ethnic group

/ˌɛθnɪk grup/

/ˈɛθnɪk grup/

Other forms: ethnic groups

Definitions of ethnic group

1. noun

   people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
   synonyms: ethnos

   types:

   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

   Abo, Aboriginal, Aborigine, Australian Aborigine, native Australian

   a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

   Kurd

   a member of a people who live in Kurdistan, a region in southwest Asia; the largest ethnic group without their own state

   Igbo

   a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria

   Nubian

   a native or inhabitant of Nubia

   Arab-Berbers, Berbers

   an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa

   Dagestani

   an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan

   Maori

   an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand

   Mayas

   an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas

   Pashtun, Pathan

   an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan

   peshmerga

   a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state

   type of:

   group, grouping

   any number of entities (members) considered as a unit