21-785: The word Ulloa in the world mostly comes as a gentilic from A Ulloa (and itself from the Ulla River ) in Galicia , Spain , later expanded all over the world by emigration and American conquest, and may refer to: Maritime [ edit ] Spanish cruiser Don Antonio de Ulloa , Velasco-class cruiser Natural history [ edit ] Turbonilla ulloa , species of sea snail Places [ edit ] A Ulloa , region in Galicia, Spain Twin Islands (British Columbia) , Canada, formerly known as
42-483: A Person From...? A Dictionary of Resident Names (the first edition of Labels for Locals ) Dickson attributed the term to George H. Scheetz, in his Names' Names: A Descriptive and Prescriptive Onymicon (1988), which is apparently where the term first appears. The term may have been fashioned after demonymic , which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as the name of an Athenian citizen according to
63-410: A group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, state, country, and continent). Demonyms are used to designate all people (the general population) of a particular place, regardless of ethnic, linguistic, religious or other cultural differences that may exist within
84-519: A native of the United Kingdom may be called a British person , a Briton or, informally, a Brit . Some demonyms may have several meanings. For example, the demonym Macedonians may refer to the population of North Macedonia , or more generally to the entire population of the region of Macedonia , a portion of which is in Greece . In some languages, a demonym may be borrowed from another language as
105-485: A nickname or descriptive adjective for a group of people: for example, Québécois , Québécoise (female) is commonly used in English for a native of the province or city of Quebec (though Quebecer , Quebecker are also available). In English, demonyms are always capitalized . Often, demonyms are the same as the adjectival form of the place, e.g. Egyptian , Japanese , or Greek . However, they are not necessarily
126-446: A truncated form of the toponym , or place-name.) "-ish" is usually proper only as an adjective. See note below list. -ene Often used for Middle Eastern locations and European locations. -ensian -ard -ese, -nese or -lese "-ese" is usually considered proper only as an adjective, or to refer to the entirety. Thus, "a Chinese person" is used rather than "a Chinese". Often used for Italian and East Asian, from
147-534: Is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder . Ulloa began his career in the FC Dallas academy, and was signed to the Major League Soccer pro team as a homegrown player in 2010. He made his debut for Dallas in 2011, and played there for eight years before being traded to FC Cincinnati . Beginning in 2020, he played for Inter Miami CF until the end of 2023. Víctor Ulloa
168-405: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gentilic A demonym ( / ˈ d ɛ m ə n ɪ m / ; from Ancient Greek δῆμος ( dêmos ) 'people, tribe' and ὄνυμα ( ónuma ) 'name') or gentilic (from Latin gentilis 'of a clan, or gens ') is a word that identifies
189-575: Is encountered also in Latinate names for the various people that ancient Romans encountered (e.g. Allemanni , Helvetii ). -i.e. is rather used for English places. -iot or -iote Used especially for Greek locations. Backformation from Cypriot , itself based in Greek -ώτης . -k -asque Often used for Italian and French locations. -(we)gian -onian Victor Ulloa (footballer, born 1992) Víctor Ulloa (born 4 March 1992)
210-542: Is mostly used by the natives in the province of Quezon , is also used for their local or native demonyms in English . -a(ñ/n)o/a, -e(ñ/n)o/a, or -i(ñ/n)o/a Adaptations from the standard Spanish suffix -e(ñ/n)o (sometimes using a final -a instead of -o for a female, following the standard Spanish suffix -e(ñ/n)a ) Countries and regions Cities -ite -(e)r Often used for European locations and Canadian locations -(i)sh (Usually suffixed to
231-525: The English language , there are many polysemic words that have several meanings (including demonymic and ethnonymic uses), and therefore a particular use of any such word depends on the context. For example, the word Thai may be used as a demonym, designating any inhabitant of Thailand , while the same word may also be used as an ethnonym, designating members of the Thai people . Conversely, some groups of people may be associated with multiple demonyms. For example,
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#1733111176636252-979: The deme to which the citizen belongs, with its first use traced to 1893. Several linguistic elements are used to create demonyms in the English language . The most common is to add a suffix to the end of the location name, slightly modified in some instances. These may resemble Late Latin , Semitic , Celtic , or Germanic suffixes, such as -(a)n , -ian , -anian , -nian , -in(e) , -a(ñ/n)o/a , -e(ñ/n)o/a , -i(ñ/n)o/a , -ite , -(e)r , -(i)sh , -ene , -ensian , -ard , -ese , -nese , -lese , -i(e) , -i(ya) , -iot , -iote , -k , -asque , -(we)gian , -onian , -vian , -ois(e) , or -ais(e) . -(a)n Continents and regions Countries Constituent states, provinces and regions Cities -ian Countries Constituent states, provinces, regions and cities -anian -nian -in(e) -(h)in The Tayabas Tagalog suffix -(h)in , which
