The word British is an adjective referring in various ways to the United Kingdom, or the island of Great Britain, and its people.

The name most likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French adjective referring to the Atlantic province of Brittany.

The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places.

Meroitic is an adjective referring to things related to the kingdom of Meroë in pre-Islamic Sudan.

" Oxbridge " can be used as a noun referring to either or both universities or as an adjective describing them or their students.

The Western religious philosophy called Theosophy has popularized the word Akasha as an adjective, through the use of the term " Akashic records " or " Akashic library ", referring to an ethereal compendium of all knowledge and history.

The adjective is applied to naturally occurring colors, referring to animal fur, human hair, human skin pigmentation ( tans ), partially charred or carbonized fiber as in toasted bread and other foods, peat, withered leaves, etc.

In this process, an adjective that refers to or has referred to a disfavored group has adopted a more generic sense of negativity, sometimes not even referring to a person.

Hamburger can be a descriptive noun in German, referring to someone from Hamburg ( compare London → Londoner ) or an adjective describing something from Hamburg.

Malagasy is an adjective referring to Madagascar.

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* A colloquial adjective referring to the large budget video games, and is generally associated with a high level of quality.

Stratified is an adjective referring to the arranging of layers, and is also the past form of the verb stratify, to separate or become separated into layers.

Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center.

The adjective Měi means " beautiful, handsome, pretty "; it also means " to be pleased with oneself ", referring to his ego.

" The epithet Μακιστίος ( Makistios, Latinized as Macistius ) is generally understood to be an adjective referring to a town called Μάκιστος ( Makistos ) in the province of Triphylia in Elis.

However with Elohim the construction is grammatically singular, ( i. e. it governs a singular verb or adjective ) when referring to the Hebrew God, but grammatically plural elohim ( i. e. taking a plural verb or adjective ) when used of pagan divinities ( Psalms 96: 5 ; 97: 7 ).

* An adjective referring to any people or population

The adjective thermohaline derives from thermo-referring to temperature and-haline referring to salt content, factors which together determine the density of sea water.

Niptic is an adjective derived from the Greek Nipsis ( or Nepsis ) referring to contemplative prayer and meaning " watchfulness ".

), referring to the country and Bundesbürger ( federal citizen ) as to its citizens, with the pertaining adjective bundesdeutsch ( federally German ).

Picante is a Spanish adjective meaning " piquant ", which derives from picar (" to sting "), referring to the feeling caused by salsas on one's tongue.

Repoussage is actually the correct noun to refer to the technique, with repoussé being an adjective referring to a piece to which the technique has been applied ( e. g. " repoussé work ", " repoussé piece "); however, in English it has become common to use repoussé as a noun, and this usage is reflected in this article.

Cup-tied is an adjective, used primarily in association football, to describe a player who is ineligible to play in a knockout cup competition after transferring from another club during that competition.

Fans continued to refer to the club as Balompié, and themselves were known as Los Balompedistas, until the thirties when Betis and the adjective Beticos became common terminology when discussing the club and its followers.

Therefore dismissing Ice Cube as a coward, and on the song " Real Niggaz " MC Ren states " Only reason niggaz pick up your record is cause they thought it was us ", referring to the success of Ice Cube's first solo album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted which had been released earlier that year.

Real estate brokers who work with lenders may not receive any compensation from the lender for referring a residential client to a specific lender.

Soto makes reference to the numerous trees and forests surrounding ( in Spanish Sotos ), del Real referring to its historical ties to El Real de Manzanares from 1389 till 1568.

The Spanish name of the province means " The Andes ", referring to its position within the Cordillera Real which is part of the Bolivian Andes mountain range.

Items confiscated by Israeli authorities included personal belongings, confidential information relating to the Jerusalem issue, documents referring to the 1991 Madrid conference and the Arab Studies Society photography collection.

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

* Dual county, referring to a Gaelic Athletic Association county which traditionally competes at a similar level in both Gaelic football and hurling

Alf was also a supporter of West Ham United ( a football club based in the East End ) and known to make derogatory remarks about " the Jews up at Spurs " ( referring to Tottenham Hotspur, a North London club with a sizeable Jewish following ).

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or by a name referring to the current sponsor, is an English association football competition.

The International Olympic Committee now considers tug-of-war a separate sport, as well as referring to association football as simply " football " and to rugby union as " rugby ".

He admitted to not knowing much about Thai football, and referring to his players by squad numbers rather than their Thai names.

In Super Bowl IV, American football coach Hank Stram wore a microphone on the sidelines as part of the television broadcast, and was caught telling his Kansas City Chiefs, " Just keep matriculatin ' the ball down the field, boys ," referring to the process of moving the football toward a score.

" Keane's rant started a debate in England about the changing atmosphere in football grounds, and the term ' prawn sandwich brigade ' is now part of the English football vocabulary, referring to people who attend football games or claim to be fans of football because it is fashionable rather than due to any genuine interest in the game.

Douglas became a local cultural icon in Philadelphia, often inviting prominent players from the city's professional sports teams to be guests on his show ( he had a particular affinity for the city's pro football team, the Philadelphia Eagles, constantly referring to the team as " Our Eagles ", and he could often be seen in attendance at Eagles ' home games, especially whenever they appeared on Monday Night Football ).

*( referring to Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon ) " That boy could throw a football through a car wash and not get it wet.

* An abbreviation for Harvard-Yale, often referring to the annual football game between the two schools.

The expression Illiniwek ( meaning " the complete human being-the strong, agile human body, and the indomitable human spirit ") was first used in conjunction with the University of Illinois football team by football coach Bob Zuppke, referring to the Illinois Confederation of Native Americans who historically had inhabited much of present-day Illinois.

* An informal nickname for referees in association football, referring to the traditional match official's kit

Sju lange og sju breie ( 2007, Egmont, ) Seven Long and Seven Wide, an old Scandinavian expression signifying time which feels like an eternity, and referring to Pondus ' old boys football squad of 14 odd-looking men posing on the cover.

The name was coined when an online Philippine football community proposed the nickname Calle Azul ( Spanish for Streets of Blue, referring to the color of their kit ) which was modified to Azul Calle, shortened to AzCal, and finally became Azkal – a word that is similar to Filipino term Askal meaning street dog.

The local newspaper covering the event wrote the headline " King College's Victory Was ' Tornado ' Of Week's Games " and began referring to the football team as the " Tornado ".

A reporter at a college football press conference once cited Patrick's show as a " well-listened-to " national sports radio show, rather than by name, and Patrick has since taken to self-deprecatingly referring to his own show as such.

Like all Brazilian football teams, Vila Nova has their own group of die-hard fans who call themselves ' TEV ' - Torcida Esquadrão Vilanovense ( usually referring to themselves as simply ' Esquadrão ').