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orography

noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɒˈɹɒɡɹəfi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi

1

noun

Meaning 1

The scientific study, or a physical description of mountains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: geography, geology, geomorphology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The orographic features of a region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the science of mountains

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geology

History

Etymology

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.

  • Armenian: լեռնագրություն (leṙnagrutʻyun) — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Azerbaijani: oroqrafiya — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Catalan: orografia — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山志學 /山志学 (shānzhìxué) — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山岳形態學 /山岳形态学 (shānyuè xíngtàixué) — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Finnish: orografia — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • French: orographie — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Friulian: orografie — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Galician: orografía — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • German: Orographie — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Greek: ορογραφία (orografía) — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Hungarian: orográfia — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Hungarian: hegyrajz — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Indonesian: orografi — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Irish: oragrafaíocht — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Italian: orografia — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Northern Kurdish: çiyazanî — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Polish: orografia — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Portuguese: orografia — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Russian: орогра́фия (orográfija) — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Serbo-Croatian: орогра̀фија — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Serbo-Croatian: orogràfija — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Spanish: orografía — the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains
  • Armenian: լեռնագրություն (leṙnagrutʻyun) — the orographic features of a region
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地形 (dìxíng) — the orographic features of a region
  • French: orographie — the orographic features of a region
  • Greek: ορογραφία (orografía) — the orographic features of a region
  • Italian: orografia — the orographic features of a region
  • Polish: orografia — the orographic features of a region
  • Russian: орогра́фия (orográfija) — the orographic features of a region
  • Russian: релье́ф (relʹjéf) — the orographic features of a region
  • Spanish: orografía — the orographic features of a region