chorography
noun
a systematic, detailed description and analysis of a region or regions.
chorographical
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a word derived from
chorography.
Example Sentences
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It is a chorographical description of the rivers, mountains, forests, castles; &c. in this Island, intermixed with the remarkable antiquities, rarities, commodities, &c.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Theophilus Cibber
Special or particular, dealing with each country in turn from the chorographical or topographical point of view.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Browne returned to a more crudely metamorphical tradition in the loves of Walla and Tavy, while a similarly mythological Naturanschauung may be traced in Drayton's chorographical epic.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
