Ethnicity in fiction
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This type is for all ethnicities that appear in works of fiction. Both real ethnicities and fictional ethnicities can use this type. It is primarily used to identify characters as having one or more ethnicities. Examples of real ethnicities...
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| Ainu people |
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Ethnicity | Horohoro |
(also called Ezo in historical texts) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. There are most likely over 150,000 Ainu today; however the exact figure is not known as many Ainu hide their origin due to...
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| Silvan Elves |
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the best known Silvan Elves are the Elves of northern Mirkwood and Lothlórien. In the First Age the Elves of Ossiriand, or Laiquendi, were also referred to as wood-elves.
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In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Noldor (meaning those with knowledge) were those of the second clan of the Elves, the Tatyar, who came to Aman. According to legend, the clan was founded by Tata, the second Elf to awake at Cuiviénen, his spouse...
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| Sindar | Legolas |
In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the fictional Sindar (meaning Grey People, singular Sinda, although the latter term was not generally used by Tolkien) are Elves of Teleri descent. They are also known as the Grey Elves. Their language is Sindarin....
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| Lebanese American |
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Ethnicity | Maxwell Klinger |
Lebanese Americans are American citizens of Lebanese descent. This includes both those who are native to the United States as well as Lebanese immigrants to America. The vast majority of them are Christians, in particular Maronites. Lebanese...
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| African American |
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Ethnicity | Bubbles |
African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. In the United States, the term is generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan Africa...
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| Indian American | Ethnicity | Asok |
Indian Americans are Americans who are of India ancestry. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with "American Indian".
In North America the term Indian has an ambiguous meaning. Historically, Indian was...
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| Asian American |
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Ethnicity | Harry Kim |
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese American, Filipino American, Indian American, Vietnamese American, Korean American, Japanese American and others whose national origin is from the Asian...
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| Canadian-American | Ethnicity |
A Canadian-American is a person living in the United States who was born in, raised in, or possesses ancestral ties to Canada. The term is particularly apt when applied or self-applied to people with strong ties to Canada, such as those who have...
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| White |
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Ethnicity | Jesse Custer |
White people is a term which is usually used to refer to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin. It usually refers narrowly to people claiming ancestry exclusively from Europe. A broader racial science...
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| Russian |
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Human Language | Vadim Maslennikov |
Russian ( , transliteration: , ) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and is...
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| Jewish |
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Adherents | Tevye |
A Jew (Hebrew: יְהוּדִי, Yehudi (sl.); , Yehudim (pl.); Ladino: ג׳ודיו, Djudio (sl.); ג׳ודיוס, Djudios (pl.); Yiddish: ייִד, Yid (sl.); , Yidn (pl.)) is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelite or Hebrews...
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| Scottish people |
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Ethnicity | William Wallace |
The Scots people (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich (plural)) are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.
Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celtic (Picts, Gaels, Brythons) and Germanic (Angles, Norse)...
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| British Asian |
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Kash Karib |
British Asians are British citizen who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal - a region collectively known as South Asia or the Indian subcontinent. The term Asian British is used by the UK...
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| Black British |
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Ethnicity | Norma Starkey |
See also: British African-Caribbean community, Caribbean British
Black British is a term which has had different meanings and uses as a racial and political label. Historically it has been used to refer to any non-white British national. The term...
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| Vietnamese people |
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Ethnicity | Mayko Tran |
The Vietnamese people ( or ) are an ethnic group originating from what is now northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as...
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| Caucasian race |
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Ethnicity | William Bush |
See Caucasian for other meanings of the term.
The Caucasian race, sometimes called the Caucasoid race, is a concept of 19th and 20th century racial classification. This typological method was discredited and the concept is not relied on in...
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| Black people |
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Stephen Franklin |
The term black people usually refers to a racial group of human beings with dark skin color but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse populations into one common group. Some definitions of the term include only people of...
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| Minbari Warrior Caste | Organization in fiction | Lenonn |
In the fictional Babylon 5 universe, the Warrior Caste is one of three castes in Minbari society. Members of this caste primarily serve as members of the military and protectors of the Minbari. The members of the Warrior Caste are the most...
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| Arab |
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Ethnicity | Zara |
An Arab (, ʿarabi) is a person who identifies as such on genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs (العرب al-ʿarab), refers to the ethnic group at large.
Though the Arabic language pre-dates the Common Era, Arabic...
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| Eskimo |
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Eskimos or esquimaux are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia, across Alaska and Canada, and all of Greenland.
There are two main groups referred to as Eskimo: Yupik and Inuit. A third...
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| Māori |
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Ethnicity | Jake "the Muss" Heke |
The word Māori refers to the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, and to their language.
Māori came to New Zealand from eastern Polynesia, probably in several waves, most likely between AD 1280 to 1300. They spread throughout the country...
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| Italian American |
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Ethnicity | Greg Wuliger |
An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship. The phrase refers to someone born in the United States or who has immigrated to the United States and is of Italian heritage.
The Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano was the...
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| Arab American |
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An Arab American is a United States citizen or resident alien whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants, largely of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage and/or identity, originating from one or more of the twenty-two...
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| Mexican American |
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Ethnicity | Carmen de la Pica Morales |
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry. They account for 9% of the country's population: about 28.3 million Americans listed their ancestry as Mexican as of 2006. They form the largest Hispanic or Latino group in the United States and...
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| German American |
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Ethnicity | Wallenquist Organization |
German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of ethnic German ancestry. They currently form the largest self-reported ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 49 million people, or 17% of the U.S....
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| Polish American |
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Ethnicity | Stanislaus Valchek |
A Polish American is an American citizen of Polish descent. There are an estimated 10 million Americans of Polish descent.
More than one million Poles immigrated to the United States, primarily during the late 19th and early 20th century. Exact...
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| Irish American |
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Ethnicity | Donnatella Moss |
Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánach) are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in the north west European island of Ireland. A total of 35,975,855 Americans (12% of total population) reported Irish ancestry in the...
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| Greek American |
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Ethnicity | Rastapopoulos |
A Greek American (, Ellinoamerikani) is a citizen of the United States, who is of Greek heritage or origin. According to the 2000 U.S. Census Report, there were 1,153,295 people of Greek heritage living in the United States that year and 365,435...
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