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ethnic minority
a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population
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Azeri
an ethnic group living in Azerbaijan
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Bengali
an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
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Flemish
an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium
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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)
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Mbundu, Ovimbundu
an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola
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Tadzhik, Tajik
an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
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Walloons
an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France
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Abo, Aboriginal, Aborigine, Australian Aborigine, native Australian
a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
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Kurd
a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state
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Igbo
a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
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Nubian
a native or inhabitant of Nubia
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Arab-Berbers, Berbers
an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa
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Dagestani
an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan
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Maori
an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand
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Mayas
an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas
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Pashtun, Pathan
an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
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peshmerga
a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
