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 surface
2 : the geographic features of an area
3 : a treatise on geography
4 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>