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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestopografía
Pronunciation / Transliteration: topografía
"Estudiaron la topografía antes de construir el puente."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
"The rugged topography of the region made road construction difficult."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: from French topographie, from Greek topos 'place' + -graphia 'writing'.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "topography"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "topography" is said worldwide
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topographie
Transliteration: topographie
"La topographie de cette île est très montagneuse."
Topographie
Transliteration: Topographie
"Die Topographie des Geländes erforderte eine sorgfältige Planung."
topografia
Transliteration: topografia
"La topografia della zona è caratterizzata da colline e valli."
topografía
Transliteration: topografía
"Estudiaron la topografía antes de construir el puente."
topografia
Transliteration: topografia
"A topografia da região é bastante acidentada."
स्थलाकृति
Transliteration: sthalakriti
"इस क्षेत्र की स्थलाकृति बहुत ऊबड़-खाबड़ है।"
地形
Transliteration: dìxíng
"这里的地形十分复杂。"
지형
Transliteration: jihyeong
"이 지역의 지형은 매우 산악이 많습니다."
地形
Transliteration: chikei
"その地域は複雑な地形をしています。"
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