chorography

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

noun

, Geography.

, plural cho·rog·ra·phies.

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

Derived Forms

• chorographic, adjective
• ˌchoroˈgraphically, adverb
• choˈrographer, noun

Other Words From

• cho·rogra·pher noun
• cho·ro·graph·ic [kawr-, uh, -, graf, -ik, kohr-], choro·graphi·cal adjective
• choro·graphi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of chorography¹

1550–60; < Latin chōrographia < Greek chōrographía, equivalent to chōro-, combining form of chṓra region + -graphia -graphy

Word History and Origins

Origin of chorography¹

C16: via Latin from Greek khōrographia, from khōros place, country + -graphy

Example Sentences

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

Related Words

• earth science
• geology
• geopolitics
• topography