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I suppose that raises the question, if people from Berlin do indeed call themselves Berliners - do people from Hamburg call themselves Hamburgers? (genuine question)


Yes.

Compare "Danish" as an American term for a Viennese pastry, "he's Danish" doesn't sound odd.

We don't generally abbreviate foods named after places, but:

"Cheddar is 200 miles from both Sandwich and Stilton."

These are all places in England.


I don't see why not. Hamburger means "of Hamburg". If you're thinking about the food item, it isn't a funny coincidence or anything, its name is derived from Hamburg.

I'm not German nor a linguist, YMMV.


Yes. Hence also the names Frankfurter and Wiener (Wien is Vienna, in German).




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