geography

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Greek geographia via Latin and French, from geos (“‘earth’”) + graphia (“‘-graphy’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɪˈɒgrəfi/, SAMPA: /dZI"Qgr@fi/
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[edit] Noun

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geography (countable and uncountable; plural geographies)

1. The study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth.
2. The physical structure of a particular region; terrain.
   • 1973, Helen Miller Bailey, Abraham Phineas Nasatir, Latin America: the development of its civilization

     The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior.

[edit] Derived terms

• geographer
• geographic
• geographical

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• w:geography