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单词 chorography
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chorography

[ kuh-rog-ruh-fee, kaw-, koh- ]
/ kəˈrɒg rə fi, kɔ-, koʊ- /
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noun, plural cho·rog·ra·phies.Geography.

a systematic, detailed description and analysis of a region or regions.

Origin of chorography

1550–60; <Latin chōrographia<Greek chōrographía, equivalent to chōro-, combining form of chṓra region + -graphia-graphy

OTHER WORDS FROM chorography

cho·rog·ra·pher, nouncho·ro·graph·ic [kawr-uh-graf-ik, kohr-], /ˌkɔr əˈgræf ɪk, ˌkoʊr-/, cho·ro·graph·i·cal, adjectivecho·ro·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby chorography

choristoma, chorizo, C horizon, Chorley, chorogi, chorography, choroid, choroidal, choroidal artery, choroid coat, choroidea
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Example sentences from the Web for chorography

  • It corresponded with nothing, so far as understood, in the Asiatic chorography.

    Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery|Justin Winsor

British Dictionary definitions for chorography

chorography
/ (kɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun geography

the technique of mapping regions
plural -phies a description or map of a region, as opposed to a small area

Derived forms of chorography

chorographer, nounchorographic (ˌkɒrəˈɡræfɪk) or chorographical, adjectivechorographically, adverb

Word Origin for chorography

C16: via Latin from Greek khōrographia, from khōros place, country + -graphy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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