topography

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• Received-Pronunciation: /təˈpɒɡɹəfi/
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• General-American: /təˈpɑɡɹəfi/
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• rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
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First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 地點詳述 /地点详述 (dìdiǎn xiángshù) — precise description of a place
• Finnish: paikkakuvaus — precise description of a place
• Ancient Greek: τοπογραφία (topographía) — precise description of a place
• Hungarian: topográfia — precise description of a place
• Hungarian: helyrajz — precise description of a place
• Icelandic: svæðislýsing — precise description of a place
• Icelandic: staðfræði — precise description of a place
• Indonesian: topografi — precise description of a place
• Khmer: ឋានលេខន៍ (thanlékhn៍) — precise description of a place
• Polish: topografia — precise description of a place
• Chinese Mandarin: 地形圖 /地形图 (dìxíngtú) — detailed graphic representation
• Finnish: topografia — detailed graphic representation
• Finnish: maastoesitys — detailed graphic representation
• Polish: topografia — detailed graphic representation
• Catalan: topografia — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Chinese Mandarin: 地形 (dìxíng) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Chinese Mandarin: 地勢 /地势 (dìshì) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Danish: topografi — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Dutch: topografie — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Esperanto: topografio — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Finnish: topografia — the features themselves (the terrain)
• French: topographie — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Galician: topografía — the features themselves (the terrain)
• German: Topografie — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Greek: τοπογραφία (topografía) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Hebrew: טוֹפּוֹגְרַפְיָה — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Indonesian: topografi — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Irish: topagrafaíocht — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Italian: topografia — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Japanese: 地勢 (chisei) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Japanese: 地形 (chikei) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Kashubian: topògrafijô — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Korean: 지세 (jise) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Korean: 지형 (jihyeong) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Latvian: topogrāfija — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Māori: āhua matawhenua — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Māori: takoto o te whenua — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Māori: takoto — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Polish: topografia — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Portuguese: topografia — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Russian: топогра́фия (topográfija) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Russian: релье́ф (relʹjéf) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Spanish: topografía — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Swahili: topografia — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Tagalog: kalatagan — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Tagalog: talalatagan — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Turkish: topografi — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Ukrainian: топогра́фія (topohráfija) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Yiddish: טאָפּאָגראַפֿיע (topografye) — the features themselves (the terrain)
• Chinese Mandarin: 地形測量 /地形测量 (dìxíng cèliáng) — surveying of the features
• Finnish: topografia — surveying of the features
• Finnish: maastomittaus — surveying of the features
• Polish: topografia — surveying of the features
• Chinese Mandarin: 思維地圖 /思维地图 (sīwéi dìtú) — figurative landscape
• Finnish: maasto — figurative landscape
• Polish: topografia — figurative landscape