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Complete Definition of "archaeology"

English

Alternative spellings
archæology qualifier|Commonwealth
archeology qualifier|primarily USA

Pronunciation
IPA|ˌɑɻ.kiˈɔl.ʌ.ʤi
audio|en-us-archaeology.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From AGr. trans|scpolytonic|αρχαίος||ancient|langgrc + term|scpolytonic|λόγος||study|langgrc

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|-

  1. The scientific study of the material remains of the past and of the life and culture of ancient peoples. One of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.

Derived terms
archaeological
archaeologist

Translations

trans-top|scientific study of past remains
Afrikaans: t|af|argeologie|xs=Afrikaans
Albanian: t|sq|arkeologji|xs=Albanian
Azeri: arxeologiya
Bosnian: t+|bs|arheologija|f
Bulgarian: археология (arheologiǎ) f
Croatian: t+|hr|arheologija|f
Czech: t-|cs|archeologie|f
Danish: arkæologi
Dutch: t-|nl|archeologie|f
French: t+|fr|archéologie|f
German: t+|de|Archäologie|f
Greek: αρχαιολογία [ar.çe̞.o̞.lo̞.ˈʝi.a] f
Hebrew: ארכאולוגיה (arkheologia) f
Hindi: पुरातत्व (purātatva)
Italian: t+|it|archeologia|m
Japanese: 考古学 (こうこがく, kōkogaku)
Latin: archaeologia
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Pashto: PSchar|لرغونپوهنه
Persian: FAchar|باستان شناسی (bâstân-šenâsī)
Polish: t+|pl|archeologia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|arqueologia|f
Romanian: arheologie f
Russian: t+|ru|археология|f|trarhěologiǎ|scCyrl
Scots: archaeologie
Serbian:

Sicilian: archioluggìa f
Spanish: arqueología f
Swedish: t+|sv|arkeologi|c
Telugu: పురాతత్వ శాస్త్రము (puraatatva Saastramu)
Thai: THchar|โบราณคะดี (bō-rān-khá-dī)
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Category:Archaeology|
Category:History

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