ethnicities Definition

ethnic
adj

1. Relating to or having a common race or cultural tradition.

Example: an ethnic group
Thesaurus: racial, cultural, national, tribal, ancestral, aboriginal, folk, native, indigenous.
2. Associated with or resembling an exotic, especially non-European, racial or tribal group.

Example: ethnic clothes
3. Seen from the point of view of race, rather than nationality.

Example: ethnic Asians
4. Between or involving different racial groups.

Example: ethnic violence

noun

(especially US)
1. A member of a particular racial group or cult, especially a minority one.

Derivative: ethnically
adverb

Derivative: ethnicity
noun

Racial status or distinctiveness.

Etymology: 14c as noun and 15c as adj meaning ‘heathen': from Greek ethnos nation.