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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaustraloide
Pronunciation / Transliteration: awstɾaˈlojde
"El concepto australoide se utilizaba antiguamente en la antropología física."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to or characteristic of the indigenous peoples of Australia and certain surrounding regions, formerly classified as a distinct racial type in anthropology.
"Historical anthropological texts often categorized the native inhabitants of the region using the term Australoid."
- 1
An individual belonging to the indigenous populations of Australia and parts of Melanesia or South Asia, within the framework of outdated racial classification systems.
"The classification of populations as Australoid is largely considered scientifically obsolete in modern genetics and anthropology."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'Australia' combined with the Greek suffix '-oid', meaning 'like' or 'resembling'. It originated in 19th-century anthropology and physical geography to describe indigenous populations of Australia and certain related groups in Southeast Asia and South Asia, though the term is now largely obsolete or used with specific historical caveats in modern anthropological contexts.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Australoid" is said worldwide
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australoïde
Transliteration: ostʁaloid
"Le terme australoïde a été largement utilisé en anthropologie historique."
australoid
Transliteration: aʊstʁaˈloɪt
"Der australoide Typus ist ein historischer Begriff aus der Anthropologie."
australoide
Transliteration: austraˈlɔide
"La classificazione australoide è oggi considerata superata."
australoide
Transliteration: awstɾaˈlojde
"El concepto australoide se utilizaba antiguamente en la antropología física."
australoide
Transliteration: awstɾaˈlɔjdʒi
"O termo australoide refere-se a classificações raciais históricas."
ऑस्ट्रेलाइड
Transliteration: ostrelaiḍ
"ऑस्ट्रेलाइड शब्द का प्रयोग मानवविज्ञान के इतिहास में किया जाता है।"
澳大利亚人种
Transliteration: ào dà lì yà rén zhǒng
"澳大利亚人种是人类学历史上的一个分类概念。"
오스트랄로이드
Transliteration: oseuteuralloi-deu
"오스트랄로이드는 인류학의 역사적 용어입니다."
オーストラロイド
Transliteration: ōsutoraroido
"オーストラロイドは人類学における古い分類用語である。"
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