Tamilians Tamizhan
Telangana Telanganite Telanganites Teluguvaaru
Tripura Tripuri, Tripuran Tripuris, Tripurans
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradeshi Uttar Pradeshis
Uttarakhand Uttarakhandi Uttarakhandis
West Bengal (West) Bengali,[1] (West) Bengalese (archaic)[1] (West) Bengalis

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.