Bayonian, noun

/beɪˈəʊnɪən/
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EnglishShow more Bay + English noun- and adjective-forming suffix -onian.
obs. except in historical contexts
A resident of Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha). Hence the back-formation Bayonia noun (nonce), Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha) (see PE).
1832 Graham’s Town Jrnl 30 Mar. 55Sir, In the letter of ‘A Bayonian,’ in your last week’s number, there is a very proper allusion to the unaccountable Ordinance which annexes this Township, or District..to that of Uitenhage.
1871 J. McKay Reminisc. 3Instead of a standing camp when morning broke, the Bayonians had nothing to look upon but the trenches which had been dug around the tents.
1882 C. Du Val With Show through Sn Afr. I. 161The business men did not exhibit that nervous hurry which predominates with ‘the Bayonians’.
1891 R. Smith Great Gold Lands 41I had heard a good deal of Uitenhage, a town within an hour’s reach by rail, to which the Bayonians (so the Port Elizabeth people are called) go now and then for a change.
1891 W. Selwyn Cape Carols 155Each thievish loafer prowling Deems it a jolly lark To keep Bayonians growling O’er pillage in the dark.
1897 G.A. Parker S. Afr. Sports 14Cape Town, King, and Kimberley took part [in the tourney] with the Bayonians.
1902 The Jrnl in Grocott’s Mail 24 Sept., 1982 2On Wednesday night last, there arrived at Grahamstown a particularly neat and compactly built motor car.., having on board its owner Mr W. Alcock, a most popular Bayonian.
1902 The Jrnl in Grocott’s Mail 26 Aug., 1982Bayonia has always struck us as having a council that is lavish in contracting municipal debt..however, we suppose that the ratepayers of Port Elizabeth will know their own business.
1913 W.W. Thompson Sea Fisheries of Cape Col. 26 (Swart)Port Elizabeth — the Liverpool of South Africa as Bayonians proudly term it.
1975 Weekend Post 25 Oct. (TV Post) 10At that time many Bayonians (Port Elizabethans) were conscious of their noses, especially those who had reason to go near the Baakens River.
1984 Weekend Post 28 Jan. (Mag. Sect.) 1‘Bayonians’ were beginning to realise..that Humewood could offer..most enjoyable seashore recreation.
A resident of Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha). Hence the back-formation Bayonia noun (nonce), Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha) (see PE).
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