| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun minority.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (minority) |
1. A group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part.[Wordnet]. 2. Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position".[Wordnet]. 3. Any age prior to the legal age.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Minorities" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| All India Minorities Front | All India Minorities Front is a political party in India, based amongst the muslim minority. The party president is S.N. Asif. (references) | ||
| All India Tribes and Minorities Front | All India Tribes and Minorities Front is a political party in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The party works for the issues affecting the adivasi population. The party president is Mangal Singh Negi. (references) | ||
| Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh (Indian Minorities Protection League) is a social and political organization in India, registered as a political party. In the Lok Sabha elections 2004 BMSM had launched three candidates in Maharashtra, who together mustered 8200 votes. (references) | ||
| Ethnic minorities in Iran | This article focuses on ethnic minorities in Iran and their related political issues and current realities. (references) | ||
| Minorities at Risk | The Minorities at Risk Data Generation and Management Program (hereafter referred to as MAR)is a University of Maryland, College Park based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active minority ethnicities and religious sects in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000. The project is designed to provide information in a standardized format while retaining a neutral point of view in order to aid comparative research and contribute to the understanding of conflicts involving relevant groups. While MAR is comparable to the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, it differs both in purpose and scope. Whereas the UNDP advocates change to benefit the minorities at risk and is quite small in terms of information for the public to view, MAR only provides accurate information on more than 284 groups, (the MAR database and codebook as well as detailed historical chronologies) available to educate researchers, public officials, journalists, students, activists, and anyone interested. (references) | ||
| Minorities of Bulgaria | According to the 2001 census, Bulgaria's population is mainly ethnic Bulgarian (83.9%), with two sizable minorities in the form of Turks (9.4%) and Roma (4.7%). Of the remaining 2.0%, 0.9% are distributed among some forty smaller minorities, the most numerous of which are the Armenians, Russians, Vlachs, Crimean Tatars, Karakachans, Macedonian Slavs and Jews; the people who have not declared their ethnicity are 1.1% of the total population. (references) | ||
| Minorities of Romania | Sizeable minorities of Hungarian and German descent, mostly in Transylvania, also speak Hungarian and German. (references) | ||
| Minorities Research Group | Founded in 1964, the Minorities Research Group was the first organisation to openly advocate the interests of lesbians in the United Kingdom. It was founded in response to an article in "Twentieth Century" (winter 1962-3, pp. 67-72) "A quick look at lesbians," by Dilys Rowe (a journalist). (references) | ||
| National Minorities Party | National Minorities Party, a political party in India, working amongst the Muslim minority community. The president of the party is Rajya Sabha member Akhtar Hasan Rizvi. (references) | ||
| Political parties of minorities | Ethnic parties aim to represent an ethnic group in a political system, be it a sovereign state or a subnational entity. An alternate designation is 'Political parties of minorities', but they shouldn't be mistaken with regionalist or separatist parties, whose purpose is territorial autonomy. (references) | ||
| Religious minorities in Iran | The majority and state religion of Iran is Shi'a Islam. (references) | ||
| Scottish Minorities Group | The Scottish Minorities Group was a Scottish gay rights group officially founded in Glasgow on 9 May 1969. The group was a self-help organisation working for the rights of homosexual men and women and had the aims of providing counselling, working for law reform and providing meeting places for lesbians and gay men. (references) | ||
| Status of minorities in Pakistan | Pakistan is a very diverse society. On the one hand it has cities like Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, etc, which are full of progressive and intellectual people. On the other hand, there is the rural Pakstan, which is in stark contrast to the Pakistan one sees in big cities. Because of these contradictions, Pakistan faces a lot of challenges today. (references) | ||
