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Ethnicity

Ethnicity is an identifier which connotes a group with a common national or cultural tradition. Some ethnicities are massive with billions of members, such as Han Chinese, and others are small clans with fewer than 100 individuals. Some countries are almost mono-ethnic, like North Korea, and others have hundreds of indigenous ethnicities, like Nigeria. Come explore the history and culture of ethnicities in this category.

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What is the major ethnic group in southwest asia?

Southwest Asia is one of the most diverse regions of the world with an incredible number of minorities and ethnic subdivisions within what are usually established as monolithic ethnic groups. The largest ethnic groups in Southwest Asia are the Arabs, Persians, Turks, Kurds, Jews, and the Copts.

What is a form of ethnic segregation that persists in the US?

Many Indians still live on reservations where they were relocated to. (Not exact wording, but you should get it.)

How many black people live in Wichita KS?

The population of the city of Wichita, Kansas according to the 2010 census was 382,368. The city's population density averages about 2,752.8 people per square mile.

What is the largest ethnic community in Chicago?

Many. Back at the turn of the century many Europeans immigrated to Chicago. Mostly Italians and Irish at the time. But not to bore you and to speed foward, Chicago has every ethnic nationality you can think of. In the last 20 years the Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, Mexican and Arab populations have grown the most.

The Polish population in Chicago is only exceeded by one other city in the world that being Warsaw, Poland. There are blocks on Archer Avenue where the signs are in Polish, Spanish and Vietnamese all on the same block. On the North side, it's English, Spanish, Arabic and Korean.

When did the ethnic group ameridians came to the Caribbean?

In the 1800s, Chinese migrated to the Caribbean-bordered areas, including the Caribbean islands.

Where did the caucasian get there name from?

In 1795, German anthropologist Johann Blumenbach proposed the Caucasus mountain range and its corresponding valleys were the ancestral original home of the imagined 'white' race. It took less than a hundred years for the term to be abandoned in an anthropological/historical sense.

What is the ethnicity of the surname hyra?

There are over 2000 people in Poland with this name. Supposedly this is the origin.

What is the ethnic origin of the name Harrell?

Harrell was established as a surname in England by Normans following the conquest in 1066; the earliest recorded use is in an abbey charter in 1154 where it is spelled "Horel". The surnname appears to be derived from the Old French verb "hurer" meaning to bristle or stand up, and was most likely a nickname for someone with a good head of hair. Harrell may be recorded as one of several variants such as Hurran, Hurren, Harrill, Horrell, Horel, Hurrell, Arrell and Orrell. Harrell is not related in meaning or etymology to the given name Harold, which is from Old Norse, meaning army commander.

The surname Harrell also appears in Ireland where it may be an anglicized form of the Gaelic name Ó hEarghail 'descendant of Earghal'. Earghal was a given name with the same etymology as Fearghal, which may be anglicized as Fergal but is also the source of the surname Farrell. Fearghal was a popular given name for boys meaning manly or valorous in early Ireland.

The destruction of an entire religious or ethnic group?

The destruction of an entire religious or ethnic group is known as genocide.

What ethnic group is in Congo?

Known as Zaire until 1997, there are over 200 distinct cultural or ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several of the largest are Kongo, Luba, and Mongo. Christianity if the major religion, and main languages include French, Kongo, Swahili, and Lingala.

What ethnic group comprised the Ayran race?

The Ayran race was Hitlers idea of perfect and pure in consisted of blonde hair and blue eyed people.

What is your ethnic group if you were born in the US?

First of all you would be an American. Compared to many other countries, people in the US have an above-average interest in their ethnic background. But only a few groups are commonly and specifically mentioned as 'ethnic' groups, such as African Americans, native Americans and Hispanic Americans. Many people in the US have a whole mixture of ethnic backgrounds and either don't bother with ethnicity or they will tell all the world that the are of Belgian-Scottish-Chinese-Turkish-Ukrainian descent.

What is the origin ethnicity andor country of the surname Cordero?

The surname Cordero is Spanish in origin and means "young lamb". It is also a Spanish occupational name for a shepherd.

What was the ethnicity of ancient Carthage?

Carthage was a colony of the Phoenicians, a people who leaved in present day Lebanon and were one of the major treading people in the Mediterranean and had one of the great fleets in this sea. It was said to have been founded by queen Elissa (Dido in Greek) of Tyre, the most important Phoenician city. She was the daughter of Matten, the king of the city and she inherited the throne together with her brother Pygmalion. But the people wanted Pygmalion alone though he was a boy. Elissa married Acerbas, a high priest and the second most powerful man in the city. Pygmalion had Acerbas murdered. Elissa decides to flee from Tyre. She and her party arrived in Cyprus and then moved on to modern Tunisia and asked the local Berber king for permission to have a temporary refuge there. Many Local Berbers joined the settlement and the nearby Phoenician colony of Utica asked Elissa to found a city.

What ethnic groups live in Philadelphia?

Philadelphia is an American city and does not have an ethnicity. It has inhabitants of many different ethnicities.

What ethnic are middle easterners?

Yes and No.

Generally speaking, Middle Eastern is not an ethnicity since the term can be applied to a number of different ethnic groups (Arabs, Turks, Persians, Jews, etc.) However, people from the Middle East will often just call themselves Middle Eastern to avoid necessarily associating with one of the various ethnic groups.

Should black as an ethnicity be capitalized in a sentence?

In most cases, no. Only if the word is the first word in the sentence, or it is a specific name for one specific thing, place or person. Mr. Justice Hugo Black would be capitalized, a black cat would not. The Black Hole of Calcutta or the All Blacks Rugby team of New Zealand would be, but black shoes would not.

What ethnicity were the people in internment camps?

They were Japanese people with no other races mixed into their generations. However, though they were purebred genetically the younger generations were AMERICANS legally because they were born in the USA. There were third and fourth generations (just babies) in the internment camps. There were Japanese labels for these generations called Issei, Nisei, Sansei and Yonsei. See the related links below.