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This is a list of common nouns, used in the English language, whose etymology goes back to the name of some, often historical or archaic, ethnic or religious group, but whose current meaning has lost that connotation and does not imply any actual ethnicity or religion. Several of these terms are derogatory or insulting.
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The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia.The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally A'a Sama, "Sama people"); [5] or are known by the exonym Bajau (/ ˈ b ɑː dʒ aʊ, ˈ b æ-/, also spelled Badjao, Bajaw, Badjau, Badjaw, Bajo or Bayao).
It also denotes the absence of words beginning in Schl-in French. It was used mainly in World War II, but is also used now in a less offensive way. Crucco From serbocroation "kruh"=Bread. In WW I used for austro-ungarian prisoners of croatian nationality in Italian camps because, when hungry, they begged for "kruh".
Ethnic groups are commonly used when categorizing people; however, race is not. Ethnic groups may be used as categorizations, even if race is a stereotypical characteristic of the ethnic group, e.g. with African-Americans or Anglo-Indians. See Lists of ethnic groups for groups that are typically considered ethnic groups rather than races.
The word is composed of two words, (Gor) which means land, and (batti) which means to work. Goy (Hebrew, Yiddish; גוי (borrowed into English)) A non-Jew, or gentile. The modern meaning of goy evolved from Biblical Hebrew: in the Bible goy means a nation or a tribe, and can refer to both the nation of Israel and other nations. In English ...
The Boat Race returns to the River Thames today as the light blue of Cambridge University take on the dark blue of Oxford University. In the men’s race last year, Oxford ended three years of ...
Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries. While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural ...