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Input (English): etymology the first person who used the term " seidenstraße " -lrb- literally " silk road " -rrb- was the german geographer ferdinand von richthofen in 1877.
Output (English): german geographer ferdinand von richthofen was the first person to use the word " seidenstraße " -lrb- literally " silk road " -rrb- in 1877.