immigrant community
Transplanted cultural neighborhood
An immigrant community is a group of people who have moved from their native country and settled together in a new place, often maintaining shared language, customs, and social networks.
The term emphasizes collective identity and mutual support: The immigrant community organized English classes for newcomers.
It can refer to a specific ethnic group or immigrants generally within an area.
- new arrivalPerson recently appearing
- welcome centerFacility greeting arriving guests
- small businessesIndependently owned, limited-scale companies
- green cardU.S. residency document
- ethnic enclaveArea where one group concentrates
language preservation · traditional cuisine · remittances · mutual aid societies · oral histories · workforce participation · festivals · mentorship programs · house of worship · neighborhood associations · labor unions · anti-discrimination laws · family reunification · job training programs · legal aid services · public demonstrations · trade networks · religious practices
- diasporaAfrican diaspora, exiles, Irish diaspora, emigrants, Jewish diaspora
- ethnic communitiesethnic enclave, minority group, Chinatown, Little Italy, Little Tokyo
- immigrationvisa, refugee, citizenship, asylum, deportation
- Ethnic EnclavesChinatown, Little Italy, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Greektown
- multilingual placesSwitzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Singapore, Canada
immigrant communityindigenous community
Native peoples' collective settlement
native population · indigenous peoples · First Nations · native peoples · original inhabitants
immigrant, community, immigrate, immigration, immigrated, immigrating, immigrants, migrant, migrate