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Definition of "multiethnic" []

  • Of, relating to, or including several ethnic groups. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "multiethnic" in a sentence
  • "The fact was the al Sadr lived in multiethnic neighborhoods but he was seen as someone not ready to concede the dollars in oil to American business."
  • "The cast of characters gives new meaning to the word multiethnic, reflecting the roles of Noah's three sons - Shem, Ham and Japheth - as the forefathers of all mankind."
  • "Damir pointed out a salient problem with the west’s 1990s policies towards the breakup of Yugoslavia … there was a lot of solipsistic, “we can live in multiethnic harmony here, so Bosnia should be a multiethnic cooperative state, too!”"
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