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Who coined the word 'Geography'?

A. Ptolemy
B. Eratosthenese
C. Hacataus
D. Herodatus
Answer» B. Eratosthenese
Explanation: Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, athlete, astronomer, and music theorist. He was the first person to use the word -geography in Greek and he invented the discipline of geography as we understand it.
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