geography

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Etymology tree 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 From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). Doublet of geographia. Use in reference to lavatories derives from the mid-20th century euphemism "show one the geography of the house" in reference to pointing out the toilets.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: агеографиа (ageografja) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Afrikaans: geografie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Afrikaans: aardrykskunde — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Akan: gyeografi — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Albanian: gjeografí — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Albanian: gjeografía — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Arabic: جُغْرَافِيَا (juḡrāfiyā) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Arabic: جُغْرافيا (juḡrāfya) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Aragonese: cheografía — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (maḵtḇānūṯ arˁā) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܹܐܘܿܓ݂ܪܵܦܝܼܵܐ (gēˀōḡrāpīyā) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Armenian: աշխարհագրություն (ašxarhagrutʻyun) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Armenian: գեոգրաֆիա (geografia) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Aromanian: gheografii — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Assamese: ভূগোল (bhugül) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Asturian: xeografía — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Aymara: uraqita — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Azerbaijani: coğrafiya — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Bashkir: география (geografiya) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Basque: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Belarusian: геагра́фія (hjeahráfija) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Bengali: ভূগোল (bhugōl) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Breton: douaroniezh — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Bulgarian: геогра́фия (geográfija) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Burmese: ပထဝီဝင် (pa.hta.wiwang) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Carpathian Rusyn: ґеоґра́фія (geográfija) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Catalan: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Chamorro: yeogråfia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Chinese Cantonese: 地理學 /地理学 (dei6 lei5 hok6) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Chinese Mandarin: 地理學 /地理学 (dìlǐxué) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Cornish: doronieth — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Corsican: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Czech: zeměpis — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Czech: geografie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Danish: geografi — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Dutch: geografie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Dutch: aardrijkskunde — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Esperanto: geografio — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Estonian: geograafia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Estonian: maateadus — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Faroese: landafrøði — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Faroese: landalæra — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Finnish: maantiede — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Finnish: maantieto — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Finnish: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• French: géographie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• West-Frisian: ierdrykskunde — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Friulian: gjeografie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Galician: xeografía — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Georgian: გეოგრაფია (geograpia) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• German: Geografie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• German: Geographie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• German: Erdkunde — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• German: geographie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Central Franconian: Jeojrafie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Greek: γεωγραφία (geografía) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Ancient Greek: γεωγραφία (geōgraphía) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Gujarati: ભૂગોળ (bhūgoḷ) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Haitian Creole: jewografi — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Hawaiian: hōʻike honua — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Hebrew: גֵּאוֹגְרַפְיָה (geográfya) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Hindi: भूगोल (bhūgol) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Hungarian: természetföldrajz — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Hungarian: földrajz — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Hungarian: földrajztudomány — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Hungarian: geográfia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Icelandic: landafræði — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Icelandic: landfræði — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Ido: geografio — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Indonesian: geografi — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Interlingua: geographia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᐅᔪᖅ (nonaoyoq) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Irish: tíreolaíocht — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Italian: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Japanese: 地理学 (chirigaku) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Javanese: ꦧꦸꦩꦶꦮꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (bumiwimba) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Kannada: ಭೂಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (bhūgōḷaśāstra) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Kashmiri: جَغرٲفی (jaġrạ̄fī) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Kazakh: география (geografiä) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Kazakh: жағрафия (jağrafiä) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Khmer: ភូមិសាស្ត្រ (phuumisaah) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Korean: 지리학 (jirihak) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Central Kurdish: جوگرافیا (cugrafya) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Northern Kurdish: cografya — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Northern Kurdish: erdnîgarî — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Kyrgyz: география (geografiya) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Lao: ພູມສາດ (phūm sāt) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Latin: geographia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Latvian: ģeogrāfija — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Ligurian: giögrafia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Lithuanian: geografija — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Samogitian: geuograpėjė — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Macedonian: географија (geografija) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Macedonian: земјопис (zemjopis) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Malay: geografi — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Malay: ilmu alam — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Maltese: ġeografija — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Māori: mātai matawhenua — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Māori: mātauranga whenua — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Marathi: भूगोल (bhūgol) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Mirandese: jografie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Mongolian: газарзүй (gazarzüj) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷᠵᠦᠢ (ɣaǰarǰüi) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Nepali: भूगोल (bhūgol) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Norman: géographie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Norwegian Bokmål: geografi — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: geografi — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: landkunne — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Occitan: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Pashto: ځمکپوهنه (źməkpohəna) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Pashto: جغرافيه — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Persian: گیتاشناسی (gitâ-šenâsi) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Persian: جغرافیا (joġrâfiyâ) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Picard: jéographie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: jiiografii — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Plautdietsch: Ieedbaulkonst — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Polish: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Polish: ziemiopismo — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Portuguese: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Punjabi: ਭੂਗੋਲ (bhūgol) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Romanian: geografie — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Romanian: ӂеографие (geografie) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Romansh: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Romansh: geografeia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Russian: геогра́фия (geográfija) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Sanskrit: भूगोलः (bhūgolaḥ) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Scottish Gaelic: cruinn-eòlas — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Serbo-Croatian: географија — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Serbo-Croatian: земљопис — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Serbo-Croatian: geografija — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Serbo-Croatian: zemljopis — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Sicilian: giografìa — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Slovak: zemepis — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Slovak: geografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Slovene: zemljepis — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Slovene: geografija — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Spanish: geografía — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Swahili: jiografia — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Swedish: geografi — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Tagalog: taladutaan — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Tagalog: heograpiya — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Tajik: ҷуғрофия (juġrofiya) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Tajik: география (geografiya) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Tamil: புவியியல் (puviyiyal) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Telugu: భూగోళశాస్త్రం (bhūgōḷaśāstraṁ) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Thai: ภูมิศาสตร์ (puu-mí-sàat) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Tibetan: ས་རྒྱུས་རིག་པ (sa rgyus rig pa) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Tibetan: ས་བཤད (sa bshad) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Tok Pisin: save long graun — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Turkish: coğrafya — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Turkmen: geografiýa — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Ukrainian: геогра́фія (heohráfija) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Ukrainian: земле́пис (zemlépys) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Urdu: بھوگول (bhūgol) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Urdu: جغرافیہ (juġrāfiya) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Uyghur: جۇغراپىيە (jughrapiye) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Uzbek: geografiya — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Vietnamese: địa lý học — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Volapük: taledav — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Walloon: djeyografeye — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Welsh: daearyddiaeth — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth
• Yiddish: געאָגראַפֿיע (geografye) — study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth