geography

Meaning

Noun

• A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography; an atlas or gazetteer.
• The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
• Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
• Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
• Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
• The physical arrangement of any place, particularly a house.
• The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
• The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
• A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.

Origin

• From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from γῆ + γράφω.
• 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.