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ethnography

ethnography

English

Noun

ethnography ‎(plural ethnographies)

(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.

Synonyms

descriptive anthropology

Holonyms

anthropology

Related terms

Translations

branch of anthropology

Arabic: عِلْم الإِنْسََان التَطْبِيقِيّ ‎(ʿilm al-ʾinsaān at-taṭbīqiyy)
Catalan: etnografia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 民族志 (zh) ‎(mínzúzhì)
Crimean Tatar: qavmiyat
Czech: etnografie f
Esperanto: etnografio
French: ethnographie (fr) f
German: Ethnographie f, Ethnografie f
Greek: εθνογραφία (el) f ‎(ethnografía)
Hindi: मानवजातिविज्ञान m ‎(mānavjātivijñān)

Hungarian: néprajz (hu)
Ido: etnografio (io)
Irish: eitneagrafaíocht f
Italian: etnografia (it) f
Japanese: (for an academic field) 民俗誌学 ‎(minzokushigaku), (for the record) 民俗誌 ‎(minzokushi)
Polish: etnografia (pl) f
Portuguese: etnografia (pt) f
Romanian: etnografie (ro) f
Russian: этногра́фия (ru) f ‎(etnográfija)
Tagalog: talalahian

External links

ethnography in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
ethnography in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911