Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The technique of mapping a region or district.
- noun A description or map of a region.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The systematic study or description of the natural features of particular regions, countries, or districts; especially, the identification of places mentioned by ancient writers.
- noun A system of signs or of notation used to indicate movements, etc., in dancing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the mapping or description of a region or district.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
study ofprovinces ,regions ,cities , etc., as opposed to larger-scalegeography .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tycho Brahe, that great astronomer, in the chorography of his Isle of Huena, and Castle of
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I have not only seen several countries, beheld the nature of their climes, the chorography of their provinces, topography of their cities, but understood their several laws, customs, and policies; yet cannot all this persuade the dulness of my spirit unto such an opinion of myself as I behold in nimbler and conceited heads, that never looked a degree beyond their nests.
Religio Medici 2007
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To the entrance of Tiberias: It is a strange thing the Targumist should be no better read in chorography, than to mistake the reading of this word in this place.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Any one skilled in the chorography of the land of Israel might understand that the country of the Gadarenes was of heathen possession: they therefore mark him with that name, that it might presently be perceived that
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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To set down such things in my note-books, which carried some mention of certain places in the land of Israel, or afforded some light into the chorography of that land.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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[71-5] According to Northern chorography, the Eastern Settlement had one hundred and ninety farmsteads, twelve churches, and two monasteries; the
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884
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Provide yourself at once with maps, etc., master the chorography of Africa in general, and the topography of Liberia in particular, that is to say, the whole range of the Kong mountains, including its eastern slope on to the Niger, our natural boundary! for the next thirty years! after that, onward!
Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point Flipper, Henry O 1878
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Provide yourself at once with maps, etc., master the chorography of
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Yet, to supply the defect of the journal, I have given thee the chorography of the country, together with certain letters of his, written from India to honourable lords, and his friends in England; out of all which may be hewed and framed a delightful commentary of the Mogul and his subjects.
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What concerns our salvation is plain enough, and we need not perplex ourselves about the niceties of chronology, genealogy, or chorography.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
chained_bear commented on the word chorography
"is the art of making or drawing a map of a country, province, or district." (citation in list description)
October 10, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word chorography
"There was, at one level, a real, blistery narrative to these walks; chorographic mappings attendant on the soar, the flash of revelation."
London Orbital by Iain Sinclair, p 122 of the Penguin paperback edition
January 29, 2012