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ge·og·ra·phy
\jēˈägrəfē, -fi also ÷ˈjäg-, chiefly in substand speech -gəf-\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Latin geographia, from Greek geōgraphia, from geōgraphein to describe the surface of the earth (from geō- ge- + graphein to write) + -ia -y — more at carve
1. : a science that deals with the earth and its life; especially : the description of land, sea, air, and the distribution of plant and animal life including man and his industries with reference to the mutual relations of these diverse elements — see biogeography, commercial geography, economic geography, mathematical geography, physical geography, political geography
2. : the geographic features of an area
< the geography of Ohio >
3. : a treatise on geography
4. : a delineation or systematic arrangement of constituent elements : configuration
< the philosophers … have tried to construct geographies of human reason — Times Literary Supplement > |