Wirralian

English

Etymology

Wirral +‎ -ian

Noun

Wirralian (plural Wirralians)

  1. An inhabitant of the Wirral peninsula.
    • 1970, The Bedside "Guardian", volume 19, page 195:
      You could put a Wirralian and a Boltonian in the same railway compartment and swear that they came from opposite poles of the old empire.
    • 1981, Kenneth Burnley, Portrait of Wirral, page 13:
      For the true Wirralian, his home is "over the water" from Liverpool and the rest of Merseyside.

Adjective

Wirralian (comparative more Wirralian, superlative most Wirralian)

  1. From or pertaining to the Wirral peninsula.
    • 1938, Edmund Vale, How to see England, page 20:
      There is no place called Wirral: it is purely a hundred name. Undeniably the people of that part are a clique with a Wirralian outlook.
    • 2008 June 2, Stephen Baxter, A personal reflection on a Wirralian life, Liverpool Daily Post
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