multiethnic
adjective
mul·ti·eth·nic
ˌməl-tē-ˈeth-nik 
-ˌtī-
: made up of people of various ethnicities
a large multiethnic country
also
: of, relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse ethnicities
multiethnic literature
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Hatakeyama acknowledged the need for building solidarity, reminding a nearly full audience at the Student Union Theater that Japantown in San Jose has always been a multicultural, multiethnic community.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
Besides, the German team, like many others in Europe, has become conspicuously multiethnic, with players of Turkish, Polish, Arab, or African descent.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
More than any other Canadian politician, Jason Kenney built the Canadian Conservatives into a truly multiethnic party, competitive among Canadians of every origin, whether South Asian, East Asian, Afro Caribbean, or from the traditional immigration sources in Europe.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
The main source of power was the president’s ability to use carrots and sticks to bring together a multiethnic coalition of elites into a transactional relationship.
—Yonatan Morse, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
Besides, the German team, like many others in Europe, has become conspicuously multiethnic, with players of Turkish, Polish, Arab, or African descent.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
More than any other Canadian politician, Jason Kenney built the Canadian Conservatives into a truly multiethnic party, competitive among Canadians of every origin, whether South Asian, East Asian, Afro Caribbean, or from the traditional immigration sources in Europe.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
The main source of power was the president’s ability to use carrots and sticks to bring together a multiethnic coalition of elites into a transactional relationship.
—Yonatan Morse, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for multiethnic
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“Multiethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiethnic. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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