ethnic_group (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *ethnic group*:
NOUN	group	ethnic group, ethnos	people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

English > *ethnic group*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture.
Synonym	ethnos
Narrower	Aborigine, native Australian, Australian Aborigine	A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
	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)
	Igbo	A member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
	Kurd	A member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan
	Mbundu, Ovimbundu	An ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola
	Nubian	A native or inhabitant of Nubia
	Tajik, Tadzhik	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
	ethnic minority	A group that has different national or cultural / cultural traditions from the majority of the population
Broader	group, grouping	Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
Spanish	etnia, grupo étnico
Catalan	ètnia, grup ètnic

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