ethnic group

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ethnic group

A group of people who share a common race, religion, language, or other characteristic.

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Noun

ethnic group - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

ethnos

group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

ethnic minority - a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population

Azeri - an ethnic group living in Azerbaijan

Bengali - an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India

Flemish - an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium

Hebrews, Israelites - the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)

Mbundu, Ovimbundu - an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola

Tadzhik, Tajik - an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

Walloons - an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France

Aboriginal, Australian Aborigine, native Australian, Aborigine - a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

Kurd - a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state

Igbo - a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria; "most Igbo are farmers"

Nubian - a native or inhabitant of Nubia; "Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt"

Translations

etnisk gruppe

Ethnie

ethniegroupe ethnique

etnikum

etnia

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