cosmography

noun
cos·​mog·​ra·​phy | \ käz-ˈmä-grə-fē How to pronounce cosmography (audio) \
plural cosmographies

Definition of cosmography

1 : a general description of the world or of the universe
2 : the science that deals with the constitution of the whole order of nature

Other Words from cosmography

cosmographer \ käz-​ˈmä-​grə-​fər How to pronounce cosmographer (audio) \ noun
cosmographic \ ˌkäz-​mə-​ˈgra-​fik How to pronounce cosmographic (audio) \ or cosmographical \ ˌkäz-​mə-​ˈgra-​fi-​kəl How to pronounce cosmographical (audio) \ adjective

First Known Use of cosmography

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for cosmography

Middle English cosmographie, from Late Latin cosmographia, from Greek kosmographia, from kosmos + -graphia -graphy

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