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List of ethnic sports team and mascot names

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Many sports teams are named for an ethnic group or similar category of people. Though these names typically refer to a group native to the area in which the sports team is based, many teams take their names from groups which are known for their strength (such as Spartans or Vikings), despite not being located near the historic homes of these groups.

Professional teams

American

Bavarians

Boers

Canadian

Canadians in general

French Canadians

Celtic/Irish

Fighting Irish University of Notre Dame, USA

Cornish

Cossacks

Egyptian

Indian

Indigenous peoples

Main article: List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples

Italian

Maccabees

Main page: Category:Maccabi World Union

Poles

  • Polonia Warsaw – Polish Football (soccer) team, founded when Poland was not an independent country

Roslagen

Saxons

Scots/Highlanders

Spaniards

Alavese

Asturians

Viking

School and youth teams

Arabs

Athenians

Further information: List of sports team names and symbols derived from Greek and Roman antiquity § After Greek antiquity

Britons

Cajuns

Celtics

Further information: Celtic#Sports

Dutchmen

Gaels

Irish

Indigenous peoples

Further information: List of college sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples Further information: List of secondary school sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples

Norse

Saxons

Scots/Highlanders

Swedes

Tartars

Trojans

Main article: Sports teams named Trojans

Vandals

Vikings

Defunct names

See also

References

  1. Philip J. Victor; Nadeem Muaddi (September 12, 2014). "California high school drops controversial Arab mascot". Al Jazeera.
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