Londonite

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who was born in or is a native resident of London
2. Someone who lives in or originates from the city of London
3. An inhabitant or native of London, England

Etymology: "Londonite" is a plain formation: the place name London with the suffix "-ite," which English uses to name a person associated with a place, as in Israelite, Brooklynite or Muscovite. The pattern is old and productive, so a resident or native of London is a Londonite by the same logic that makes a Bostonian's city a Boston and its people Bostonians. The suffix itself came into English through Latin "-ita" and Greek "-itēs," where it marked membership or origin, and it was attached to many place names over the centuries. Because it attaches so readily to city names, it can be used freely for new formations, which is why "londonite" reads as a natural coinage rather than an ancient term.