Wuhanite

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Etymology

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From Wuhan +‎ -ite.

Noun

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Wuhanite (plural Wuhanites)

  1. A person from Wuhan, China.
    • 2020 January 28, “Concern — and boredom — mount for those trapped at the center of the coronavirus outbreak”, in The Washington Post[1]:
      On Chinese social media, holed-up Wuhanites showed how they were coping in videos that quickly went viral. Neighbors exchanged meat for vegetables out of their high-rise windows. Aunties sat around a mah-jongg table placing bets with their prized protective face masks instead of cash.

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