γεωγραφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γεωγράφος (geōgráphos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) and γεω- (geō-) +‎ -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝe.o.ɣraˈɸi.a/ → /ʝe.o.ɣraˈfi.a/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.o.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.o.ɣraˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.o.ɣraˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.o.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (geōgrăphĭ́ā) f (genitive γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Koine)

1. geography
2. geographical work, map

Declension

First declension of ἡ γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē geōgrăphĭ́ā	αἱ γεωγρᾰφῐ́αι hai geōgrăphĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês geōgrăphĭ́ās	τῶν γεωγρᾰφῐῶν tôn geōgrăphĭôn
Dative	τῇ γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾳ tēî geōgrăphĭ́āi	ταῖς γεωγρᾰφῐ́αις taîs geōgrăphĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn geōgrăphĭ́ān	τᾱ̀ς γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s geōgrăphĭ́ās
Vocative	γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ geōgrăphĭ́ā	γεωγρᾰφῐ́αι geōgrăphĭ́ai

Descendants

• ⇒ Arabic: جُغْرَافِيَا (juḡrāfiyā) (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܹܐܘܿܓ݂ܪܵܦܝܼܵܐ (gēˀōḡrāpīyā)
• ⇒ Belarusian: геагра́фія (hjeahráfija)
• ⇒? Georgian: გეოგრაფია (geograpia)
• ⇒ Greek: γεωγραφία (geografía)
• ⇒ Latin: geōgraphia (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Latvian: ģeogrāfija
• ⇒ Lithuanian: geogrãfija
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: геогра̀фија
  • Latin script: geogràfija
• → Serbo-Croatian: (calque)
  • Cyrillic script: зе̏мљопӣс
  • Latin script: zȅmljopīs

Further reading

• γεωγραφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γεωγραφία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• γεωγραφία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “γεωγραφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía), from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος (geōgráphos), from γεω- (geō-) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝeoɣraˈfia/

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• Hyphenation: γε‧ω‧γρα‧φία

Noun

γεωγραφία • (geografía) f (plural γεωγραφίες) (abbreviated γεωγρ. (geogr.))

1. geography

Declension

Declension of γεωγραφία

	singular	plural
nominative	γεωγραφία (geografía)	γεωγραφίες (geografíes)
genitive	γεωγραφίας (geografías)	γεωγραφιών (geografión)
accusative	γεωγραφία (geografía)	γεωγραφίες (geografíes)
vocative	γεωγραφία (geografía)	γεωγραφίες (geografíes)

Related terms

• αγεωγράφητος (ageográfitos, “ungeographical”)
• γεωγραφικός (geografikós, “geographical, geographic”)