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Topic: GEOGRAPHY

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: geographia, from Greek, 'describing the Earth', from ge ( GEO-) + graphein 'to write'

geography

 noun
     
ge‧og‧ra‧phy [uncountable]
1 the study of the countries, oceans, rivers, mountains, cities etc of the world:
a geography lesson
 ➔ physical geography, political geography
2 the geography of a building, city etc is the way all its parts are arranged
geography of
The geography of the flats made it hard to get to know our neighbours.
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