ethnography

English

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Etymology

ethno- + -graphy

Noun

ethnography (plural ethnographys or ethnographies)

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

Synonyms

• descriptive anthropology

Holonyms

• anthropology

Related terms

• ethnic
• ethnical
• ethnicity
• ethnographer
• ethnology

Translations

branch of anthropology

• Arabic: علم الإنسان التطبيقي (ar)
• Catalan: etnografia (ca) f
• Czech: etnografie (cs) f
• Esperanto: etnografio (eo)
• French: ethnographie (fr) f
• Hungarian: néprajz (hu)
• Ido: etnografio (io)

• Irish: eitneagrafaíocht (ga) f
• Italian: etnografia (it) f
• Japanese: (for an academic field) 民俗誌学 (ja) (minzokushigaku), (for the record) 民俗誌 (ja) (minzokushi)
• Polish: etnografia (pl) f
• Romanian: etnografie (ro) f

External links

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