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geography

/dʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/

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The second syllable is strongest.

Start with the j sound in job followed by an ee vowel. The next vowel carries the main beat; compare the later stress in geographic.

4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2

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“He teaches geography at the school.”

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What does geography mean?

noun

  1. The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
  2. Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
  3. Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
  2. The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
  3. The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
  4. (figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
  5. A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.
  6. (archaic) An atlas or gazetteer.
  7. (archaic) A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography.
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IPA pronunciation

/dʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/

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He seemed quite familiar with the geography of the outerworld, and when I said I was from Helium he raised his brows.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe warlord of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #68
Let the new learning be the test of scholarship, but include the classics, history, geography and government of China in the examinations.
Isaac Taylor HeadlandCourt Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and PeopleProject Gutenberg ebook #523
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History and geography--including in the latter, for reasons about to be mentioned, nature study--are the information studies par excellence of the schools.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
It is no discredit to approach astronomy as a geographer and geography as an astronomer if the results are such as these.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
But above all, it must be remembered that we can not depend upon either the geography or the chronology of a myth.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109