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cartography

/kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹəfɪi̯/ noun

In Latin: cartographia Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cartography at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The making of maps and charts.

Origin

From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “map”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (from γράφω (gráphō, “write”)); carto- (“map”) + -graphy.

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