chorography
Americannoun
plural
chorographiesnoun
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the technique of mapping regions
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a description or map of a region, as opposed to a small area
Other Word Forms
- chorographer noun
- chorographic adjective
- chorographical adjective
- chorographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of chorography
1550–60; < Latin chōrographia < Greek chōrographía, equivalent to chōro-, combining form of chṓra region + -graphia -graphy
Example Sentences
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Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s film offers plenty of surprises, but what most struck me about this fanny-pack-swinging action set piece was that the fight chorography came from a group of YouTubers.
From New York Times
Bring back Ostermeier But, hergest7 and PoundDollarEuro felt differently.Hergest7 said: I thought that the chorography of the actors as the set spun around was really clever and interesting.In its treatment of relationships the play seemed contemporary even though the "forged signature" device is clearly only relevant to the 19th century.Really impressed by the Young Vic as a theatre.
From The Guardian
—Your correspondents have neglected to observe that this author's Chorography of Britain was published by Gale, "ad calcem Antonini Iter Britanniarum," viz.,
From Project Gutenberg
Chorography, kō-rog′ra-fi, n. the description of the geographical features of a particular region.—adjs.
From Project Gutenberg
It is distinguished from cosmography by dealing Cluverius. with the earth alone, not with the universe, and from chorography and topography by dealing with the whole earth, not with a country or a place.
From Project Gutenberg
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