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horography

horography noun: local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events.

Noun

horography (uncountable)

  1. (historical) local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events
  2. The art of constructing dials or instruments for indicating the hours.

Origin of horography

From Ancient Greek ὡρογραφία (hōrographía). By surface analysis, horo- + -graphy. Compare French horographie.

Words formed from horography

Questions about horography

What does horography mean?
Horography means local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events.
What part of speech is horography?
Horography is a noun.

Words near horography in the dictionary

  1. horoeka
  2. horoekas
  3. horographer
  4. horographers
  5. horographic
  6. horography
  7. horohalinicum
  8. horoi
  9. horokaka
  10. Horokhiv
  11. horol

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