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1540s, from M.Fr. géographie (15c.), from L. geographia, from Gk. geographia "description of the earth's surface," from geo- "earth" + -graphia "description"

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Geo meaning Earth

and Graphien meaning to write

they defned geography as " Description of the Earth"

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Greek.

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