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Geography — (from Greek γεωγραφία geografia ) is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. [cite web |title=Geography |work=The American Heritage Dictionary/ of the English Language, Fourth Edition |publisher=Houghton… … Wikipedia
geography — ge*og ra*phy, n.; pl. {Geographies}. [F. g[ e]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ?; ge a, gh^, the earth + ? description, fr. ? to write, describe. 1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
geography — UK US /dʒiˈɒgrəfi/ noun ► [C] (plural geographies) an area where a company operates or sells a product: »The company added that there had been a business slowdown in all geographies … Financial and business terms
Geography — aerotropolis a geographic Anglosphere arrival city birthplace effect boomburb BRICs Chermany … New words
geography — /jee og reuh fee/, n., pl. geographies. 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,… … Universalium
Geography — 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 … Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation
geography — 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,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
geography — 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… … Wiktionary
geography — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ economic, historical, human, physical, political ▪ cultural, social ▪ the cultural geography of the South … Collocations dictionary
geography — 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… … Moby Thesaurus
Geography 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 … Catholic encyclopedia
