Meaning | people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture. |
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Synonym | ethnic group |
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Narrower | Aborigine, native Australian, Australian Aborigine | A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived |
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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 |
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Spanish | etnia, grupo étnico |
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Catalan | ètnia, grup ètnic |
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