any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population

an ethnic group living in Azerbaijan

an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India

an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium

the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)