people
/ˈpipəɫ/
noun
human beings as a group, including men, women, and children
place
/ˈpɫeɪs/
noun
the part of space where someone or something is or they should be
age
/ˈeɪdʒ/
noun
the number of years something has existed or someone has been alive
gender
/ˈdʒɛndɝ/
noun
the fact or condition of being male, female or non-binary that people identify themselves with based on social and cultural roles
nationality
/ˌnæʃəˈnæɫəti/, /ˌnæʃəˈnæɫɪti/
noun
the state of legally belonging to a country
religion
/ɹiˈɫɪdʒən/, /ɹɪˈɫɪdʒən/
noun
the belief in a higher power such as a god and the activities it involves or requires
ethnic
/ˈɛθnɪk/
adjective
relating to a group of people with shared culture, tradition, history, language, etc.
background
/ˈbækˌɡɹaʊnd/
noun
the details about someone’s family, experience, education, etc.
continent
/ˈkɑntənənt/
noun
any of the large land masses of the Earth surrounded by sea such as Europe, Africa or Asia
country
/ˈkəntɹi/
noun
a piece of land with a government of its own, official borders, laws, etc.
region
/ˈɹidʒən/
noun
a large area of land or of the world with specific characteristics, which is usually borderless
environment
/ɪnˈvaɪɹənmənt/
noun
the natural world around us where people, animals, and plants live
Maasai
/mˈɑːsaɪ/
adjective
***a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
Huli
/hjˈʊli/
adjective
***are an indigenous Melanesian ethnic group who reside in Hela Province of Papua New Guinea.
Aymara
/aɪmˈɑːɹɹə/
noun
an indigenous language primarily spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes region in South America, particularly in Bolivia, Peru, and Chile
Berber
/ˈbɝbɝ/
noun
a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa
Wodaabe
/wˈɑːdɑːb/
adjective
***The Wodaabe or Bororo are a small subgroup of the Fulani ethnic group.
Mayan
/ˈmaɪən/
noun
a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas
Maori
/maʊɹi/
noun
an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand
Yanomami
/ˌjænoʊˈmæmi/, /ˌjɑnoʊˈmɑmi/
adjective
***The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 35,000 indigenous people who live in some 200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil
Inuit
/ˈɪnut/
noun
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
Bedouin
/bɪdˈɔɪʌn/
adjective
***are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia.
Christian
/ˈkɹɪstʃən/, /ˈkɹɪstʃɪn/
adjective
following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ
Guatemala
/ˌɡwɑtəˈmɑɫə/
noun
a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable
Muslim
/ˈməzɫəm/, /ˈməzɫɪm/
noun
a person who believes in Islam
Bolivia
/bəˈɫɪviə/, /boʊˈɫɪviə/
noun
a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain
America
/ɐmˈɛɹɪkə/
noun
a North American country comprising 50 states and various territories, with Washington D.C. as its capital city
Middle East
/mˈɪdəl ˈiːst/
noun
the region including countries such as Egypt, Iran, Turkey, etc. that has Mediterranean Sea to its west and India to its east
South Pacific
/sˈaʊθ pɐsˈɪfɪk/
noun
that part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator
Jewish
/ˈdʒuɪʃ/
adjective
involving or relating to Jews or Judaism
Tanzania
/ˌtænˈzeɪnjə/, /ˌtænzəˈniə/, /tænˈzeɪniə/
noun
a republic in eastern Africa
East Africa
/ˈiːst ˈæfɹɪkə/
noun
a geographical area in eastern Africa
Bedouin
/ˈbɛdəwən/, /ˈbɛdoʊən/, /ˈbɛduˌɪn/
noun
a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
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