Meanings
nountopography (countable and uncountable, plural topographies)
plural topographies
- countableuncountableA precise description of a place.
- countableuncountableA detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
- countableuncountableThe surveying of the features.
- broadlycountableuncountableA figurative landscape; a structure of interrelated ideas, etc.
With good humor if predictably, the emotional topography of the faire facilitates a kind of liberation from both the closet and the cruelty of high school cliquedom.
2014, Rachel Lee Rubin, Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture, page 283
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe features themselves.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekτοπογραφία
- Latintopographia
- Middle Englishtopographye
- Englishtopography
First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).
More words from Middle English, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τοπογραφία
- τοπογραφία (topographía)precise description of a place
Catalan topografia
- topografiathe features themselves (the terrain)
Chinese Mandarin 地點詳述 /地点详述, 地形圖 /地形图
- 地點詳述 /地点详述 (dìdiǎn xiángshù)precise description of a place
- 地形圖 /地形图 (dìxíngtú)detailed graphic representation
- 地形 (dìxíng)the features themselves (the terrain)
- 地勢 /地势 (dìshì)the features themselves (the terrain)
- 地形測量 /地形测量 (dìxíng cèliáng)surveying of the features
- 思維地圖 /思维地图 (sīwéi dìtú)figurative landscape
Danish topografi
- topografithe features themselves (the terrain)
Dutch topografie
- topografiethe features themselves (the terrain)
Esperanto topografio
- topografiothe features themselves (the terrain)
Finnish paikkakuvaus, topografia
- paikkakuvausprecise description of a place
- topografiadetailed graphic representation
- maastoesitysdetailed graphic representation
- topografiathe features themselves (the terrain)
- topografiasurveying of the features
- maastomittaussurveying of the features
- maastofigurative landscape
French topographie
- topographiethe features themselves (the terrain)
German Topografie
- Topografiethe features themselves (the terrain)
Greek τοπογραφία
- τοπογραφία (topografía)the features themselves (the terrain)
Hebrew טוֹפּוֹגְרַפְיָה
- טוֹפּוֹגְרַפְיָהthe features themselves (the terrain)
Hungarian topográfia, helyrajz
- topográfiaprecise description of a place
- helyrajzprecise description of a place
Icelandic svæðislýsing, staðfræði
- svæðislýsingprecise description of a place
- staðfræðiprecise description of a place
Indonesian topografi, topografi
- topografiprecise description of a place
- topografithe features themselves (the terrain)
Irish topagrafaíocht
- topagrafaíochtthe features themselves (the terrain)
Italian topografia
- topografiathe features themselves (the terrain)
Japanese 地勢, 地形
- 地勢 (chisei)the features themselves (the terrain)
- 地形 (chikei)the features themselves (the terrain)
Korean 지세, 지형
- 지세 (jise)the features themselves (the terrain)
- 지형 (jihyeong)the features themselves (the terrain)
Latvian topogrāfija
- topogrāfijathe features themselves (the terrain)
Māori matawhenua, āhua matawhenua
- matawhenuadetailed graphic representation
- āhua matawhenuathe features themselves (the terrain)
- takoto o te whenuathe features themselves (the terrain)
- takotothe features themselves (the terrain)
Polish topografia, topografia
- topografiaprecise description of a place
- topografiadetailed graphic representation
- topografiathe features themselves (the terrain)
- topografiasurveying of the features
- topografiafigurative landscape
Portuguese topografia
- topografiathe features themselves (the terrain)
Russian топогра́фия, релье́ф
- топогра́фия (topográfija)the features themselves (the terrain)
- релье́ф (relʹjéf)the features themselves (the terrain)
Spanish topografía
- topografíathe features themselves (the terrain)
Swahili topografia
- topografiathe features themselves (the terrain)
Tagalog kalatagan, talalatagan
- kalataganthe features themselves (the terrain)
- talalataganthe features themselves (the terrain)
Turkish topografi
- topografithe features themselves (the terrain)
Ukrainian топогра́фія
- топогра́фія (topohráfija)the features themselves (the terrain)
Yiddish טאָפּאָגראַפֿיע
- טאָפּאָגראַפֿיע (topografye)the features themselves (the terrain)
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with topography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallographyechocardiography
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APA
topography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/topography
MLA
“topography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/topography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “topography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/topography.
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