Main Entry:: ge·og·ra·phy
Pronunciation:: \jē-ˈä-grə-fē\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: plural ge·og·ra·phies
Etymology:: Latin geographia, from Greek geōgraphia, from geōgraphein to describe the earth's surface, from geō- + graphein to write — more at carve
Date:: 15th century

1: a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface2: the geographic features of an area3: a treatise on geography4 a: a delineation or systematic arrangement of constituent elements : configuration <the philosophers…have tried to construct geographies of human reason — Times Literary Supplement> b: makeup 1 <her emotional geography>

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