| United Minorities Front, Assam | United Minorities Front, Assam, a regional political party in Assam, India. UMFA was set up in 1985 by the All Assam Minority Students Union, as a response to the militant "anti-foreigner" agitations of All Assam Students Union and signing of the Assam Accord. UMFA seeks to represent the various minorities of the state, threatened by Assamese nationalism. The support of UMFA comes mainly from Bengali muslims. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Advisory Committee on Research into Minorities | Social Sciences | Advisory Committee on Research into Minorities. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Minorities and Social Education Department | Social Sciences | Minorities and Social Education Department. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | اقلية (minority, minorities), أَقَلِّيَّة (minority, minorities), حَدَاثَة (modernity, newness, novelty, recency, boyhood), الندوة الدولية المعنية بحقوق الأقليات (international colloquium on the rights of minorities), فرقة العمل المخصصة للأقليات (ad hoc task force on minorities), حلقة الخبراء الدراسية الإقليمية لأوروبا الوسطى والشرقية المعنية بحماية الأقليات وغيرها من المجموعات الضعيفة وتعزيز القدرات في مجال حقوق ا (central and eastern European regional seminar of experts on the protection of minorities and other vulnerable groups and strengthening human rights capacity at the national level), المفوض المعني بالمؤسسات الديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان بما فيها حقوق الأشحاص المنتمين إلى أقليات (commissioner on democratic institutions and human rights including the rights of persons belonging to minorities), القانون الدستوري لحقوق الإنسان وحقوق الأقليات العرقية (constitutional law on human rights and rights of ethnic minorities), اتفاقية حماية حقوق الأشخاص الذين ينتمون إلى أقليات قومية (convention on the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities), إدارة الإقليات المسلمة (department for Muslim minorities). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | اقلية (minority, minorities), أَقَلِّيَّة (minority, minorities), حَدَاثَة (modernity, newness, novelty, recency, boyhood), الندوة الدولية المعنية بحقوق الأقليات (international colloquium on the rights of minorities), فرقة العمل المخصصة للأقليات (ad hoc task force on minorities), حلقة الخبراء الدراسية الإقليمية لأوروبا الوسطى والشرقية المعنية بحماية الأقليات وغيرها من المجموعات الضعيفة وتعزيز القدرات في مجال حقوق ا (central and eastern European regional seminar of experts on the protection of minorities and other vulnerable groups and strengthening human rights capacity at the national level), المفوض المعني بالمؤسسات الديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان بما فيها حقوق الأشحاص المنتمين إلى أقليات (commissioner on democratic institutions and human rights including the rights of persons belonging to minorities), القانون الدستوري لحقوق الإنسان وحقوق الأقليات العرقية (constitutional law on human rights and rights of ethnic minorities), اتفاقية حماية حقوق الأشخاص الذين ينتمون إلى أقليات قومية (convention on the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities), إدارة الإقليات المسلمة (department for Muslim minorities). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | اقلية (minority, minorities), أَقَلِّيَّة (minority, minorities), حَدَاثَة (modernity, newness, novelty, recency, boyhood), الندوة الدولية المعنية بحقوق الأقليات (international colloquium on the rights of minorities), فرقة العمل المخصصة للأقليات (ad hoc task force on minorities), حلقة الخبراء الدراسية الإقليمية لأوروبا الوسطى والشرقية المعنية بحماية الأقليات وغيرها من المجموعات الضعيفة وتعزيز القدرات في مجال حقوق ا (central and eastern European regional seminar of experts on the protection of minorities and other vulnerable groups and strengthening human rights capacity at the national level), المفوض المعني بالمؤسسات الديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان بما فيها حقوق الأشحاص المنتمين إلى أقليات (commissioner on democratic institutions and human rights including the rights of persons belonging to minorities), القانون الدستوري لحقوق الإنسان وحقوق الأقليات العرقية (constitutional law on human rights and rights of ethnic minorities), اتفاقية حماية حقوق الأشخاص الذين ينتمون إلى أقليات قومية (convention on the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities), إدارة الإقليات المسلمة (department for Muslim minorities). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | nezletilost (minority, nonage, infancy, pupilage, minorities), manjine (minorities), manjina (minor, minorities, minority). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | franciscano (Franciscan, minorities). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | minoriteter (minorities). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | ส่วนน้อย (minorities, minority). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | nezletilost (minority, nonage, infancy, pupilage, minorities), manjine (minorities), manjina (minor, minorities, minority). