ethnology
ethnology noun: the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.
Noun
ethnology (usually uncountable, plural ethnologies)
- The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.
- This book is the result of fourteen thousand miles in the saddle and four years in the library. It describes the lives of the inhabitants of France – wherever possible, through their own eyes – and the exploration and colonization of their land by foreigners and natives, from the late seventeenth...2007, Graham Robb, “Itinerary”, in The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, W.W. Norton and Company, →ISBN, page 16
ethnology meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
ethnology in Tamil
- branch of anthropology
- இனப்பண்பாட்டுயல் iṉappaṇpāṭṭuyal, இன ஒப்பாய்வியல் iṉa oppāyviyal
ethnology in Telugu
- branch of anthropology
- మానవజాతి శాస్త్రం mānavajāti śāstraṁ
ethnology in Malayalam
- branch of anthropology
- ഗോത്രവർഗ്ഗപഠനം gōtravaṟggapaṭhanaṁ
ethnology in Kannada
- branch of anthropology
- ನಾಡರಿಮೆ nāḍarime
More languagesFewer languages
- ethnology in Tagalog
- dalublahian
- ethnology in Arabic
- إِتْنُولُوجِيَة ʔitnūlūjiya
- ethnology in Malay
- kaji rumpun bangsa, etnologi
- ethnology in Indonesian
- etnologi
- ethnology in Thai
- ชาติพันธุ์วิทยา chātiphạnṭhu̒withyā
- ethnology in Vietnamese
- dân tộc học
Forms of ethnology
| plural | ethnologies |
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Origin of ethnology
From ethno- + -logy.
Words formed from ethnology
Questions about ethnology
- What does ethnology mean?
- Ethnology means the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.
- What is ethnology in Tamil?
- Ethnology in Tamil is இனப்பண்பாட்டுயல் (iṉappaṇpāṭṭuyal), இன ஒப்பாய்வியல் (iṉa oppāyviyal). See Ethnology meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ethnology?
- Ethnology is a noun.
- What is the plural of ethnology?
- The plural of ethnology is ethnologies.
Words near ethnology in the dictionary
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