What is someone from Blackpool called?
Haley Runte
2025-04-20 18:35:59
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The demonym for this town seems to be down as 'Blackpudlians'.
Sandgronians or Blackpudlians
Deminym : name of inhabitants of a city, region or country (gentilic)
The demonym for this town seems to be down as 'Blackpudlians'.
Demonym : Sandgronians or Blackpudlians
Marion Gottlieb
2025-04-20 15:29:58
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A blackpudlian, in the same way someone from liverpool is a liverpudlian.
I was gonna say that.
British.
Irish.
A sandgronian.
Ena Nicolas
2025-04-20 15:15:19
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The word for a native of Blackpool is a Sangronan.
I guessed it might be based on an old Latin word for the area but I was wrong.
I later googled it and found it is written Sand-Grown ‘Un – meaning, of course, someone who grew up in the sand.
Thus, the demonym for a native of London is a Londoner, of Liverpool a Liverpudlian, of Manchester a Mancunian, of Aberdeen an Aberdonian and so on.
Most are based fairly closely on the actual name of the place, but others are less predictable.
Leta Collins
2025-04-20 14:02:16
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People from Blackpool have a couple of names for themselves, including Blackpudlians, Sandgrownians or Sandgrown'uns. Some locals also call themselves Seasiders - but this is more commonly used to refer to Blackpool FC and their supporters as opposed to people from the town itself. Based on the town's name, some people call themselves Blackpudlians - but for plenty of locals the more common term is Sangrownians. While Blackpudlian is probably the word most people would understand and recognise outside of Blackpool, lots of locals would never use the term to describe themselves. For people who were born and raised in Blackpool, Sandgrownian could be the term their families use to refer to themselves, while may have barely ever heard it. The word Sandgrownian or Sandgrown'un isn't just limited to Blackpool either - people from as far away as Morecambe and Southport have also used the term to describe where they're from.
Some people say that Sandgrownians are people born anywhere on the Fylde coast - and that your parents have to be born on the Fylde coast too. For others, it can stretch as far as St Annes and you can call yourself a Sandgrownian if you were born anywhere within the Seven Golden Miles. However, other people think the term applies to anyone born within a certain number of miles of Blackpool Tower. Ultimately, it comes down to whether you consider yourself a Sandgrownian - regardless of what anyone else says it means.
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