geography

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

   Some amount of basic geography is part of any good curriculum for primary and secondary education.

2. 2
   noun

   A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography.

   Geographie is (according to Ptolomei) an imitation of the picture of the vvhole Earth. […] VVe take not the Earth ſimply in its ovvn nature as it is an element, for ſo it belongeth to Philoſophy, but for the terreſtrial Globe, ſo it is the ſubiect of Geographie, and is defined to bee a Sphericall body, proportionably compoſed of earth, and vvater.

3. 3
   noun

   Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

   The Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’

5. 5
   noun

   The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.

   The actual geography of the murderous mind is still a mystery.

6. 6
   noun

   A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.

   We currently operate only in EU countries but we're building prototype services for various geographies.

7. 7
   noun

   study of the earth's surface

8. 8
   noun

   An atlas or gazetteer.

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos) Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) ▲ Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) ▲ Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Gr…