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Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details remain unknown or non-specific, clan members may claim descent from a founding individual or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Many societies' exogamy rules are on a clan basis, where all members of one's own clan, or the clans…

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Clans as political units

TribeBandsSocietyChiefdomState
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PeopleActualPerceivedKinshipDescent
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Etymology

Oxford English DictionaryScottish Highlands
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Clan

Nodes71
Edges70
Triples93
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028169
Components1

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Clan

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related to Clans as political units · 22
Clan → Arab, Chickasaw, Chinese, Choctaw, Examples, First Nations, For, In, Irish, Israel, Japanese, Korean, Native American, Norse, North America, Note, Often, Ojibwa, Scottish, Southeast United States
related to African · 14
Clan → African Great Lakes, Buganda, Buha, Buhavu, Buhaya, Bunyoro, Burundi, Europeans, In, It, Rwanda, Tanzania, The, Uganda
related to Scottish Clans · 11
Clan → Chief, Chieftain, Each, Highland Clearances, Highland Games, Jacobite, Members, Scotland, Scottish, The, Unlike
related to Etymology · 9
Clan → According, English, Gaelic, Irish, None, Oxford English Dictionary, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Highlands, The
related to Matriclan · 8
Clan → Akan, Ejagham, Haudenosaunee, In, Minangkabau, Peoples, Serer, These
related to Clannism · 7
Clan → Africa, Clannism, Horn, Near East, North, Somali, The Islamic
is a · 4
Clan → group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent, smaller, unit of social organisation, very structured unit
related to Irish Clans · 3
Clan → Irish, Irish Clans, Unrelated
see also · 3
Clan → EndogamyExtended, FeudCasteGotra, IndiaClan

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clans scottish may members tribes also irish descent society kinship groups common symbol people bands chief culture lineage many citation

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Clanis agroup of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent0.90text
Clanis asmaller0.90text
Clanis aunit of social organisation0.90text
Clanis avery structured unit0.90text
a tribeinstance ofintegral part of a larger society0.80text
chiefdominstance ofintegral part of a larger society0.80text
or a stateinstance ofintegral part of a larger society0.80text
a chiefinstance ofclans may have an official leader0.80text
matriarch or patriarchinstance ofclans may have an official leader0.80text
clan gatheringsinstance ofClan culture in Scotland also extends to community events0.80text
Highland Gamesinstance ofClan culture in Scotland also extends to community events0.80text
the Sererinstance ofPeoples0.80text

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