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April 9

People from Krasnoyarsk

I've searched Google and read the article on Krasnoyarsk but I can't seem to find a demonym. I'm currently using Siberian as a placeholder but surely there is a more precise term to describe someone from Krasnoyarsk? Thanks 173.33.12.81 (talk) 23:18, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't know – and, frankly, doubt – whether an English demonym exists, but Russian Wikipedia provides a Russian one: masculine красноярец (krasnoyarets), feminine красноярка (krasnoyarka), plural красноярцы (krasnoyartsy). The city's name comes from Красный Яр (Krasnyy Yar), literally "Beautiful Ravine" – in case you want to Anglicize it and create your own demonym out of that. — Kpalion^(talk) 23:40, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Finally someone posted a question on April 9th - just 40 minutes or so before the date expired. :P --Магьосник (talk) 00:50, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

The foremost English demonym seems to be "Krasnoyarskian", for which there are twenty ghits, including a few in Google Books. LANTZY^TALK 02:31, 10 April 2010 (UTC)