geography

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geography/ʤiˈɒɡrəfi/

▶noun

• 1 the study of the physical features of the earth and of human activity as it relates to these.

• 2 the relative arrangement of places and physical features.

• 3 (pl. geographies) (especially in business) a geographical area; a region.

– derivatives
geographer noun.

– origin C15: from Fr. géographie or L. geographia, from Gk geōgraphia, from gē ‘earth’ + -graphia ‘writing’.