Draft:Washingtonian
Washingtonian is an adjective derived from the surname of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Since its first usage in the late 1700s, it has taken on several meanings. The principal contemporary meanings are as demonyms for people and things associated with either the U.S. state of Washington or Washington, D.C., the U.S.'s capital. Historically, it also referred to members of the Washingtonian movement, a temperance organization.
The derivation of Washingtonian from Washington follows a pattern in English that places with a stressed first syllable are given demonyms using the suffix -ian, with the stress on the third-to-last syllable, as also seen in Lancastrian for residents of Lancaster, England.[1]: 553 Thus, /ˈwɑːʃɪŋtən/ WASH-ing-tən, but /wɑːʃɪŋˈtoʊni.ən/ wash-ing-TONE-ee-in.[1]: 553 [2] The term is attested as early as 1794, when a resident of Washington, D.C., signed a letter "I am, Gentlemen, yours, a Washingtonian."[3]
People from Washington, D.C. are thus referred to as Washingtonians, as are people from the state of Washington.[3] This is one of a number of cases where two places have the same demonym.[4]: PDF p. 22 BRUNNER ON TENSIONS GOES HERE. SOMETHING SOMETHING Rob Brunner in Washingtonian magazine—which has carried the demonym as its own name since its founding in 1965—wrote SOMETHING SOMETHING. Dave Bernstein of Washington State radio station KPQ-FM later opined that, given the shared eponym, sharing the demonym was probably "fair".[5]
TEMPERANCE USAGE GOES HERE. Washingtonian movement.
Other uses
Other usage includes:
- Washingtonian (Amtrak train), a former Amtrak service
- Washingtonian (B&O train), a named passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the 1930s–1950s
- "The Washingtonians" (2007), Masters of Horror episode
- SS Washingtonian, a cargo ship launched in 1913
- The Washingtonians, a band formed by Duke Ellington
References
- ^ a b Cho, Choon-Hak (December 1997). "Derivatives of Place Names" (PDF). Language Research. 33 (8): 547–562. ISSN 0254-4474. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "How to pronounce Washingtonian". Cambridge Dictionary. n.d. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b Brunner, Rob (4 April 2023). "Who Should Be Called a Washingtonian?". Washingtonian. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Schäufele, Steven (1 July 2010). "Taiwanese, Taiwaner, or Tai-Whiner?: The Confusion of Ethnonyms in English" (PDF). Hwa Kang English Journal (16): 169–187. doi:10.7109/HKEJ.201007.0169. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Bernstein, Dave (14 June 2024). "Residents in WA are not the only Washingtonians? State Nicknames". KPQ. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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