ethnic group (redirected from Ethnic background)

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ethnic group - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture ethnos group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit 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, Australian Aborigine, native Australian, Aborigine - a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived Kurd - a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state Igbo - a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria; "most Igbo are farmers" Nubian - a native or inhabitant of Nubia; "Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt"