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ethnography (n.)[ethnography 词源字典]: "science of the description and classification of the races of mankind," 1812, perhaps from German Ethnographie; see ethno- "race, culture" + -graphy "study." Related: Ethnographer; ethnographic.[ethnography etymology, ethnography origin, 英语词源]
reposit (2): "To put (a thing) in a place, especially for storage or safe keeping; to repose, deposit", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Lord (b. 1563), clergyman and ethnographer. From classical Latin reposit-, past participial stem of repōnere repone.
Rana: "A Hindu (especially Rajput) prince or raja; specifically a member of the family of Rajput origin which effectively ruled Nepal from 1846 to 1951. Also used as a title. Now historical", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Lord (b. 1563), clergyman and ethnographer. Partly from Marathi rāṇā and Rajasthani rāṇā, the title of a king or prince among Rajputs, and partly (in later use) from Hindi rānā and Nepali rānā, all ultimately from Sanskrit rājn-, oblique stem of rājan.