Definition
A theory or account of how Earth originated and developed its present form and features.
Etymology
From Greek geo- (Earth) + -gony (origin or generation), derived from gonos (birth). Popular in 18th and 19th-century geology, this term describes any proposed theory about Earth's creation and development.
Kelly Says
Before we understood plate tectonics and had radiometric dating, geogony was where scientists proposed wild theories—some thought Earth contracted as it cooled, others imagined giant catastrophic floods, making geogony one of science's most imaginative (and sometimes incorrect) endeavors.
Translations
ARالعربية
جيولوجي
dʒi-o-lɔ-dʒi
BNবাংলা
ভূগোলিক
bhū-gō-lik
CACatalà
geogònic
dʒe.o.ɡo.ˈnik
CSČeština
geogonie
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni
DADansk
geogoni
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni
DEDeutsch
Geogonie
ɡe.o.ɡo.ni
ELΕλληνικά
γεωγονία
ʝe.o.ɡo.ni.a
ESEspañol
geogonia
dʒe-o-ɡo-ni-a
FAفارسی
جغرافیایی
dʒe.o.ɡra.fi.ai
FISuomi
geogonia
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni.a
FRFrançais
géogonie
ʒe.o.ɡo.ni
HAHA
geografia
dʒi-o-ɡra-fi-a
HEעברית
גיאוגניה
ɡi-a-u-ɡni-a
HIहिन्दी
भूगोलिक
bhū-gō-lik
HUMagyar
geogónia
dʒe.o.ɡo.ɲi.a
IDBahasa Indonesia
geografis
dʒi-o-gra-fis
ITItaliano
geogonia
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni.a
KKKK
География
dʒi.o.ɡra.fi.ya
KMKM
ប្រវត្តិ
pra.vatt.hi
KO한국어
지리 발생학
ji-ri ba-bal-hak
MSBahasa Melayu
geografis
dʒi-o-gra-fis
NLNederlands
geogonie
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni
NONorsk
geogoni
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni
PLPolski
geogonia
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni.a
PTPortuguês
geogonia
dʒe-o-ɡo-ni-a
RORomână
geogonie
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni
RUРусский
гео Gonzalez
ɡi.o.ˈɡon.zal.ɛs
SVSvenska
geogoni
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni
SWKiswahili
geografia
dʒi-o-ɡra-fi-a
TAதமிழ்
புவியியல்
pu-vi-i-yal
TEతెలుగు
భౌగోళిక
bhāu-gō-lika
THไทย
ภูมิศาสตร์
phum-i-sart-th
TLTL
geografiko
dʒe.o.ɡra.fi.ko
TRTürkçe
geogoni
dʒe.o.ɡo.ni
UKУкраїнська
гео Gonzalez
ɡi.o.ˈɡon.zal.ɛs
URاردو
جغرافیہ
dʒi-o-gra-fi-ya
VITiếng Việt
sinh học địa lý
sinh hoc dia ly
YOYO
geografi
dʒe.o.ɡra.fi
ZH中文
地理发生学
dìlǐ fāshēng xué
ZUZU
geografi
dʒe.o.ɡra.fi