"ethnic minority" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ethnic minorities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ethnic minority (plural ethnic minorities)
  1. A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live. Wikipedia link: ethnic minority Categories (topical): Collectives, People Translations (people with different characteristics to those of the majority): أَقَلِّيَّة قَوْمِيَّة (ʔaqalliyya qawmiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ազգային փոքրամասնություն (azgayin pʻokʻramasnutʻyun) (Armenian), 少數民族 (Chinese Mandarin), 少数民族 (shǎoshù mínzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 少數族裔 (Chinese Mandarin), 少数族裔 (shǎoshù zúyì) (Chinese Mandarin), etninen vähemmistö (Finnish), minorité ethnique [feminine] (French), ethnische Minderheit [feminine] (German), etnikai kisebbség (Hungarian), þjóðernisminnihluti [masculine] (Icelandic), þjóðernisminnihlutahópur (english: ethnic-minority group) [masculine] (Icelandic), 少数民族 (shōsū minzoku) (alt: しょうすうみんぞく) (Japanese), mazākumtautība (Latvian), اقلیت قومی (aqalliyyat-e qowmi) (Persian), minoria étnica [feminine] (Portuguese), этни́ческое меньшинство́ (etníčeskoje menʹšinstvó) [neuter] (Russian), национа́льное меньшинство́ (nacionálʹnoje menʹšinstvó) [neuter] (Russian), нацменьшинство́ (nacmenʹšinstvó) [neuter] (Russian), нацменьши́нство (nacmenʹšínstvo) [neuter] (Russian), etnisk minoritet [common-gender] (Swedish), etnik azınlık (Turkish), ekalliyet (Turkish), етні́чна менши́на (etníčna menšýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), націона́льна менши́на (nacionálʹna menšýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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