"ethnic group" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ethnic groups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ethnic group (plural ethnic groups)
  1. A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds. Categories (topical): Collectives, People Synonyms: ethnie Translations (ethnic group): etniese groep (Afrikaans), ἔθνος (éthnos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ազգ (azg) (Armenian), ազգություն (azgutʻyun) (Armenian), милләт (millət) (Bashkir), grup ètnic [masculine] (Catalan), 民族 (mínzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 族群 (zúqún) (Chinese Mandarin), etnisk gruppe (Danish), etno (Esperanto), etninen ryhmä (Finnish), etnisyys (Finnish), kansallisuus (Finnish), ethnie [feminine] (French), groupe ethnique [masculine] (French), grupo étnico [masculine] (Galician), ეთნიკური ჯგუფი (etniḳuri ǯgupi) (Georgian), ethnische Gruppe [feminine] (German), Ethnie [feminine] (German), Volksgruppe [feminine] (German), Sippe [feminine] (German), etnikum (Hungarian), népcsoport (Hungarian), etnikai csoport (Hungarian), þjóðarbrot [neuter] (Icelandic), rasala grupo (Ido), etnio (Ido), etnia (Italian), 民族 (minzoku) (alt: みんぞく) (Japanese), ក្រុមជនជាតិ (krŏmchônchéatĕ) (Khmer), 민족 (minjok) (alt: 民族) (Korean), etniskā grupa [feminine] (Latvian), etnoss [masculine] (Latvian), ᡠᡴᠰᡠᡵᠠ (uksura) (Manchu), folkegruppe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkegruppe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قوم (qowm) (Persian), grupa etniczna [feminine] (Polish), etnia [feminine] (Portuguese), grupo étnico [masculine] (Portuguese), grup etnic [neuter] (Romanian), этни́ческая гру́ппа (etníčeskaja grúppa) [feminine] (Russian), национа́льность (nacionálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), э́тнос (étnos) [masculine] (Russian), grupo étnico [masculine] (Spanish), etnia [feminine] (Spanish), etnisk grupp [common-gender] (Swedish), dân tộc (alt: 民族) (Vietnamese)

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mínzú",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zúqún",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
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        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "etnisk gruppe"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "etno"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "etninen ryhmä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "etnisyys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grupo étnico"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "etniḳuri ǯgupi",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "ეთნიკური ჯგუფი"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ethnische Gruppe"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Sippe"
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          "roman": "éthnos",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "etnikum"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "népcsoport"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "etnikai csoport"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "þjóðarbrot"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "rasala grupo"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "etnio"
        },
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          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "etnia"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "minzoku",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "民族"
        },
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "krŏmchônchéatĕ",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "ក្រុមជនជាតិ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "民族",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "minjok",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "민족"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "etniskā grupa"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "uksura",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "ᡠᡴᠰᡠᡵᠠ"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qowm",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "قوم"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "grupo étnico"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "grup etnic"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "etníčeskaja grúppa",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "этни́ческая гру́ппа"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nacionálʹnostʹ",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "национа́льность"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "étnos",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "э́тнос"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grupo étnico"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "etnisk grupp"
        },
        {
          "alt": "民族",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "ethnic group",
          "word": "dân tộc"
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      "word": "ეთნიკური ჯგუფი"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "etnikum"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "népcsoport"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "etnikai csoport"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "rasala grupo"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "etnio"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "etnia"
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      "roman": "minzoku",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "民族"
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      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krŏmchônchéatĕ",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "ក្រុមជនជាតិ"
    },
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      "alt": "民族",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minjok",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "민족"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etniskā grupa"
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      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "uksura",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "ᡠᡴᠰᡠᡵᠠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folkegruppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folkegruppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qowm",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "قوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grupa etniczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grupo étnico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grup etnic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "etníčeskaja grúppa",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "этни́ческая гру́ппа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nacionálʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "национа́льность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "étnos",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "э́тнос"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grupo étnico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "etnisk grupp"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民族",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ethnic group",
      "word": "dân tộc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ethnic group"
}

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