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car·tog·ra·phy

 (kär-tŏg′rə-fē)
n.
The art or technique of making maps or charts.
[French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1) + -graphie, writing (from Greek -graphiā; see -graphy).]
car·tog′ra·pher n.
car′to·graph′ic (kär′tə-grăf′ĭk), car′to·graph′i·cal adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cartographer - a person who makes mapscartographer - a person who makes maps    
map maker
geographer - an expert on geography
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Translations
رسّامُ خَرائِط جُغْرافِيَّه
kartograf
kartograf
térképész
kortagerîarmaîur
kartograf
haritacı

cartographer

[kɑːˈtɒgrəfəʳ] N → cartógrafo/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cartographer

[kɑːrˈtɒgrəfər] n → cartographe mf
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cartographer

n → Kartograf(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cartographer

[kɑːˈtɒgrəfəʳ] n → cartografo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cartography

(kaːˈtogrəfi) noun
map-making.
carˈtographer noun
ˌcartoˈgraphic (-ˈgrӕ-) adjective
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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