Example of Proper Adjectives in English (Proper Adjectives)

The proper adjectives in English or proper adjectives, are adjectives derived from a proper noun; the most illustrative example are the gentilices, which are the adjectives derived from the names of the countries.

As well as the gentilicio, there are also adjectives derived from other proper nouns; remember that in English are proper names those of rivers, seas, mountains, planets, months, days of the week, historical periods, festivals, religions, as well as the names and surnames of the people. In the same way as the names, the Proper Adjectives in English many times they add a particle at the end of the word, to become an adjective.

Like the proper names from which they derive, Proper Adjectives in English are written with a capital initial.

50 Example of proper adjectives

In these examples we will write the proper noun, then the proper adjective, and an example of use.

Proper Noun / Proper Adjective / Example of use

1. (Queen) Victoria / Victorian / Victorian fashion
2. America / American / American way of life
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3. Argentina / Argentinean / The Argentinean summer
4. Aristotle / Aristotelian / Aristotelian philosophy
5. Asia / Asian / Asian people
6. Australia / Australian / Australian kangaroo
7. Buddha / Buddhist / Buddhist music
8. Canada / Canadian / Canadian forest
9. Christmas / Christmas / Christmas holydays
10. Colon / Columbian / The Columbian travels
11. Comte / Comtian / Comtian positivism
12. Darwin / Darwinian / Darwinian theory of evolution
13. Egypt / Egyptian / Egyptian mummy
14. Euclid / Euclidian / Euclidian geometry
15. Europe / European / European wine
16. France / French / French food
17. Freud / Freudian / Freudian psychoanalysis
18. Friday / Friday / Friday party
19. Gael / Gaelic / Gaelic languages
20. Great Britain / British / The British fog
21. Greece / Greek / Greek cities.
22. Hawaii / Hawaiian / Hawaiian volcano
23. Ireland / Irish / I love the Irish dance
24. Islam / Islamic / Islamic mosque
25. Israel / Israeli / Israeli matzo
26. Italy / Italian / Italian art.
27. Jefferson / Jeffersonian / Jeffersonian museum
28. Judaism / Jewish / Jewish holydays of Hanukah
29. Jupiter / Jupiterian / I wish a Jupiterian rock
30. Kant / Kantian / Kantian theory of knowledge
31. Machiavelli / Machiavellic / Machiavellic plan
32. Mahomet / Mahometan / The Mahometan religion is Islam
33. Mars / Martian / Martian slip.
34. Marx / Marxian / Marxian society
35. Mercury / Mercurian / The Mercurian gases are poison
36. Middle Age / Medieval / Medieval castle
37. Monday / Monday / Monday stress
38. November / November / November rain
39. Paleolithic / Paleolithic / Paleolithic caveman
40. Plato / Platonian / Platonian dialogues
41. Pluto / Plutonian / Plutonian gravity
42. Pythagoras / Pythagorean / Pythagorean theorem
43. Renaissance / Renaissance / Renaissance knowledge
44. Rome / Roman / The Roman streets
45. Scotland / Scotch / Scotch whiskey
46. Shakespeare / Shakespearean / Shakespearean drama
47. Socrates / Socratic / Socratic school
48. Sunday / Sunday / Sunday rest
49. Switzerland / Swiss / Swiss watch
50. Yemen / Yemeni / Yemeni petroleum