Countries Nouns and Adjectives Ending in "ish" -- in American English

The suffix -esque, one of a class of what are called adjectival suffixes, is adopted from the French version of the Italian suffix -esco, related to the standard English adjectival suffix -ish, and all of them mean like, or related to or “characteristic of -esque is more specialized, while -ish has additional senses.

# Country Noun Singular Noun Plural Adjective
1. Denmark Dane Danes Danish
2. Finland Finn Finns Finnish
3. Ireland Irish Irish Irish
4. Poland Pole Poles Polish
5. Spain Spaniard Spaniards Spanish
6. Sweden Swede Swedes Swedish
7. Turkey Turk Turks Turkish
8. United Kingdom Briton, British Britons, British British

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