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) 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