geography

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
2. (archaic, countable) An atlas or gazetteer.
3. (archaic, countable) A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography.
4. (countable, uncountable) Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
5. (countable, uncountable) Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
6. (countable, uncountable) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
7. (countable, uncountable) The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
8. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
9. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
10. (countable, uncountable) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.

Synonyms

geographics

geology

earth science

land

terrain

topography

geog

field

ground

Translations

géographie

geografia

geografía

Geographie

Erdkunde

geografia

geografie

γεωγραφία

aardrijkskunde

geografia

coğrafya

geographia

جغرافيا

Geografie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʒɪˈɒɡɹəfi/

Etymology

From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Use in reference to lavatories derives from the mid-20th century euphemism "show one the geography of the house" in reference to pointing out the toilets.

Sentences

Geography ranges from prairies , to pinon forests , to alpine meadows .