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geographic

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

determined by geography

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the north and south geographic poles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: geographical

Antonyms: magnetic

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to the science of geography

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: geographical

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin geōgraphicus; see French géographique. By surface analysis, geography + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gjeografik — pertaining to geography
  • Arabic: جُغْرَافِيّ (juḡrāfiyy) — pertaining to geography
  • Armenian: աշխարհագրական (ašxarhagrakan) — pertaining to geography
  • Asturian: xeográficu — pertaining to geography
  • Azerbaijani: coğrafi — pertaining to geography
  • Basque: geografiko — pertaining to geography
  • Belarusian: геаграфічны (hjeahrafičny) — pertaining to geography
  • Bengali: ভৌগোলিক (bhōugōlik) — pertaining to geography
  • Bulgarian: географски (geografski) — pertaining to geography
  • Catalan: geogràfic — pertaining to geography
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地理的 (dìlǐ de) — pertaining to geography
  • Czech: geografický — pertaining to geography
  • Czech: zeměpisný — pertaining to geography
  • Danish: geografisk — pertaining to geography
  • Dutch: geografisch — pertaining to geography
  • Dutch: aardrijkskundig — pertaining to geography
  • Esperanto: geografia — pertaining to geography
  • Estonian: geograafiline — pertaining to geography
  • Estonian: maateaduslik — pertaining to geography
  • Finnish: maantieteellinen — pertaining to geography
  • French: géographique — pertaining to geography
  • Galician: xeográfico — pertaining to geography
  • Georgian: გეოგრაფიული (geograpiuli) — pertaining to geography
  • German: geografisch — pertaining to geography
  • Greek: γεωγραφικός (geografikós) — pertaining to geography
  • Hebrew: גאוגרפי (geo'grafi) — pertaining to geography
  • Hindi: भौगोलिक (bhaugolik) — pertaining to geography
  • Hungarian: földrajzi — pertaining to geography
  • Icelandic: landfræðilegur — pertaining to geography
  • Indonesian: geografis — pertaining to geography
  • Irish: tíreolaíoch — pertaining to geography
  • Irish: geografach — pertaining to geography
  • Italian: geografico — pertaining to geography
  • Japanese: 地理的 (chiriteki) — pertaining to geography
  • Kazakh: географиялық (geografiälyq) — pertaining to geography
  • Kazakh: жағрапиялық (jağrapiälyq) — pertaining to geography
  • Kazakh: жағрафиялық (jağrafiälyq) — pertaining to geography
  • Korean: 지리학의 (jirihagui) — pertaining to geography
  • Latvian: ģeogrāfisks — pertaining to geography
  • Lithuanian: geografinis — pertaining to geography
  • Macedonian: географски (geografski) — pertaining to geography
  • Malay: geografi — pertaining to geography
  • Maltese: ġeografiku — pertaining to geography
  • Norwegian Bokmål: geografisk — pertaining to geography
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: geografisk — pertaining to geography
  • Occitan: geografic — pertaining to geography
  • Persian: جغرافیایی (joġrâfiyâyi) — pertaining to geography
  • Polish: geograficzny — pertaining to geography
  • Portuguese: geográfico — pertaining to geography
  • Romanian: geografic — pertaining to geography
  • Russian: географи́ческий (geografíčeskij) — pertaining to geography
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruinn-eòlach — pertaining to geography
  • Serbo-Croatian: географски — pertaining to geography
  • Serbo-Croatian: geografski — pertaining to geography
  • Slovak: zemepisný — pertaining to geography
  • Slovene: geografski — pertaining to geography
  • Spanish: geográfico — pertaining to geography
  • Swahili: kijiografia — pertaining to geography
  • Swedish: geografisk — pertaining to geography
  • Tagalog: taladutaanin — pertaining to geography
  • Tajik: ҷуғрофӣ (juġrofi) — pertaining to geography
  • Tajik: географӣ (geografi) — pertaining to geography
  • Thai: เกี่ยวกับภูมิศาสตร์ (giào gàp po mí sàat) — pertaining to geography
  • Turkish: coğrafi — pertaining to geography
  • Ukrainian: географі́чний (heohrafíčnyj) — pertaining to geography
  • Urdu: جغرافیائی (juḡrāfiyā'ī) — pertaining to geography
  • Vietnamese: địa lý — pertaining to geography
  • Volapük: taledavik — pertaining to geography
  • Walloon: djeyografike — pertaining to geography
  • Welsh: daearyddol — pertaining to geography
  • Yiddish: געאָגראַפֿיש (geografish) — pertaining to geography
  • Armenian: աշխարհագրական (ašxarhagrakan) — determined by geography
  • Dutch: geografisch — determined by geography
  • Finnish: maantieteellinen — determined by geography
  • French: géographique — determined by geography
  • Galician: xeográfico — determined by geography
  • Georgian: გეოგრაფიული (geograpiuli) — determined by geography
  • German: geografisch — determined by geography
  • Italian: geografico — determined by geography
  • Polish: geograficzny — determined by geography
  • Russian: географи́ческий (geografíčeskij) — determined by geography
Real reading context

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