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chorography

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

noun

Geography.
plural chorographies.
  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
  • ˌǰˈ󾱳, adverb
  • ˈDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·Dz۲· noun
  • ··· [kawr-, uh, -, graf, -ik, kohr-], r·i· adjective
  • r·i··ly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chorography1

1550–60; < Latin ōDz󾱲 < Greek ōDzí, equivalent to ō-, combining form of ṓr region + -graphia -graphy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chorography1

C16: via Latin from Greek ōDz󾱲, from ōDz place, country + -graphy
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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.

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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.

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—Your correspondents have neglected to observe that this author's Chorography of Britain was published by Gale, "ad calcem Antonini Iter Britanniarum," viz.,

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Chorography, kō-rog′ra-fi, n. the description of the geographical features of a particular region.—adjs.

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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.

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