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cartophilia

cartophilia noun: the love of maps.

Noun

cartophilia (uncountable)

  1. The love of maps.
  2. The love of cigarette cards, trade cards, postcards, etc.

Origin of cartophilia

From carto- (“map; card”) + -philia.

Questions about cartophilia

What does cartophilia mean?
Cartophilia means the love of maps.
What part of speech is cartophilia?
Cartophilia is a noun.

Words near cartophilia in the dictionary

  1. cartoons
  2. cartoony
  3. cartop
  4. cartophile
  5. cartophiles
  6. cartophilia
  7. cartophilic
  8. cartophilist
  9. cartophilists
  10. cartophily
  11. cartoppable

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