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chorographia

Syllables: cho·ro·graph·i·a

chorographia is the alternative form of chorography.

Meaning of chorography

Noun (1)

chorography (countable and uncountable, plural chorographies)

  1. The study of provinces, regions, cities, etc., as opposed to larger-scale geography.

Noun (2)

chorography (countable and uncountable, plural chorographies)

  1. (obsolete) Choreography.
    • Elements, or Principles of Chorography.1710, For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing, a Treatis of Chorography or yͤ Art of Dancing Country Dances After a New Character, page 1

Origin of chorographia

Learned borrowing from Latin chōrographia, borrowed from Ancient Greek χωρογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (khōrogrăphĭ́ā). By surface analysis, chōra + -graphia.

Questions about chorographia

What is chorographia the alternative form of?
Chorographia is the alternative form of chorography.

Words near chorographia in the dictionary

  1. chorogram
  2. chorograms
  3. chorograph
  4. chorographer
  5. chorographers
  6. chorographia
  7. chorographic
  8. chorographical
  9. chorographically
  10. chorographies
  11. chorographs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chorographia (page history and authors); chorography (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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