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The scientific study, or a physical description of mountains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: geography, geology, geomorphology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The orographic features of a region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
the science of mountains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1óh3s Proto-Italic *ōs Latin ōsder. English oro- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō 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 -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English orography From oro- (“mountain”) + -graphy.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
լեռնագրություն
(leṙnagrutʻyun)
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Azerbaijani:
oroqrafiya
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Catalan:
orografia
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Chinese Mandarin:
山志學 /山志学
(shānzhìxué)
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Chinese Mandarin:
山岳形態學 /山岳形态学
(shānyuè xíngtàixué)
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Finnish:
orografia
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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French:
orographie
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Friulian:
orografie
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Galician:
orografía
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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German:
Orographie
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Greek:
ορογραφία
(orografía)
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Hungarian:
orográfia
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Hungarian:
hegyrajz
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Indonesian:
orografi
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Irish:
oragrafaíocht
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Italian:
orografia
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Northern Kurdish:
çiyazanî
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Polish:
orografia
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Portuguese:
orografia
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Russian:
орогра́фия
(orográfija)
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Serbo-Croatian:
орогра̀фија
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Serbo-Croatian:
orogràfija
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Spanish:
orografía
— the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
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Armenian:
լեռնագրություն
(leṙnagrutʻyun)
— the orographic features of a region
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Chinese Mandarin:
地形
(dìxíng)
— the orographic features of a region
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French:
orographie
— the orographic features of a region
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Greek:
ορογραφία
(orografía)
— the orographic features of a region
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Italian:
orografia
— the orographic features of a region
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Polish:
orografia
— the orographic features of a region
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Russian:
орогра́фия
(orográfija)
— the orographic features of a region
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Russian:
релье́ф
(relʹjéf)
— the orographic features of a region
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Spanish:
orografía
— the orographic features of a region