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The correct spelling is ethnic.
How to pronounce ethnic
/ˈɛθ.nɪk/
nounIPA: /ˈɛθ.nɪk/
Say it like: Eth-nic
The correct spelling is ethnic. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community. For example: "There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands"
Usage Examples
“There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands”
“I like to eat ethnic food”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
- 2.An ethnic minority.
- 3.A heathen, a pagan.
- 4.(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
adjective
- 1.Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
- 2.Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
- 3.Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
- 4.Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.
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