GEOGRAPHY


Meaning of GEOGRAPHY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ jē-ˈä-grə-fē ]

noun

( plural -phies )

Etymology: Latin geographia, from Greek geōgraphia, from geōgraphein to describe the earth's surface, from geō- + 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 Literary Supplement

b. : makeup 1

her emotional geography

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.