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The Meaning of Nicknames in English
nicknames can come from the place name itself, like hustonian and san diegon. Some are geographical references, like upers for people from the upper peninsula or u p, michigan. And some are just idiosyncratic, meaning they don't follow the general rules. For example, people from salem, massachusetts are officially called salem ites, but are also humorously called salamanders. Before man, new yorkers were called gothamites, because the name was transferred from the name of people from nottinghamshire in the u k. But these days, gothamite has more of a cool actor given its association with the batman
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