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chorography
[ kuh-rog-ruh-fee, kaw-, koh- ]
noun
, Geography.
, plural cho·rog·ra·phies.
- a systematic, detailed description and analysis of a region or regions.
chorography
/ kɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ; ˌkɒrəˈɡræfɪk /
noun
- the technique of mapping regions
- -phies a description or map of a region, as opposed to a small area
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Derived Forms
- choˈrographer, noun
- ˌchoroˈgraphically, adverb
- chorographic, adjective
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Other Words From
- cho·rogra·pher noun
- cho·ro·graph·ic [kawr-, uh, -, graf, -ik, kohr-], choro·graphi·cal adjective
- choro·graphi·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.
From Project Gutenberg
This reproduction of the figures of gesture is called Chorography.
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