Category: GeographyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

جغرافيا

/jughrāfiyā/Roman

English meaning: Geography

Arabic Definition

(العربية)

الجغرافيا هي العلم الذي يدرس سطح الأرض ومظاهره الطبيعية كالجبال والأنهار والصحاري، فضلاً عن التوزيع البشري والاقتصادي على الكرة الأرضية.

English Definition

The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these.

Example

الجغرافيا تساعدنا على فهم توزيع السكان والموارد.

In English: Geography helps us understand the distribution of people and resources.

Literary Heritage

سَافَرتُ فِي أَرجَاءِ الأَرضِ وَشَاهَدتُ بِعَينَيَّ مَا لَم يَرَهُ غَيرِي مِن تَنَوُّعِ البِلَادِ وَاختِلَافِ المَمَالِكِ

/Sāfartu fī arjāʾi al-arḍi wa-shāhadtu bi-ʿaynayya mā lam yarahu ghayrī min tanawwuʿi al-bilādi wa-ikhtilāfi al-mamālik/

I traveled to the corners of the earth and witnessed with my own eyes the diversity of lands and the differences of kingdoms that no other has seen.

Ibn Battuta · Explorer and Scholar · 14th century CE

Rihla

Rihla, Chapter on East Africa, 14th century CE

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