geograafia

Estonian

Etymology

From German Geographie, from Latin geographia, ultimately from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ̊eo̯ˈɡ̊rɑːfiɑ̯/, [ɡ̊eo̯ˈɡ̊rɑːfˑiɑ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑːfiɑ
• Hyphenation: geo‧graa‧fi‧a

Noun

geograafia (genitive geograafia, partitive geograafiat)

1. geography

Declension

Declension of geograafia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		geograafia	geograafiad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	geograafia
genitive			geograafiate
partitive		geograafiat	geograafiaid
illative		geograafiasse	geograafiatesse geograafiaisse
inessive		geograafias	geograafiates geograafiais
elative		geograafiast	geograafiatest geograafiaist
allative		geograafiale	geograafiatele geograafiaile
adessive		geograafial	geograafiatel geograafiail
ablative		geograafialt	geograafiatelt geograafiailt
translative		geograafiaks	geograafiateks geograafiaiks
terminative		geograafiani	geograafiateni
essive		geograafiana	geograafiatena
abessive		geograafiata	geograafiateta
comitative		geograafiaga	geograafiatega

Synonyms

• maateadus

Derived terms

• geograaf