cartography

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Etymology

From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khartēs, “sheet of paper”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (, from γράφω (graphō, “write”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɑːˈtɒɡɹəfi/

Noun

cartography (usually uncountable; plural cartographies)

1. (uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]
2. (countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic. [from 20th c.]

Translations

The creation of charts and maps

• Catalan: cartografia (ca) f
• Czech: kartografie (cs) f
• Esperanto: kartografio (eo)
• Finnish: kartografia (fi)
• French: cartographie (fr) f
• German: Kartographie (de) f, Kartografie (de) f
• Hebrew: קרטוגרפיה (qart'ografia) f
• Hungarian: térképészet (hu)
• Ido: kartografio (io)

• Italian: cartografia (it) f
• Latvian: kartogrāfija (lv) f
• Macedonian: картографија (mk) (kartográfija) f
• Norwegian: kartografi (no) m
• Polish: kartografia (pl) f
• Portuguese: cartografia (pt) f
• Romanian: cartografie (ro)
• Spanish: cartografía (es) f
• Turkish: haritacılık (tr), kartografi (tr)

Synonyms

• cartology

Derived terms

• cartographer
• cartographic, cartographical