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Meaning of "ethnos" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ETHNOS

ethnos  [ˈeθnɒs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ETHNOS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ethnos is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ETHNOS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ethnos in the English dictionary

The definition of ethnos in the dictionary is an ethnic group.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ETHNOS


cognosce
kɒɡˈnɒs
Cronos
ˈkrəʊnɒs
Enos
ˈiːnɒs
Hypnos
ˈhɪpnɒs
Kronos
ˈkrəʊnɒs
Lemnos
ˈlɛmnɒs
lichanos
ˈlɪkəˌnɒs
Minos
ˈmaɪnɒs
Mykonos
ˈmɪkənɒs
opisthotonos
ˌɒpɪsˈθɒtəˌnɒs
Parthenos
ˈpɑːθɪˌnɒs
precognosce
ˌpriːkɒɡˈnɒs
proslambanomenos
ˌprɒslæmbəˈnɒmɪnɒs
stamnos
ˈstæmnɒs
temenos
ˈteməˌnɒs
threnos
ˈθriːnɒs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ETHNOS

ethnographically
ethnography
ethnohistorian
ethnohistoric
ethnohistorical
ethnohistory
ethnolinguist
ethnolinguistic
ethnolinguistics
ethnologic
ethnological
ethnologically
ethnologist
ethnology
ethnomedicine
ethnomethodology
ethnomusicologist
ethnomusicology
ethnonym
ethnoscience

WORDS THAT END LIKE ETHNOS

Bahia de los Cochinos
Barbados
Bernanos
Campos
Carlos
chaos
chinos
Comoros
cos
Davos
Eos
Gros
hegumenos
Jos
Laos
logos
Marcos
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pros
Santos

Synonyms and antonyms of ethnos in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ethnos» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ETHNOS

Find out the translation of ethnos to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ethnos from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ethnos» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

民族报
1,325 millions of speakers

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ethnos
570 millions of speakers

English

ethnos
510 millions of speakers

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ethnos
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اثنوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

этнос
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ethnos
270 millions of speakers

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ethnos
260 millions of speakers

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ethnos
220 millions of speakers

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Etnos
190 millions of speakers

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ethnos
180 millions of speakers

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民族
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ethnos
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ethnos
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ethnos
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Ethnos
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ethnos
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

etnosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ethnos
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

etnos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

етнос
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ethnos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έθνους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ethnos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ethnos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ethnos
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ethnos

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHNOS»

The term «ethnos» is regularly used and occupies the 87.723 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHNOS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ethnos» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ethnos» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ethnos

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETHNOS»

