multiethnic

adjective

mul·​ti·​eth·​nic ˌməl-tē-ˈeth-nik How to pronounce multiethnic (audio)
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: made up of people of various ethnicities
a multiethnic country
also : of, relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse ethnicities
multiethnic literature
multiethnicity noun

Examples of multiethnic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The 1992 riots in Los Angeles hit Koreatown hard, destroying more than 2,300 businesses and straining relations within the neighborhood’s multiethnic community. Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 Since April 29, Jewish anti-Zionist protesters at the Hyde Park campus have used food, ritual and community in the encampment as one of many ways to express their religious commitment to divestment from Israel, a multiethnic future and an end to killings in Gaza. Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for multiethnic 

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Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of multiethnic was in 1941

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“Multiethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiethnic. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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