topographia

top·o·graph·i·a
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noun

Description of a place.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nountopographia (uncountable)
  1. rhetoricuncountableDescription of a place.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
  2. Ancient Greekτοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
  3. Englishtopographia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (topogrăphĭ́ā).. Doublet of topography.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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