Indianapolitan
Indianapolitan adjective: of or from Indianapolis.
Adjective
Indianapolitan (comparative more Indianapolitan, superlative most Indianapolitan)
- Of or from Indianapolis.
- The Indianapolitan public accordingly abstains in considerable numbers from paying its fares, being moved by sympathy with labor...1889 October 19, “Bobtail Cars”, in The New York Times, retrieved 02 Oct 2014
Noun
Indianapolitan (plural Indianapolitans)
- A person from Indianapolis.
- The Indianapolitans seem to be very civil and orderly people, a pattern of sobriety and good behavior, if we can infer anything on these points from the smallness of their police force, for this body, considered indispensable in most cities for the preservation of order, in this city numbers only...1857, J. B. B., “A City of the West”, in The New England Farmer, volume 9, page 387
- If the Indianapolitans could declare and enforce an effective embargo upon all outsiders, it is evident that Indianapolis would languish and die.1892 September 17, “Indianapolis, New-York, and Cholera”, in The New York Times, retrieved 02 Oct 2014
Forms of Indianapolitan
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Indianapolitan |
| superlative | most Indianapolitan |
| Noun | |
| plural | Indianapolitans |
Origin of Indianapolitan
From Indianapolis + -ian.
Questions about Indianapolitan
- What does Indianapolitan mean?
- Indianapolitan means of or from Indianapolis.
- What part of speech is Indianapolitan?
- Indianapolitan can be an adjective or a noun.
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