geography
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
Noun 4 meanings
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
“Some amount of basic geography is part of any good curriculum for primary and secondary education.”
Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
Etymology
From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). Doublet of geographia.
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GEOGRAPHY at a glance
GEOGRAPHY has 9 letters and scores 19 points in Scrabble (G 2 + E 1 + O 1 + G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + P 3 + H 4 + Y 4) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,229 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with geography
All rhymes- PHILOSOPHY23
- PHOTOGRAPHY25
- TROPHY14
- MURPHY16
- BIOGRAPHY20
- BIBLIOGRAPHY25
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY24
- CHOREOGRAPHY26
- TOPOGRAPHY21
- CINEMATOGRAPHY27
- CALLIGRAPHY22
- DISCOGRAPHY23
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