multiethnic
adjective
mul·ti·eth·nic ˌməl-tē-ˈeth-nik 
-ˌtī-
: made up of people of various ethnicities
a multiethnic country
also : of, relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse ethnicities
multiethnic literature
multiethnicity
ˌməl-tē-ˌeth-ˈni-sə-tē
noun -ˌtī-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Like his father, Prince William has also always been acutely aware of the multiethnic nature of modern Britain and how the global landscape is evolving. 
Alistair Macdonald, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 During her long reign, the shadow of past imperial misgovernance threatened to undermine the transition from empire to commonwealth abroad and poison efforts to foster a multiethnic British identity at home. Laura Beers, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 The Making of Greater El Monte, a curated collection of 31 essays, tells the story of America’s multiethnic suburbia and reimagines public history through the vivid lives of anarchists, farmworkers, punks, writers and more in the San Gabriel Valley. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 The republic is predominantly Muslim but incredibly multiethnic, with fourteen official languages. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022 In 2020, the two men made a joint visit to the Jahorina ski resort outside Sarajevo, which had been a symbol of Bosnia’s multiethnic identity at the 1984 Winter Olympics. New York Times, 14 June 2022 Tehran has tried to prevent splits among Iraqi Shi’ite groups that could dilute Shi’ite influence in a multisectarian, multiethnic Iraq or that could allow any one Shi’ite group to become too powerful. Jane Arraf, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022 In Ukraine at least, ethnic identity and a multiethnic, civic national identity are not the incompatible rivals they’re sometimes thought to be. Lowell Barrington, The Conversation, 23 May 2022 How multiethnic and multi-faith has the protest movement been? Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 See More
Alistair Macdonald, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 During her long reign, the shadow of past imperial misgovernance threatened to undermine the transition from empire to commonwealth abroad and poison efforts to foster a multiethnic British identity at home. Laura Beers, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 The Making of Greater El Monte, a curated collection of 31 essays, tells the story of America’s multiethnic suburbia and reimagines public history through the vivid lives of anarchists, farmworkers, punks, writers and more in the San Gabriel Valley. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 The republic is predominantly Muslim but incredibly multiethnic, with fourteen official languages. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022 In 2020, the two men made a joint visit to the Jahorina ski resort outside Sarajevo, which had been a symbol of Bosnia’s multiethnic identity at the 1984 Winter Olympics. New York Times, 14 June 2022 Tehran has tried to prevent splits among Iraqi Shi’ite groups that could dilute Shi’ite influence in a multisectarian, multiethnic Iraq or that could allow any one Shi’ite group to become too powerful. Jane Arraf, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022 In Ukraine at least, ethnic identity and a multiethnic, civic national identity are not the incompatible rivals they’re sometimes thought to be. Lowell Barrington, The Conversation, 23 May 2022 How multiethnic and multi-faith has the protest movement been? Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above