geotag

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verb

To augment (a photograph or other item) with metadata indicating a geographic location.

OriginEnglish tag ← Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) ← Proto-Hellenic *gaya →
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Meanings

verbgeotag (third-person singular simple present geotags, present participle geotagging, simple past and past participle geotagged)

present singular third person geotags · participle present geotagging · participle past geotagged · past geotagged

  1. InternettransitiveTo augment (a photograph or other item) with metadata indicating a geographic location.

    Got fans on me, IG story, know where I be / All geotagged, got brands on me, got ads on me

    2021, “On Me”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon
noungeotag (plural geotags)

plural geotags

  1. InternetA piece of metadata indicating a geographic location, attached to a photograph or other item.

    But Portman, quite self-deprecating about her social-media savvy, says she . . . isn’t quite fully at ease yet with the world of double-taps and geotags and storying.

    2018 February 12, Josh Duboff, “Reese Witherspoon Is Natalie Portman’s Instagram Guru”, in Vanity Fair

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Englishgeo-
  6. Englishtag
  7. Englishgeotag

From geo- + tag.

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Cite this entry
APA

geotag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geotag

MLA

“geotag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geotag. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geotag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geotag.

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