Meaning of -ano | Babel Free

Definitions

Demonym suffix, forms nouns and adjectives indicating or describing that one comes from, belongs to, is related to, or is like those from what the root specifies

morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“probinsiya (“province”) + -ano → probinsiyano (“provincial”)”

“Korea (“Korea”) + -ano → Koreano (“Korean”)”

“Amerika (“America”) + -ano → Amerikano (“American”)”

“Italya (“Italy”) + -ano → Italyano (“Italian”)”

“Mehiko (“Mexico”) + -ano → Mehikano (“Mexican”)”

“Cebu (“Cebu”) + -ano → Cebuano (“person from Cebu”)”

“Bohol (“Bohol”) + -ano → Boholano (“person from Bohol”)”

“Bikol (“Bicol”) + -ano → Bikolano (“person from Bikol region”)”

“Iloko (“Ilocos language”) + -ano → Ilokano (“person from Ilocos region”)”

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