geography

Geography — (from Greek γεωγραφία geografia ) is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. [cite web |title=Geography |work=The American Heritage Dictionary/ of the English Language, Fourth Edition |publisher=Houghton… …   Wikipedia

geography — ge*og ra*phy, n.; pl. {Geographies}. [F. g[ e]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ?; ge a, gh^, the earth + ? description, fr. ? to write, describe. 1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

geography — noun география …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

geography — /jee og reuh fee/, n., pl. geographies. 1. the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth s surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil,… …   Universalium

geography — noun (plural 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,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

geography — noun /dʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/ a) The study of the physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth. The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the… …   Wiktionary

geography — dʒɪˈɔɡrəfɪ сущ. география dialect geography linguistic geography economic geography physical geography political geography география physical * физическая география the * of Mars география Марса, ареография * of the Moon селенография I don t know …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

geography — география …   Англо-русский геоэкологический словарь

geography — сущ. общ. география а) (комплекс наук, изучающих природные условия Земли, ее население, экономические ресурсы и материальное производство) See: economic geography б) (научная дисциплина, изучающая и описывающая распространение чего л. на земной… …   Англо-русский экономический словарь

geography — 1) география 2) математическая география …   Англо-русский технический словарь