Geography

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dÊ’iˈɒɡrÉ™fi/

Origin

From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from γῆ (gē, "earth") + γράφω ("write").

Noun

1. The study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth.
2. The physical structure of a particular region; terrain.
• 1973, Helen Miller Bailey, Abraham Phineas Nasatir, Latin America: the development of its civilizationThe 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.

Derived terms

• biogeography
• geographer
• geographic
• geographical
• phytogeography
• zoogeography