periegesis

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek περιήγησις (periēgēsis, showing around), from περί (peri, around), from ἡγέομαι (ēgeomai, I lead).

[edit] Noun

periegesis (plural periegeses)

  1. a description of an area, territory
    a periegesis of Greece
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