History of Europe

Latin gentiles.

I remember when I was studying the EGB (I do not know exactly the equivalence with the current educational system) that a common question, it seems to me that in the subject of Language, were the names of the Spanish populations. Some of them had little to do with the name of the town, you learned them by heart and one less problem. Over time you wonder why that denomination, and the explanation is logical:the demonym has its origin in the name of the population when it was founded. Here is a list of Latin peoples that gave me a hard time at the time.

ROMAN NAME CURRENT NAME GENTILICIO
ASTURICA AUGUSTA ASTORGA ASTURICENSES
BILBILIS CALATAYUD BILBILITANS
CALAGURRIS CALAHORRA CALAGURRITANS
EMERITA AUGUSTA MERIDA EMERITENSES
GADES CADIZ GADITANS
GERUNDA GERONA GERUNDENSANS
HISPALIS SEVILLE HISPALENSES
ILERDA LERIDA ILERDENSE
ILICI ELCHE ILICITANOS
LUCUS AUGUSTI LUGO LUCENSES
MALACA MALAGA MALACITANS
ONUBA HUELVA ONUBENSES
TARRACO TARRAGONA TARRACONENSE