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Ethnic group   /ˈɛθnɪk grup/   Listen
Ethnic group

noun
1.
People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture.  Synonym: ethnos.






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"Ethnic group" Quotes from Famous Books



... times was the home of many "non-Chinese" tribes. Before the beginning of the eleventh century B.C. they must have pushed into eastern Shensi, due to pressures of other tribes which may have belonged to the Turkish ethnic group. However, it is also possible that their movement was connected with pressures from Indo-European groups. An analysis of their tribal composition at the time of the conquest seems to indicate that the ruling house of the Chou was related ...
— A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] • Wolfram Eberhard



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