The cartography department is responsible for creating detailed maps of the region.
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Cartography
//kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹəfɪi̯//
Synonyms for "cartography" (89 found)
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Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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physical mapplanimetrypolitical mappolyconic projectionprojectionpsychometricspsychometryrelief maprepresentative fractionroad mapscalesinusoidal projectionspecial mapstereometrysurveyingterrain mapterrestrial globethematic maptopographertopographic charttopographytransportation mapweather chartweather map
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2 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
89 translations across 64 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- hartografi noun (creation of charts and maps)
Arabic
1 entries- عِلْم الْخَرَائِط noun (creation of charts and maps)
Armenian
1 entries- քարտեզագրություն noun (creation of charts and maps)
Asturian
1 entries- cartografía noun (creation of charts and maps)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kartoqrafiya noun (creation of charts and maps)
- xəritəşünaslıq noun (creation of charts and maps)
Belarusian
1 entries- картагра́фія noun (creation of charts and maps)
Bengali
1 entries- মানচিত্রাঙ্কনবিদ্যা noun (creation of charts and maps)
Bulgarian
1 entries- картогра́фия noun (creation of charts and maps)
Burmese
1 entries- မြေပုံဆွဲပညာ noun (creation of charts and maps)
Catalan
1 entries- cartografia noun (creation of charts and maps)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 地圖學 /地图学 noun (creation of charts and maps)
- 製圖學 /制图学 noun (creation of charts and maps)
- 討論 /讨论 noun (illustrative discussion of a topic)
- 調查 /调查 noun (illustrative discussion of a topic)
Czech
1 entries- kartografie noun (creation of charts and maps)
Danish
1 entries- kartografi noun (creation of charts and maps)
Dutch
1 entries- cartografie noun (creation of charts and maps)
Esperanto
1 entries- kartografio noun (creation of charts and maps)
Estonian
1 entries- kartograafia noun (creation of charts and maps)
Finnish
3 entries- kartografia noun (creation of charts and maps)
- kartoitus noun (illustrative discussion of a topic)
- karttaoppi noun (creation of charts and maps)
French
1 entries- cartographie noun (creation of charts and maps)
Galician
1 entries- cartografía noun (creation of charts and maps)
Georgian
1 entries- კარტოგრაფია noun (creation of charts and maps)
German
2 entries- Kartografie noun (creation of charts and maps)
- Kartographie noun (creation of charts and maps)
Greek
1 entries- χαρτογραφία noun (creation of charts and maps)
Hebrew
1 entries- קַרְטוֹגְרַפְיָה noun (creation of charts and maps)
Hindi
4 entries- नक़्शा-कशी noun (creation of charts and maps)
- नक़्शा-निगारी noun (creation of charts and maps)
- नक़्शानवीसी noun (creation of charts and maps)
- मानचित्रकला noun (creation of charts and maps)
Hungarian
2 entries- kartográfia noun (creation of charts and maps)
- térképészet noun (creation of charts and maps)
Icelandic
1 entries- kortagerð noun (creation of charts and maps)
Ido
1 entries- kartografio noun (creation of charts and maps)
Indonesian
1 entries- kartografi noun (creation of charts and maps)
Irish
1 entries- cartagrafaíocht noun (creation of charts and maps)
Italian
1 entries- cartografia noun (creation of charts and maps)
Japanese
1 entries- 地図学 noun (creation of charts and maps)
Kazakh
1 entries- картография noun (creation of charts and maps)
Khmer
1 entries- ទេសពណ៌នា noun (creation of charts and maps)
Korean
1 entries- 지도학 noun (creation of charts and maps)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- картография noun (creation of charts and maps)
Latin
1 entries- cartographia noun (creation of charts and maps)
Latvian
1 entries- kartogrāfija noun (creation of charts and maps)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kartografija noun (creation of charts and maps)
Macedonian
1 entries- картографија noun (creation of charts and maps)
Malay
1 entries- kartografi noun (creation of charts and maps)
Mongolian
2 entries- зурагзүй noun (creation of charts and maps)
- картографи noun (creation of charts and maps)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kartografi noun (creation of charts and maps)
Occitan
1 entries- cartografia noun (creation of charts and maps)
Persian
2 entries- نَقشِهنِگاری noun (creation of charts and maps)
- کارتوگرافی noun (creation of charts and maps)
Polish
1 entries- kartografia noun (creation of charts and maps)
Portuguese
1 entries- cartografia noun (creation of charts and maps)
Romanian
2 entries- cartografie noun (creation of charts and maps)
- cartografiere noun (creation of charts and maps)
Russian
1 entries- картогра́фия noun (creation of charts and maps)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kartogràfija noun (creation of charts and maps)
- картогра̀фија noun (creation of charts and maps)
Slovak
1 entries- kartografia noun (creation of charts and maps)
Slovene
1 entries- kartografija noun (creation of charts and maps)
Spanish
1 entries- cartografía noun (creation of charts and maps)
Swedish
1 entries- kartografi noun (creation of charts and maps)
Tagalog
1 entries- kartograpiya noun (creation of charts and maps)
Tajik
2 entries- картография noun (creation of charts and maps)
- нақшанигорӣ noun (creation of charts and maps)
Tamil
1 entries- நிலப்படவரைவியல் noun (creation of charts and maps)
Thai
2 entries- การทำแผนที่ noun (creation of charts and maps)
- การเขียนแผนที่ noun (creation of charts and maps)
Turkish
2 entries- haritacılık noun (creation of charts and maps)
- kartografi noun (creation of charts and maps)
Turkmen
1 entries- kartografiýa noun (creation of charts and maps)
Ukrainian
1 entries- картогра́фія noun (creation of charts and maps)
Urdu
1 entries- نَقشَہ نِگاری noun (creation of charts and maps)
Uyghur
1 entries- خەرىتىشۇناسلىق noun (creation of charts and maps)
Uzbek
2 entries- kartografiya noun (creation of charts and maps)
- xaritagrafiya noun (creation of charts and maps)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bản đồ học noun (creation of charts and maps)
- thuật vẽ bản đồ noun (creation of charts and maps)
- đồ bản học noun (creation of charts and maps)
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I'm studying cartography for the fantasy book I'm working on.
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Many people used to be mapmakers in the wonderful art of cartography. They made maps on wood and hide and paper and stone. They painted or drew. They used charcoal or carved with knives; embellishing and decorating sea monsters and far-off places where people roamed.
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Cartography is another word for mapmaking.
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