Discover the use of ethnos in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ethnos and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Migration, Citizenship, Ethnos
Y. Michal Bodemann, Go ̈kc ̧e Yurdakul. Migration, Citizenship, Ethnos EDITED BY Y. Michal Bodemann and Gökçe Yurdakul MIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, ETHNOS © Y. Michal Bodemann and Gökçe Yurdakul,
Y. Michal Bodemann, Go ̈kc ̧e Yurdakul, 2006
2
A History of the Archaic Greek World: Ca. 1200-479 BCE
Polls and Ethnos When one reads the Archaic poets, it is easy to gain the impression that the polis was ubiquitous and that it constituted one of the most important points of reference for the Greeks. In reality, however, there were many regions ...
Jonathan M. Hall, 2007
3
Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality: A Challenge for ...
used to understand certain things, that is, whatever "ethnicity" and "ethnos" are used to mean or refer to. Ethnicity and ethnos are also concepts insofar as, when "ethnicity" and "ethnos" are used in discourse, our minds engage in certain acts ...
Jorge J. E. Gracia, 2005
4
The Athenian Nation
As with other Greek concepts that have frustrated academic efforts to identify a consistent underlying signification independent of the meaning derived from contrast with their cognitive complements,80 ethnos has defied modern analysis: some ...
Edward Cohen, 2009
5
Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity
1 1 Thus it is used to describe groups of warriors or young men, the ranks of the dead, flocks of birds and swarms of bees or flies.12 Its use as a simple collective noun persists through to the fifth century: Aiskhyios refers to the ethnos of the ...
Jonathan M. Hall, 2000
6
Selected Papers: Studies in Greek and Roman History and ...
'peoples' with a tribal or kinship basis, and if ethnos originally signified simply 'a group', then it is an odd word for the Greeks to have adopted to describe a people which felt itself to be something like what we mean by a 'nation'. Since the ...
Frank William Walbank, 1985
7
Rethinking Ethnicity: Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities
Here, ethnos refers to a band or host or tribe - be it of friends or fighting men or a swarm of bees, or of named groups like ethnos Lukion, ethnos Achaion. In Pindar we read of the ethnos of men or women, in Herodotus of the to Medikon ethnos, ...
Eric P. Kaufmann, 2004
8
The Jewish People in Classical Antiquity: From Alexander to ...
So whereas "outsiders" might refer to the people as Jews or Judeans, the people generally considered themselves Israelites, but this did not classify them as an ethnicity (Greek: ethnos) as we would define that term today. In this book we will ...
John Haralson Hayes, Sara Mandell, 1998
9
Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection: Designation, ...
The history of the ancient concept ethnos (the precursor to modern ethnic groupings and to the concept of ethnicity) shows a rich variety and ever-changing interpretation of the term. The Greek origins of ethnos have some telling features. 10 ...
Thomas W. Simon, 2012
10
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
ethnos (people, nation), ethnikos [Gentile] A. A People and Peoples in the LXX. 1. The main Hebrew terms for "people," 'am and goy, both denote human groups, but historically the former comes to be used for the holy people and the latter (in ...
Gerhard Kittel, Gerhard Friedrich, Geoffrey William Bromiley, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETHNOS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ethnos is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greek debt crisis: Fear and loathing in Europe media
Ethnos says this is the most difficult position that a Greek leader has found himself in since the end of military rule in the country in 1974. «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Greece faces last chance to stay in euro as cash runs out
Centrist daily Ethnos headlined: "Time has run out for a solution before catastrophe," while the centre-right Eleftheros Typos said: "Tsipras' ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
3
Merkel urges Greece to act quickly to submit new proposal
Centrist daily Ethnos headlined: "Time has run out for a solution before catastrophe," while the center-right Eleftheros Typos said: "Tsipras' ... «Bangladesh News 24 hours, Jul 15»
4
How the Greek papers have reacted to the resounding No vote
The centrist newspaper Ethnos called the 61.3pc result an "earthquake" that has "formed a new political landscape in the country, giving the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
'No' prompts mixed feelings in Greek press
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras comes in for praise from Ethnos, which is normally critical of the government. null Dimokratia (L) asks "Europe do ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
6
Greece crisis: Crunch summit in Brussels, ECB tightens noose on …
Centrist daily Ethnos headlined: "Time has run out for a solution before catastrophe," while the centre-right Eleftheros Typos said: "Tsipras' ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
7
Yanis Varoufakis: Greece's 'erratic Marxist'
Varoufakis's father Giorgos told the Greek daily Ethnos that his son's critics "want to run him down because he is competent". "Yanis is a very ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
8
Hillary Clinton for President United States of Zionism
Ethnocracy, or ethno-nationalism, privileges ethnos over demos, whereby one's ethnic affiliation, be it defined by race, descent, religion, ... «The Arab Daily News, Jul 15»
9
Decades of fraud have swindled Greeks out of billions
“It appears the 'blind' of Zakynthos saw only the color of money,” the Greek newspaper Ethnos wrote of the scam. Here's another scam from ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
10
The Latest: Poll: Greek opinion on bailout vote a dead heat
Though the poll by ALCO for To Ethnos newspaper found Greeks evenly divided on the question that's actually being put forward in Sunday's ... «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ethnos [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ethnos>. Apr 2024 ».
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