Definition of Chorography

1. n. the mapping or description of a region or district.

Definition of Chorography

1. Noun. The study of provinces, regions, cities, etc., as opposed to larger-scale geography. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chorography

1. [n -PHIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chorography

choristomas
choristomata
chorists
chorizo
chorizos
chorkor
chorks
choro
chorograph
chorographer
chorographers
chorographic
chorographical
chorographies
chorographs
chorography (current term)
choroid
choroid branches
choroid coat
choroid diseases
choroid fissure
choroid glomus
choroid haemorrhage
choroid neoplasms
choroid plexus neoplasms
choroid plexus of fourth ventricle
choroid plexus of lateral ventricle
choroid plexus of third ventricle
choroid plexus papilloma

Literary usage of Chorography

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"... the compilation or chorography of the anonymous Ravennas of the seventh century, whose work was evidently transcribed from a very defective Greek MS. ..."

2. A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years by John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White (1698)
"... Special chorography and ... apply my felf to give you a faithful chorography and Account of ..."

3. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"... chorography OF SOUTH AMERICA. BY THE EDITOR. WITH the discovery of Magellan, complementing that of Balboa, the general contour of South America was ..."

4. History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, and Her Civilization by William Carew Hazlitt (1860)
"... on Venice—Precautions of the Government—chorography of the Lagoons—Situation of Chioggia—Blockade of the Lagoons—Siege and Fall of Chioggia (Aug. ..."

5. Semi-tropical California: Its Climate, Healthfulness, Productiveness, and by Benjamin Cummings Truman (1874)
"I will now present to the reader a chapter upon Los Angeles county at large, its chorography, soil and productions. Ladies and gentlemen of culture and ..."

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