different between geo vs geography

English

Etymology

Norn, from Old Norse gjá.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?j??/

Noun

geo (plural geos)

1. (Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.

See also

• chine

Anagrams

• EOG, GOE, Goe, ego, ego-, goe

Limburgish

Etymology 1

Clipping of geodriehook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??e??jo??]

Noun

geo m

1. (mathematics, slang) set square

Inflection

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent invention, there is no conjugation for it to be found.

Etymology 2

Clipping of geografie.

Alternative forms

• geó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??e??jo??]

Noun

geo f

1. geography
2. (rare) geology

Inflection

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent invention, there is no conjugation for it to be found.
• There is no diminutive.

Etymology 3

Clipping of geótj. Possibly from the verb ótte (“to be squinting”), but this is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????o?]

Adjective

geo (comparative geówer, superlative geóws, predicative superlative 't geóws)

1. (obsolete) strange

Middle English

Pronoun

geo

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?i?, i?

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju?/

Adverb

?e?

1. once, formerly, of old; before, already, earlier

Spanish

Noun

geo m or f (plural geos)

1. a member of the Grupo Especial de Operaciones

English

Wikiversity

Etymology

From Middle French géographie, from Latin ge?graphia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (ge?graphía, “a description of the earth”), from ?? (gê, “earth”) + ????? (gráph?, “write”).

Use in reference to lavatories derives from the mid-20th century euphemism "show one the geography of the house" in reference to pointing out the toilets.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???????fi/, /?d?????fi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?i?????fi/
• Rhymes: -????fi
• Hyphenation: ge?og?ra?phy

Noun

geography (countable and uncountable, plural geographies)

1. A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography; (archaic) an atlas or gazetteer.
2. The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
3. Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
   • 1973, Helen Miller Bailey, Abraham Phineas Nasatir, Latin America: the development of its civilization

     The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior.

4. Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
5. (astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
6. The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (Britain, slang) a house.
7. (chiefly upper-class Britain, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
   • 1967 December 21, The Listener, p. 802:

     The Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’

8. (figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
9. (chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.

Synonyms

• (upper-class British slang for lavatory): loo; see also Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• geography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Oxford English Dictionary. "geography, n."