A map is a drawing or digital image that shows the features of an area, such as roads, rivers, and cities, from above. To map something means to make a map of it or to carefully record or plan its details.
Shortened from 'mapemounde' in Middle English, from Medieval Latin 'mappa mundi' meaning 'cloth of the world' ('mappa' cloth or chart + 'mundus' world). Early maps were often drawn on cloth or large sheets.
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