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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•o•graph•i•cal ( jē′ə graf′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Geographyof or pertaining to geography.
- Geographyof or pertaining to the natural features, population, industries, etc., of a region or regions.
Also, ge′o•graph′ic. - Greek geōgraphikós; see geo-, -graph, -ic) + -al2
- Late Latin geōgraphicus (
- 1550–60
ge′o•graph′i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•og•ra•phy /dʒiˈɑgrəfi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -phies. - Geography[uncountable] the science dealing with the areas of the earth's surface, as shown in the character and arrangement of and relations among such elements as climate, elevation, vegetation, population, and land use.
- Geography the arrangement and features of a given area on the earth:[countable]the geography of a region.
ge•og•ra•pher, n. [countable] ge•o•graph•i•cal /ˌdʒiəˈgræfɪkəl/USA pronunciation ge•o•graph•ic, adj. ge•o•graph•i•cal•ly, adv. See -geo-, -graph-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•og•ra•phy ( jē og′rə fē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -phies. - Geographythe 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.
- Geographythe study of this science.
- Geographythe topographical features of a region, usually of the earth, sometimes of the planets.
- a book dealing with this science or study, as a textbook.
- the arrangement of features of any complex entity:the geography of the mind.
- Greek geōgraphía earth description. See geo-, -graphy
- Latin geōgraphia
- 1535–45
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