cosmography
/kʰɑzˈmɑɡɹəfi/noun
cosmography is a noun meaning “The creation of maps of the universe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-S-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cosmography is cosmographies.
What does cosmography mean?
noun
- 1
The creation of maps of the universe.
- 2
The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cosmography?
- US /kʰɑzˈmɑɡɹəfi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-cosmography.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cosmography
- cosmographies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cosmography?
Cosmography appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cosmography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the creation of maps of the universe:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | cosmografía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cosmography come from?
From Ancient Greek κοσμογρᾰφία (kosmogrăphía, “description of the world”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -graphy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).