Geography is the study of the countries of the world and of such things as the land, seas, climate, towns, and population.
2. uncountable noun [usually with poss]
The geography of a place is the way that features such as rivers, mountains, towns, or streets are arranged within it.
...police officers who knew the local geography.
...a pictorial journey through the history, geography and culture of the Caribbean.
geography in British English
(dʒɪˈɒɡrəfɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-phies
1.
the study of the natural features of the earth's surface, including topography, climate, soil, vegetation, etc, and humankind's response to them
2.
the natural features of a region
3.
an arrangement of constituent parts; plan; layout
Derived forms
geographer (geˈographer)
noun
geographical (ˌdʒɪəˈɡræfɪkəl) or geographic (ˌgeoˈgraphic)
adjective
geographically (ˌgeoˈgraphically)
adverb
geography in American English
(dʒiˈɑgrəfi)
nounWord forms: pluralgeˈographies
1.
the descriptive science dealing with the surface of the earth, its division into continents and countries, and the climate, plants, animals, natural resources, inhabitants, and industries of the various divisions
2.
the physical features, esp. the surface features, of a region, area, or place
3.
a book about geography
Word origin
L geographia < Gr geōgraphia, geography < geō- (see geo-) + graphein, to write: see graphic
Examples of 'geography' in a sentence
geography
Some people think the future will be determined not by geography but by culture.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
One is that a city is an accident of geography lost in history.
Radford, Tim & Leggett, Jeremy The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium (1990)
You cannot trust the permanence of geography in a world on the move.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
They also had a local geography.
Shubert, Adrian A Social History of Modern Spain (1991)
It is a wonderful history, which will delight anyone with an interest in history or geography.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
There is a familiar, almost elusive geography to these places.
Bruce Feiler WALKING THE BIBLE (2001)
The quirky climatic conditions are caused by the town's local geography.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
As a historian, it seems that you could perhaps do with studying geography rather more!
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She is qualified to teach secondary school history and geography and she is frank about her reasons for coming to Scotland.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I would advise her to do history, geography and a science.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Between 1870 and 1914 the industrial geography of the world was in rapid change.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
Strong rises in the uptake for history, geography and modern languages have been at the expense of other subJects.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This shining model of a rural health service seems to be, simply, a happy accident of history and geography.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I learnt a few facts about history and geography and natural history, enough to send me to the library to find out more.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Crucial If left unchecked it will change the economic, social and physical geography of our world in ways that we can barely begin to imagine.
The Sun (2008)
But on closer inspection, it becomes clear that the complexity of the animal's behaviour is forced upon it by the complex geography and topography of the beach.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
In other languages
geography
British English: geography /dʒɪˈɒɡrəfɪ/ NOUN
Geography is the study of the countries of the world and things such as the land, oceans, weather, towns, and population.
American English: geography
Arabic: جُغْرَافيا
Brazilian Portuguese: geografia
Chinese: 地理学
Croatian: zemljopis
Czech: geografie
Danish: geografi
Dutch: geografie
European Spanish: geografía
Finnish: maantiede
French: géographie
German: Geographie
Greek: γεωγραφία
Italian: geografia
Japanese: 地理学
Korean: 지리학
Norwegian: geografi
Polish: geografia
European Portuguese: geografia
Romanian: geografie
Russian: география
Latin American Spanish: geografía
Swedish: geografi
Thai: ภูมิศาสตร์
Turkish: coğrafya
Ukrainian: географія
Vietnamese: địa lý
All related terms of 'geography'
dialect geography
→ linguistic geography
economic geography
the study of the geographical distribution of economic resources and their use
physical geography
the branch of geography that deals with the natural features of the earth's surface
linguistic geography
the study of the distribution of dialectal speech elements
political geography
the branch of human geography that deals with the relationship between political processes and spatial structures (regions, territories , etc)
Chinese translation of 'geography'
geography
(dʒɪˈɔɡrəfɪ)
n(u)
[of country, region]地理 (dìlǐ)
(Scol) 地理学(學) (dìlǐxué)
subject word lists
See Branches of geographySee Geography terms and featuresSee Geographers