geography

noun

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

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

Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.

(chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.

The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.

(figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.

(chiefly upper-class UK, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

(astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.

(archaic, countable) A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography.

(archaic, countable) An atlas or gazetteer.

Roots

gegeo- · Greek · earth grapho-graph · Greek · write, draw

Synonyms for geography

physiographyn topographyn cartographyn geomorphologyn geologyn chorographyadj hydrogeologyadj

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Where does geography come from?

The word geography breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: geo-, from Greek ge (“earth”); and -graph, from Greek grapho (“write, draw”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.