n.
Pronunciation: j ē - ' ä-gr ə -f ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -phies
Etymology: Latin geographia, from Greek ge ō graphia, from ge ō graphein to describe the earth's surface, from ge ō - + graphein to write ― more at CARVE
Date: 15th century
1 : a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface
2 : the geographic features of an area
3 : a treatise on geography
4 a : a delineation or systematic arrangement of constituent elements : CONFIGURATION <the philosophers ⋯ have tried to construct geographies of human reason ― Times Lit. Supp. > b : MAKEUP 1 <her emotional geography >