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 少数民族 (minority nationality, national minority, minorities, minority), 国际少数权利座谈会 (international colloquium on the rights of minorities), 少数民族问题顾问 (advisors on minorities), 中欧和东欧区域保护少数民族和弱势群体与加强国家一级人权方面的能力专家讨论会 (central and eastern European regional seminar of experts on the protection of minorities and other vulnerable groups and strengthening human rights capacity at the national level), 民主体制和人权包括少数人人权专员 (commissioner on democratic institutions and human rights including the rights of persons belonging to minorities), 人权和少数民族权利基本法 (constitutional law on human rights and rights of ethnic minorities), 保护属于少数民族者的权利公约 (convention on the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities), 穆斯林少数民族部 (department for Muslim minorities), 少数民族与人类和社会发展 (ethnic minorities and human and social development), 少数群体问题特设工作组 (ad hoc task force on minorities). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 少數民族 (minority nationality, national minority, minority, minorities). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Croatian | manjine (minorities), manjina (minority, minor, minorities). Additional references: Croatian, Croatia, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | nezletilost (minority, nonage, infancy, pupilage, minorities), manjine (minorities), manjina (minor, minorities, minority). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Daco-Rumanian | minoritate (minority, few, minorities, nonage). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | minoriteter (minorities). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | minoriteter (minorities). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | اقليت (minority, minorities). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Minderheiten (minorities, minority), Unmündigkeiten (minorities). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | minderheid (minority, minority group, inferiority, minorities), minderheden (minorities). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | alaikäisyys (minority, minorities, infancy, nonage). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | Minorités (minorities). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | Minorités (minorities). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Minderheiten (minorities, minority), Unmündigkeiten (minorities). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | μειοψηφ α (minorities, minority). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | meiopsif a (minorities, minority). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | תועימ (minorities, minority, paucities, paucity). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | اقلية (minority, minorities), أَقَلِّيَّة (minority, minorities), حَدَاثَة (modernity, newness, novelty, recency, boyhood), الندوة الدولية المعنية بحقوق الأقليات (international colloquium on the rights of minorities), فرقة العمل المخصصة للأقليات (ad hoc task force on minorities), حلقة الخبراء الدراسية الإقليمية لأوروبا الوسطى والشرقية المعنية بحماية الأقليات وغيرها من المجموعات الضعيفة وتعزيز القدرات في مجال حقوق ا (central and eastern European regional seminar of experts on the protection of minorities and other vulnerable groups and strengthening human rights capacity at the national level), المفوض المعني بالمؤسسات الديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان بما فيها حقوق الأشحاص المنتمين إلى أقليات (commissioner on democratic institutions and human rights including the rights of persons belonging to minorities), القانون الدستوري لحقوق الإنسان وحقوق الأقليات العرقية (constitutional law on human rights and rights of ethnic minorities), اتفاقية حماية حقوق الأشخاص الذين ينتمون إلى أقليات قومية (convention on the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities), إدارة الإقليات المسلمة (department for Muslim minorities). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Minderheiten (minorities, minority), Unmündigkeiten (minorities). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Minderheiten (minorities, minority), Unmündigkeiten (minorities). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | kisebbség (minority, minorities). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Isizulu | okuncane (babies, baby, minorities, minority). Additional references: Isizulu, South Africa, Malawi, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | delle partecipazioni di minoranza (minorities), minorità (minority, nonage, infancy, minorities, pupillage), minoranze (minorities), sostenere i diritti delle minoranze (insist on the rights of the minorities), partecipazioni di minoranza privilegiate (underlying minorities), alto commissario per le minoranze nazionali (high commissioner for national minorities), convenzione quadro per la protezione delle minoranze nazionali (framework convention for the protection of national minorities). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | תועימ (minorities, minority, paucities, paucity). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 少数派 (minority, minority group, minorities, minority group minority). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | kisebbség (minority, minorities). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Moldavian | minoritate (minority, few, minorities, nonage). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | Minoriteter (minorities). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | اقليت (minority, minorities). