orografía

See also: orografia and orografią

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + -grafía.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oɾoɡɾaˈfia/ [o.ɾo.ɣ̞ɾaˈfi.a]
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: o‧ro‧gra‧fí‧a

Noun

orografía f (plural orografías)

orography (the scientific study of mountains)
orography (the orographic features of a region)

Derived terms

orográfico

Further reading

“orografía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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