- published: 27 Apr 2014
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An ethnic group is a group of people who share a common ethnicity. That is, its members identify with each other through a common heritage, consisting of a common culture, including a shared language or dialect. The group's ethos or ideology may also stress common ancestry, religion, or race.
The process that results in the emergence of an ethnicity is called ethnogenesis.
The terms ethnicity and ethnic group are derived from the Greek word ἔθνος ethnos, normally translated as "nation". The terms refer currently to people thought to have common ancestry who share a distinctive culture.
Herodotus is the first who stated the main characteristics of ethnicity in the 5th century BC, with his famous account of what defines Greek identity, where he lists kinship (Greek: ὅμαιμον - homaimon, "of the same blood"), language (Greek: á½?μόγλωσσον - homoglÅ?sson, "speaking the same language"), cults and customs (Greek: á½?μότÏ?οπον - homotropon, "of the same habits or life").
The term "ethnic" and related forms from the 14th through the middle of the 19th century were used in English in the meaning of "pagan, heathen", as ethnikos (Greek: �θνικός, literally "national") was used as the LXX translation of Hebrew goyim "the nations, non-Hebrews, non-Jews".
Aaahhh, I Xeneetia to hairete,
Jivaeri mou,
To moshoulouloutho mou,
Sigana, sigana, sigana ke tapeena.
Aaahhh, Ego eemouna pou to steela,
Jivaeri mou,
Me theleema thiko mou,
Sigana, sigana, sigana pato sti gee.
Aaahhh, Panathema se xeneetia,
Jivaeri mou,
Ese ke to kalo so,
Sigana, sigana, sigana ke tapeena.
Aaahhh, Mou peeres to petahki mou,
Jivaeri mou,
Ke tokanes thiko sou,
Sigana, sigana, sigana pato sti gee.