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | اقليت (minority, minorities). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | اقليت (minority, minorities). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | mniejszość (minority, minorities). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | mniejszość (minority, minorities). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | mniejszość (minority, minorities). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | minorias (minorities, minority), franciscano (Franciscan, minorities). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Romanian | minoritate (minority, few, minorities, nonage). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Rumanian | minoritate (minority, few, minorities, nonage). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | fåtal (few, minorities, minority). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | меньшинства (minorities), малая акция (minorities), Всемирный справочник по этническим меньшинствам (world guide to ethnic minorities), Рабочая группа по делам меньшинств (working group on minorities), Верховный комиссар по делам национальных меньшинств (high commissioner on national minorities), Департамент мусульманских меньшинств (department for Muslim minorities), консультанты по вопросам меньшинств (advisors on minorities). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | menʹshinstva (minorities), malaya aktsiya (minorities), vsemirnyy spravochnik po etnicheskim menʹshinstvam (world guide to ethnic minorities), rabochaya gruppa po delam menʹshinstv (working group on minorities), verkhovnyy komissar po delam natsionalʹnykh menʹshinstv (high commissioner on national minorities), departament musulʹmanskikh menʹshinstv (department for Muslim minorities), konsulʹtanty po voprosam menʹshinstv (advisors on minorities). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | меньшинства (minorities), малая акция (minorities), Всемирный справочник по этническим меньшинствам (world guide to ethnic minorities), Рабочая группа по делам меньшинств (working group on minorities), Верховный комиссар по делам национальных меньшинств (high commissioner on national minorities), Департамент мусульманских меньшинств (department for Muslim minorities), консультанты по вопросам меньшинств (advisors on minorities). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | menʹshinstva (minorities), malaya aktsiya (minorities), vsemirnyy spravochnik po etnicheskim menʹshinstvam (world guide to ethnic minorities), rabochaya gruppa po delam menʹshinstv (working group on minorities), verkhovnyy komissar po delam natsionalʹnykh menʹshinstv (high commissioner on national minorities), departament musulʹmanskikh menʹshinstv (department for Muslim minorities), konsulʹtanty po voprosam menʹshinstv (advisors on minorities). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | ส่วนน้อย (minorities, minority). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | minoriteter (minorities). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | minorías (minorities). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | ส่วนน้อย (minorities, minority). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | alaikäisyys (minority, minorities, infancy, nonage). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | alaikäisyys (minority, minorities, infancy, nonage). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | fåtal (few, minorities, minority). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | fåtal (few, minorities, minority). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | ส่วนน้อย (minorities, minority). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | ส่วนน้อย (minorities, minority). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | reşit olmama (minority, minorities, nonage, infancy), azınlıklar statüsü (statute of minorities), azınlık okulu (school of minorities), azınlıkların korunması (protection of minorities), azınlıkların ezilmesi (oppression of minorities), azınlık sorunu (minorities problem, minority problem), azınlıklar kurulu (minorities committee), kendi dillerini konuşan azınlıklar (linguistic minorities). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian | Меншостў (minorities, minority). Additional references: Ukrainian, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian (transliteration) | menshostў (minorities, minority). Additional references: Ukrainian, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zulu | okuncane (babies, baby, minorities, minority). Additional references: Zulu, South Africa, Malawi, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zunda | okuncane (babies, baby, minorities, minority). Additional references: Zunda, South Africa, Malawi, minorities. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “minorities” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | inoritiesmay (minorities). Additional references: Pig Latin, minorities. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | minoritea (minorities). Additional references: Terran B, minorities. (volunteer) | |||
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