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biogeography

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of the geographical distribution of living things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, geography, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: biology, geography, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: biology, biological science

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos) Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) ▲ Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) ▲ Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā) Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)bor. Latin geōgraphia Middle French géographie English geography English biogeography From bio- + geography.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: biogeografie — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Armenian: կենսաաշխարհագրություն (kensaašxarhagrutʻyun) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Azerbaijani: biocoğrafiya — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Bashkir: биогеография (biogeografiya) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Belarusian: біягеаграфія (bijahjeahrafija) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Bengali: জীবভূগোল (jibbhugōl) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Bengali: জৈব-ভূগোল (jōib-bhugōl) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Bihari: जीवभूगोल — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Bulgarian: биогеография (biogeografija) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生物地理學 /生物地理学 (shēngwù dìlǐxué) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Chuvash: биогеографи (biogeografi) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Czech: biogeografie — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Dutch: biogeografie — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Esperanto: biogeografio — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Estonian: biogeograafia — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Finnish: eliömaantiede — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Finnish: biogeografia — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • French: biogéographie — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Galician: bioxeografía — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Georgian: ბიოგეოგრაფია (biogeograpia) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • German: Biogeographie — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Greek: βιογεωγραφία (viogeografía) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Hindi: जैवभूगोल (jaivbhūgol) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Hungarian: biogeográfia — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Icelandic: líflandafræði — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Indonesian: biogeografi — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Irish: bitíreolaíocht — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Irish: bithgheografaíocht — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Italian: biogeografia — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Japanese: 生物地理学 (seibutsu chirigaku) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Kazakh: биогеография (biogeografiä) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Khmer: ជីវភូមិវិទ្យា (ji vaek phum vi tyea) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Korean: 생물지리학 (saengmuljirihak) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Kyrgyz: биогеография (biogeografiya) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Latin: biogeographia — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Latvian: bioģeogrāfija — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Lithuanian: biogeografija — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Macedonian: биогеографија (biogeografija) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Malay: biogeografi — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Malayalam: ജൈവഭൂമിശാസ്ത്രം (jaivabhūmiśāstraṁ) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Pashto: ژونځمکپوهنه — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Persian: جغرافیای زیستی — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Polish: biogeografia — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Portuguese: biogeografia — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Romanian: biogeografie — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Russian: биогеогра́фия (biogeográfija) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Slovak: biogeografia — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Slovene: biogeografija — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Spanish: biogeografía — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Swedish: biogeografi — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Tajik: биоҷуғрофия (biojuġrofiya) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Tamil: உயிர்ப்புவியியல் (uyirppuviyiyal) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Thai: ชีวภูมิศาสตร์ — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Turkish: biyocoğrafya — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Ukrainian: біогеографія (bioheohrafija) — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Vietnamese: địa lý sinh học — study of geographical distribution of living things
  • Welsh: bioddaearyddiaeth — study of geographical distribution of living things