geography
11geography — ge|og|ra|phy [dʒiˈɔgrəfi, ˈdʒɔg US dʒiˈa:g ] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: geographia, from Greek, describing the Earth , from ge ( GEO ) + graphein to write ] 1.) the study of the countries, oceans, rivers, mountains, cities etc of… …
12geography — noun (U) 1 the study of the countries, seas, rivers, towns etc of the world: a geography lesson see also: physical geography, political geography 2 the geography of the way all the parts of a building, city etc are arranged: The geography of the… …
13geography — [[t]ʤiɒ̱grəfi[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Geography is the study of the countries of the world and of such things as the land, seas, climate, towns, and population. 2) N UNCOUNT: usu with poss The geography of a place is the way that features such as… …
14geography */*/ — UK [dʒiːˈɒɡrəfɪ] / US [dʒɪˈɑɡrəfɪ] noun 1) [uncountable] the study of the Earth s physical features and the people, plants, and animals that live in different regions of the world I hated geography at school. a geography teacher/lesson 2)… …
15Geography — Covering more than 17 million square kilometers, Russia is the world’s largest country. The Russian Federation sits on two continents and occupies 13 percent of the earth’s surface; it covers one quarter of the European continent and nearly 30 …
16geography — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. topography, arrangement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. earth science, geology, topography, physical geography, economic geography, political geography, geopolitics, physiography, cartography …
17geography — ge|og|ra|phy [ dʒi agrəfi ] noun ** 1. ) uncount the study of the Earth s physical features and the people, plants, and animals that live in different regions of the world: a geography teacher/lesson 2. ) singular the physical features of an area …
18geography — 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,… …
19geography — n. dialect, linguistic; economic; physical; political geography * * * economic linguistic physical political geography dialect …
20geography — [16] All the English ‘geo ’ words (geography, geology [18], geometry [14], etc) come ultimately from Greek gē ‘earth’, a word probably of pre Indo European origin, whose Homeric form gaia was used as the name of the Greek goddess of the earth.… …
