Definitions for geography

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geography ge·og·ra·phy

Spelling: [jee-og-ruh-fee]

IPA: /dʒiˈɒg rə fi/

Geography is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in geography (aegghopry).

Definitions for geography

noun

1. the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
2. the study of this science.
3. the topographical features of a region, usually of the earth, sometimes of the planets.
4. a book dealing with this science or study, as a textbook.
5. the arrangement of features of any complex entity:

Origin of geography

1535-45; Latin geōgraphia Greek geōgraphía earth description. See geo-, -graphy

Examples for geography

We studied the history and geography of a world only half explored.

Our geography, that is to say, is too much for the Yankee brain.

Making an excuse for haste, I asked Zimmern to get the geography for me.

The earth's interior, Dr. Shapley said, is the "third dimension" of geography.

Yet for all the ideological sparring, the campaign may be decided by something far less exotic: geography.

Bonnett has been a risk taker since his early days in the field of geography.

These trends will affect everything from geography to culture and politics.

Much of the appeal of the Bay Area is a result of happy coincidence of history and geography.

Upon its margins Columbus wrote his own opinions about geography.

Even in the smallest of Indian locales, the divisions of geography and nationalism are played out on a micro scale.