Meanings
nounbiogeography (countable and uncountable, plural biogeographies)
plural biogeographies
- uncountablebiologyThe study of the geographical distribution of living things.
- countablebiologyThe geographical distribution of a particular living thing.
First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies.
2004, Brian P. Hedlund, James T. Staley, “Microbial Endemism and Biogeography”, in Alan T. Bull, editor, Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting, →ISBN, page 225
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)
- Latingeōgraphia
- Middle Frenchgéographie
- Englishgeography
- Englishbiogeography
Translations
Afrikaans biogeografie
- biogeografiestudy of geographical distribution of living things
Bengali জীবভূগোল, জৈব-ভূগোল
- জীবভূগোল (jibbhugōl)study of geographical distribution of living things
- জৈব-ভূগোল (jōib-bhugōl)study of geographical distribution of living things
Bulgarian биогеография
- биогеография (biogeografija)study of geographical distribution of living things
Chinese Mandarin 生物地理學 /生物地理学
- 生物地理學 /生物地理学 (shēngwù dìlǐxué)study of geographical distribution of living things
Czech biogeografie
- biogeografiestudy of geographical distribution of living things
Dutch biogeografie
- biogeografiestudy of geographical distribution of living things
Esperanto biogeografio
- biogeografiostudy of geographical distribution of living things
Estonian biogeograafia
- biogeograafiastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Finnish eliömaantiede, biogeografia
- eliömaantiedestudy of geographical distribution of living things
- biogeografiastudy of geographical distribution of living things
French biogéographie
- biogéographiestudy of geographical distribution of living things
German Biogeographie
- Biogeographiestudy of geographical distribution of living things
Greek βιογεωγραφία
- βιογεωγραφία (viogeografía)study of geographical distribution of living things
Hindi जैवभूगोल
- जैवभूगोल (jaivbhūgol)study of geographical distribution of living things
Hungarian biogeográfia
- biogeográfiastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Icelandic líflandafræði
- líflandafræðistudy of geographical distribution of living things
Indonesian biogeografi
- biogeografistudy of geographical distribution of living things
Irish bitíreolaíocht, bithgheografaíocht
- bitíreolaíochtstudy of geographical distribution of living things
- bithgheografaíochtstudy of geographical distribution of living things
Italian biogeografia
- biogeografiastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Japanese 生物地理学
- 生物地理学 (seibutsu chirigaku)study of geographical distribution of living things
Korean 생물지리학
- 생물지리학 (saengmuljirihak)study of geographical distribution of living things
Latin biogeographia
- biogeographiastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Latvian bioģeogrāfija
- bioģeogrāfijastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Lithuanian biogeografija
- biogeografijastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Malay biogeografi
- biogeografistudy of geographical distribution of living things
Persian جغرافیای زیستی
- جغرافیای زیستیstudy of geographical distribution of living things
Polish biogeografia
- biogeografiastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Portuguese biogeografia
- biogeografiastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Romanian biogeografie
- biogeografiestudy of geographical distribution of living things
Russian биогеогра́фия
- биогеогра́фия (biogeográfija)study of geographical distribution of living things
Slovak biogeografia
- biogeografiastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Spanish biogeografía
- biogeografíastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Swedish biogeografi
- biogeografistudy of geographical distribution of living things
Tamil உயிர்ப்புவியியல்
- உயிர்ப்புவியியல் (uyirppuviyiyal)study of geographical distribution of living things
Thai ชีวภูมิศาสตร์
- ชีวภูมิศาสตร์study of geographical distribution of living things
Turkish biyocoğrafya
- biyocoğrafyastudy of geographical distribution of living things
Ukrainian біогеографія
- біогеографія (bioheohrafija)study of geographical distribution of living things
Vietnamese địa lý sinh học
- địa lý sinh họcstudy of geographical distribution of living things
Welsh bioddaearyddiaeth
- bioddaearyddiaethstudy of geographical distribution of living things
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with biogeography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
biogeography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biogeography
MLA
“biogeography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biogeography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biogeography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biogeography.
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