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ethnicity in Arabic

إِثْنِيَّة ʔiṯniyya

/ɛθˈnɪsɪti/

ethnicity in Arabic: إِثْنِيَّة (ʔiṯniyya), مَجْمُوعَة إِثْنِيَّة (majmūʕa ʔiṯniyya). In English, ethnicity means the common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.

Arabic words for ethnicity

characteristics of an ethnic group
إِثْنِيَّة ʔiṯniyya
ethnic group
مَجْمُوعَة إِثْنِيَّة majmūʕa ʔiṯniyya

English meaning of ethnicity

  1. noun The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
  2. noun An ethnic group.
  3. noun Race; common ancestry.

Full definition of ethnicity

ethnicity in other languages

Questions about ethnicity in Arabic

What is the meaning of ethnicity in Arabic?
Ethnicity in Arabic is إِثْنِيَّة (ʔiṯniyya), مَجْمُوعَة إِثْنِيَّة (majmūʕa ʔiṯniyya).
ما معنى كلمة ethnicity؟
Ethnicity: إِثْنِيَّة (ʔiṯniyya), مَجْمُوعَة إِثْنِيَّة (majmūʕa ʔiṯniyya).
What does ethnicity mean in English?
Ethnicity means the common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.

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