geography Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
    geographics.

WordNet

Ge*og"ra*phy noun
Etymology
F. géographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. , , the earth + description, fr. to write, describe. See Graphic.
Wordforms
plural Geographies
Definitions
  1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited.
  2. A treatise on this science.

Webster 1913