"anthropography" meaning in English

See anthropography in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From anthropo- + -graphy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|anthropo|graphy}} anthropo- + -graphy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} anthropography (uncountable)
  1. The branch of anthropology that deals with the geographical distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which deals historically with the origin and filiation of races and nations. Tags: uncountable Translations (that branch of anthropology): anthropographie [feminine] (French), ανθρωπογεωγραφία (anthropogeografía) [feminine] (Greek), antropografia [feminine] (Polish), antropografia [feminine] (Portuguese), antropografía [masculine] (Spanish)
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