geography
21geography — [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.… …
22geography — noun /dʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/ a) The study of the physical structure and inhabitants 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… …
23geography — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ economic, historical, human, physical, political ▪ cultural, social ▪ the cultural geography of the South …
24geography — Synonyms and related words: Earth, Gaea, Ge, Tellus, Terra, biosphere, cartography, chorography, cosmical geology, dynamic geology, geodesy, geodetic satellite, geodetics, geodynamics, geognosy, geographics, geological chemistry, geological… …
25geography — See human geography …
26Geography — Byzantium (q.v.) preserved and studied the great geographers from antiquity, including Strabo, Pausanius, and Ptolemy (qq.v.). However, nothing was added to the study of theoretical geography. The weight of classical scholarship seems to have… …
27geography — the location of a lavatory In genteel use, explained to a visitor, to avoid the need for exploration: Let me show you the geography of the house. (Ross, 1956) …
28geography — ge•og•ra•phy [[t]dʒiˈɒg rə fi[/t]] n. pl. phies 1) geo the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth s surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations of such elements as climate, elevation, vegetation,… …
29geography — geografija statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Mokslas, tiriantis geografinėje sferoje vykstančių gamtinių procesų ir visuomenės veiklos erdvinę raišką, ją atspindinčių teritorinių morfostruktūrų, geosistemų, taip pat… …
30Geography and the Church — • Explains the nature of this science and the course of its evolution Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Geography and the Church Geography and the Church …
