cartography
1 synonym for cartography, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The skill or practice of drawing maps of an area's geography.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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mapmaking
Etymology
Came into English from French cartographie, from carte (“map”) — ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “map”) — plus -graphie (“-graphy”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”); it can also be analysed as carto- (“map”) plus -graphy.
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