Geography Definition
jē-ŏgrə-fē
geographies
noun
geographies
The descriptive science dealing with the surface of the earth, its division into continents and countries, and the climate, plants, animals, natural resources, inhabitants, and industries of the various divisions.
Webster's New World
The physical features, esp. the surface features, of a region, area, or place.
Webster's New World
A book about geography.
Webster's New World
An ordered arrangement of constituent elements.
Charting a geography of the mind.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- geographics
- physiography
- political geography
- physical-geography
- topography
- geopolitics
- geology
- earth-science
- cartography
- economic geography
Other Word Forms of Geography
Noun
Singular:
geographyPlural:
geographiesOrigin of Geography
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From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geographia), from γῆ (gē, “earth”) + γράφω (graphō, “write”).
From Wiktionary
Latin geōgraphia from Greek geōgraphiā geō- geo- -graphiā -graphy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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