Omahans

Midwestern city residents

Omahans are residents of Omaha, Nebraska—the state's largest city, located on the Missouri River.

The word functions like other city demonyms: Omahans turned out for the parade, As an Omahan, she knew all the best steakhouses.

The form follows the standard pattern of adding -an to place names ending in -a.

Nebraskan

Cornhuskers

Nebraska residents or teams

Warren Buffett · College World Series · Boys Town · Missouri River · steakhouse · Creighton · Lewis and Clark · pioneer · homesteader · Great Plains

community

neighborhood

Residential area nearby

volunteerism · grassroots · townhall · solidarity · fellowship · engagement · participation · block party · community center · PTA

Midwestern

heartland

Central region of significance

farmstead · silos · barns · tractors · harvest · soybeans · wheat · casserole · potluck · county fair

urban

downtown

Central business district

midtown · gentrification · streetcar · commute · metropolitan · zoning · suburbia · city council · public transit · city life

demographics

population

All inhabitants combined

migration · socioeconomic · income · household · education · employment · growth · density · ancestry · Latino community

Opposites
geographic/urban-rural identity

Omahansranchers

Livestock farm operators

farmers

coastal vs heartland identity

OmahansNew Yorkers

Residents of America's largest city

San Franciscans · coastal elites · Manhattanites · Bostonians

Phrases
Family

Omaha

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G