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geohash

geohash noun: an alphanumeric encoding of latitude and longitude, based on recursive division of the Earth into smaller and smaller regions.

Noun

geohash (plural geohashes)

  1. An alphanumeric encoding of latitude and longitude, based on recursive division of the Earth into smaller and smaller regions.

Verb

geohash (third-person singular simple present geohashes, present participle geohashing, simple past and past participle geohashed)

  1. (transitive) To encode (a geographic location) in this form.

Forms of geohash

Noun
pluralgeohashes
Verb
third-person singular presentgeohashes
present participlegeohashing
past participlegeohashed
pastgeohashed

Origin of geohash

From geo- + hash.

Questions about geohash

What does geohash mean?
Geohash means an alphanumeric encoding of latitude and longitude, based on recursive division of the Earth into smaller and smaller regions.
What part of speech is geohash?
Geohash can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of geohash?
The plural of geohash is geohashes.

Words near geohash in the dictionary

  1. geography fairs
  2. geographylike
  3. geogrid
  4. geogrids
  5. geogs
  6. geohash
  7. geohashed
  8. geohashes
  9. geohashing
  10. geohazard
  11. geohazardous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geohash (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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