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Geography — (from Greek γεωγραφία geografia ) is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. [cite web |title=Geography |work=The American Heritage Dictionary/ of the English Language, Fourth Edition |publisher=Houghton… … Wikipedia
geography — ge*og ra*phy, n.; pl. {Geographies}. [F. g[ e]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ?; ge a, gh^, the earth + ? description, fr. ? to write, describe. 1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
geography — [jē äg′rə fē] n. pl. geographies [L geographia < Gr geōgraphia, geography < geō (see GEO ) + graphein, to write: see GRAPHIC] 1. the descriptive science dealing with the surface of the earth, its division into continents and countries, and… … English World dictionary
geography — UK US /dʒiˈɒgrəfi/ noun ► [C] (plural geographies) an area where a company operates or sells a product: »The company added that there had been a business slowdown in all geographies … Financial and business terms
Geography — aerotropolis a geographic Anglosphere arrival city birthplace effect boomburb BRICs Chermany … New words
geography — 1540s, from M.Fr. géographie (15c.), from L. geographia, from Gk. geographia description of the earth s surface, from GEO (Cf. geo ) earth + graphia description (see GRAPHY (Cf. graphy)) … Etymology dictionary
geography — [n] the earth’s features; study of land cartography, chorography, earth science, geology, geopolitical study, geopolitics, physiographics, physiography, topography, topology; concepts 349,509 … New thesaurus
geography — ► NOUN 1) the study of the physical features of the earth and of human activity as it relates to these. 2) the relative arrangement of places and physical features. DERIVATIVES geographer noun … English terms dictionary
geography — /jee og reuh fee/, n., pl. geographies. 1. the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth s surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil,… … Universalium
GEOGRAPHY — In the Bible The geographic horizon in the early biblical period was the lu aḥ ha ammim, a table of 70 nations listed in Genesis 10. The identification of the names and the location of the countries are the subject of differences of opinion among … Encyclopedia of Judaism
geography — ge|og|ra|phy [dʒiˈɔgrəfi, ˈdʒɔg US dʒiˈa:g ] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: geographia, from Greek, describing the Earth , from ge ( GEO ) + graphein to write ] 1.) the study of the countries, oceans, rivers, mountains, cities etc of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
