immigrant communities
Transplanted cultural groups
Immigrant communities are groups of people who have moved to a new country and share a common origin, settling in proximity and maintaining cultural ties.
The term emphasizes collective identity—shared language, traditions, and mutual support networks: The city's immigrant communities have shaped its food scene.
Often used in discussions of integration, policy, or urban demographics.
- ethnic cuisineFood from particular cultures
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- bilingual educationSchooling using two languages
- night schoolEducational program held evenings
- mother tongueLanguage acquired from birth
heritage preservation · old country · entrepreneurship · mutual aid societies · remittances · family reunification · mentorship programs · first generation · social clubs · multiculturalism · kinship ties · ethnic enclaves · traditional festivals · religious practices · church basement · newcomers · heritage · economic mobility
- Eastern OrthodoxyEastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodox
- immigrationimmigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship, asylum
- social groupsdemographic groups, clan, ethnic groups, age groups, minority groups
- diverse neighborhoodsethnic neighborhoods, mixed neighborhoods, ethnic enclaves, Chinatown, Koreatown
- AmsterdamAnne Frank House, Amstel, Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, canal boats
- Canadian Diversitycultural mosaic, multiculturalism policy, bilingualism, pluralism, French Canadian
immigrant communitiesindigenous communities
Original inhabitants of a region
native populations · locals · natives · aboriginal communities · dominant culture