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Meaning of ethnic

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ethnic

Pronunciation:/ˈɛθ.nɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.

  2. An ethnic minority.

  3. A heathen, a pagan.

  4. (in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.

    Example: There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands

  2. Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.

    Example: I like to eat ethnic food

  3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.

  4. Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.