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orographies

orographies is the plural of orography.

Meaning of orography

Noun

orography (usually uncountable, plural orographies)

  1. (usually) The scientific study, or a physical description of mountains.
    • Orography: A description of mountains.1846, Joseph Emerson Worcester, A universal and critical dictionary of the English language: to which are added Walker's Key to the pronunciation of classical and Scripture proper names, much...
  2. (usually) The orographic features of a region.
    • Morocco was in 1883-1884 the scene of important explorations by de Foucauld, a Frenchman who, disguised as a Jew, crossed and re-crossed the Atlas and supplied the first trustworthy information as to the orography of many parts of the chain.1911, “Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition”, in Africa

Questions about orographies

What is orographies the plural of?
Orographies is the plural of orography.

Words near orographies in the dictionary

  1. orographer
  2. orographers
  3. orographic
  4. orographical
  5. orographically
  6. orographies
  7. orographs
  8. orography
  9. oroheliograph
  10. oroheliographs
  11. orohypopharyngeal

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