word meaning "resident of ..."

Stephen Goranson goranson at DUKE.EDU
Sun Jan 29 15:05:47 UTC 2006


This may not be the work you seek, but perhaps it's close enough to mention:
gentilic. It's used more often than the OED entry might suggest, for instance
in grammars of ancient Hebrew and Aramaic, including _Gesenius' Hebrew
Grammar_
revised by E. Kautzsch; English version by A. E. Cowley, Oxford UP (see the
index).

best
Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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