geografia

geography

noun jeh-oh-grah-FEE-ah Rare

Origin: From Greek geographia, from ge (earth) + graphein (to write/describe).

Usage Note

Geografia refers both to the academic subject and to the physical configuration of a place: la geografia del territorio ('the geography of the territory'). The stress falls on the final syllable: geo-gra-FÌ-a. The adjective is geografico, the specialist is geografo. Plural: geografie (rare, usually uncountable).

Examples

"La geografia è la mia materia preferita a scuola."

Natural Translation

Geography is my favourite subject at school.

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