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chorography

[ kuh-rog-ruh-fee, kaw-, koh- ]

noun

, Geography.
, plural cho·rog·ra·phies.
  1. a systematic, detailed description and analysis of a region or regions.


chorography

/ ˌkɒrəˈɡræfɪk; kɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

  1. the technique of mapping regions
  2. -phies a description or map of a region, as opposed to a small area


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Derived Forms

  • chorographic, adjective
  • ˌchoroˈgraphically, adverb
  • choˈrographer, noun

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Other Words From

  • cho·rogra·pher noun
  • cho·ro·graph·ic [kawr-, uh, -, graf, -ik, kohr-], choro·graphi·cal adjective
  • choro·graphi·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chorography1

1550–60; < Latin chōrographia < Greek chōrographía, equivalent to chōro-, combining form of chṓra region + -graphia -graphy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chorography1

C16: via Latin from Greek khōrographia, from khōros place, country + -graphy

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Example Sentences

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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