273-512: The 2011 season. On 23 October 2011, Ulloa made his professional debut in Dallas' 4–2 loss in their final regular season match of 2011 on the road against the San Jose Earthquakes . He did not appear in any MLS games the next two seasons. After being released by the club following the 2013 season, Ulloa re-joined the club after impressing new head coach Óscar Pareja (who was also his coach in
294-632: The FC Dallas Academy) during training camp for the 2014 season. During the season, he established himself as a regular starter at defensive midfielder. On 12 December 2018, MLS expansion side FC Cincinnati announced that they had signed Ulloa in exchange for $ 150,000 in General Allocation Money, with another $ 100,000 to be paid if Ulloa met certain performance metrics. On 11 November 2019, Inter Miami acquired Ulloa from FC Cincinnati in exchange for $ 50,000 in General Allocation Money, and
315-611: The Italian suffix -ese , which is originally from the Latin adjectival ending -ensis , designating origin from a place: thus Hispaniensis (Spanish), Danensis (Danish), etc. The use in demonyms for Francophone locations is motivated by the similar-sounding French suffix -ais(e) , which is at least in part a relative (< lat. -ensis or -iscus , or rather both). -i(e) or -i(ya) Countries States, provinces, counties, and cities Mostly for Middle Eastern and South Asian locales. -i
336-2492: The Ulloa Islands Ulloa, Valle del Cauca , municipality in Colombia Ulloa Street, a street name in New Orleans , Louisiana Ulloa Street, a street name in San Francisco , California Persons with the surname [ edit ] Alfonso de Ulloa (1529 – 1570) - Spaniard active in Venice translating works from Spanish to Italian, including biography of Columbus Antonio de Ulloa (1716–1795), Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator Augusto Ulloa y Castañón (1823–1879), Spanish lawyer, politician, journalist Berny Ulloa Morera (born 1950), Costa Rican football referee Carlos Ramírez Ulloa (1903–1980), Mexican civil engineer Cynthia Calderón (born 1988), Peruvian model Edward Ulloa (born 1962), American attorney, criminal prosecutor Emilio Ulloa (born 1952), Chilean long-distance runner Fabio Ulloa (born 1976), Honduran footballer Félix Ulloa (born 1951), Vice President of El Salvador Fernando Cepeda Ulloa (born 1938), Colombian political scientist, professor, diplomat Francisco Ulloa (accordionist) , Dominican Republic accordionist Francisco de Ulloa (died 1540), Spanish explorer Gerardo Ulloa Pérez (born 1965), Mexican politician Hilario Ulloa , Nicaraguan politician Ignacio Ulloa Rubio (born 1967), Spanish judge Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta (born 1956), Panamanian clergy José Francisco Ulloa (born 1940), Costa Rican clergy Juanma Bajo Ulloa (born 1967), Spanish Basque film director Leonardo Ulloa (born 1986), Argentine footballer Manuel Ulloa Elías (1922–1992), Peruvian politician, economist Óscar Ulloa (born 1986), Salvadoran footballer Pedro Osores de Ulloa (1554–1624), Spanish Governor of Chile Ricardo Ulloa (born 1990), Salvadoran footballer Roberto Ulloa (1924–2020), Argentinian politician Rudy Ulloa (born 1960), Argentinian politician, businessman, media entrepreneur Tristán Ulloa (born 1970), Spanish actor, writer, director Victor Ulloa (footballer, born 1992) (born 1992), American footballer Víctor Ulloa (Peruvian footballer) (born 1991), Peruvian footballer Topics referred to by
357-510: The population of that place. Examples of demonyms include Cochabambino , for someone from the city of Cochabamba ; Tunisian for a person from Tunisia; and Swahili , for a person of the Swahili coast . As a sub-field of anthroponymy , the study of demonyms is called demonymy or demonymics . Since they are referring to territorially defined groups of people, demonyms are semantically different from ethnonyms (names of ethnic groups ). In
378-597: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ulloa . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulloa&oldid=1247821310 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Galician-language surnames Hidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014 Short description
399-445: The same, as exemplified by Spanish instead of Spaniard or British instead of Briton. English commonly uses national demonyms such as Brazilian or Algerian , while the usage of local demonyms such as Chicagoan , Okie or Parisian is less common. Many local demonyms are rarely used and many places, especially smaller towns and cities, lack a commonly used and accepted demonym altogether. National Geographic attributes
420-611: The term demonym to Merriam-Webster editor Paul Dickson in a work from 1990. The word did not appear for nouns, adjectives, and verbs derived from geographical names in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary nor in prominent style manuals such as the Chicago Manual of Style . It was subsequently popularized in this sense in 1997 by Dickson in his book Labels for Locals . However, in What Do You Call
441-513: Was born on 4 March 1992 in Chihuahua , Mexico to Guillermina and Evaristo Ulloa. He has a younger sister, Anahi, and a younger brother Ivan, both of whom are more than ten years younger than him. Ulloa grew up in Wylie, Texas . On 30 July 2010, Ulloa was signed by FC Dallas as a homegrown player along with Moises Hernandez and Ruben Luna . However, he wasn't eligible to play for the first team until
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