The first person to use the word geography was Eratosthenes. Eratosthenes was a Greek scholar and chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria. He invented geography including most of the terminology still in use.
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∙ 11y agoThe English word geography wasn't coined until the 1540s, deriving from the original Greek word geographia. The coining of that word is credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who also invented a system of latitude and longitude.
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∙ 11y agoEratosthenes was the first person to use it!
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∙ 12y agoType your answer here... the first person was the person who went to the
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the 1st person to be sent on earth was Prophet Adam (A.S.)
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∙ 14y agoErastosthenes
Geographythe study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena.[2] A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276-194 B.C.).
The Greek word for writing about or describing the earth is "geography."
The ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes is called the "father of geography" for that reason.
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The Greek root of the word geography is "geographia," which is derived from "geo" meaning earth and "graphia" meaning writing or description. Together, geography means the study or description of Earth's features, such as its landforms, climates, and ecosystems.
The ancient Greek scholar, Eratosthenes, is often credited as the father of geography. He was the first person to use the term "geography" and made significant contributions to the field by creating the first world map and calculating the Earth's circumference.
The term "geography" was first used by the ancient Greek scholar Eratosthenes in the 3rd century BC. He is often referred to as the "father of geography" for his work in mapping the Earth and creating the foundations of the discipline.
Gymnastics is not a coined term, it is not slang, it is merely a grammatical form of the root word gymnasium. Therefore no one person should be credited with its original usage.
In general, the word "geography" is not capitalized unless it is the first word in a sentence or part of a title.
Isaac Asimov
Geographythe study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena.[2] A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276-194 B.C.).
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Marianne Fairchild
Define the word geography
The French word for the subject of Geography is 'la géographie'.
Jacques Cartier was the person who named the area "Canada", and hence his name "The Father of Canada". It was debrived from the word "kanata", in First Nation language, which means "Village"
Ecologist Frederic Clements was credited as the first to propose the word 'biome' as synonymous with 'biotic community' in 1916