chorography
[ kuh-rog-ruh-fee, kaw-, koh- ]
noun,plural cho·rog·ra·phies.Geography.
a systematic, detailed description and analysis of a region or regions.
Origin of chorography
11550–60; <Latin chōrographia<Greek chōrographía, equivalent to chōro-, combining form of chṓra region + -graphia-graphy
Other words from chorography
- cho·rog·ra·pher, noun
- cho·ro·graph·ic [kawr-uh-graf-ik, kohr-], /ˌkɔr əˈgræf ɪk, ˌkoʊr-/, cho·ro·graph·i·cal, adjective
- cho·ro·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby chorography
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How to use chorography in a sentence
It corresponded with nothing, so far as understood, in the Asiatic chorography.
This reproduction of the figures of gesture is called chorography.
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British Dictionary definitions for chorography
chorography
/ (kɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ) /
noungeography
the technique of mapping regions
plural -phies a description or map of a region, as opposed to a small area
Origin of chorography
1C16: via Latin from Greek khōrographia, from khōros place, country + -graphy
Derived forms of chorography
- chorographer, noun
- chorographic (ˌkɒrəˈɡræfɪk) or chorographical, adjective
- chorographically, adverb
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