ethnic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to a group of people who share the same race, culture, language, or national background.

   The city is home to many different ethnic communities.

2. 2
   adj

   Typical of the culture of a particular nation or minority group, especially in food, music, or clothing.

   They went out for ethnic food at a Thai restaurant.

From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.

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