dân tộc

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 民族.

Pronunciation

Noun

dân tộc

  1. an ethnic group
    53 dân tộc thiểu số
    53 ethnic minorities
    dân tộc Việt/Kinh
    the ethnically Vietnamese people
  2. Short for dân tộc thiểu số (ethnic minority in Vietnam).
    người dân tộc
    an ethnic minority person
  3. (slightly literary) a nation; a people
    dân tộc Việt Nam
    the peoples of Vietnam
    các dân tộc bị áp bức trên thế giới
    the oppressed peoples of the world

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