map

See also: MAP

English

A map of the world.

Etymology

Shortening of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English mapemounde (“world map”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French mapamonde, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”), mappa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

map (plural maps)

1. A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.
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2. A graphical representation of the relationships between objects, components or themes.
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3. (deprecated template usage) (mathematics) A function.

   Let $f$ be a map from $\mathbb {R}$ to $\mathbb {R}$

4. The butterfly .
5. (deprecated template usage) (UK, old-fashioned) The face.
6. (deprecated template usage) (board games, computer games) A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place.

   I don't want to play this map again!

Usage notes

For the most part, map and function are synonyms in mathematics, and are frequently used interchangably, however certain branches of mathematics sometimes use map in a specialised sense to mean a function that preserves some important property in that branch of mathematics, i.e. a morphism. For instance, in topology, map may specifically mean a continuous function, and in linear algebra it may specifically mean a linear transformation.

Synonyms

• plan
• chart
• (mathematics): mapping, function.

Derived terms

• argument map
• concept map
• Hénon map
• mapmaker
• mapmaking
• mind map
• overworld map
• texture map
• thematic map
• topic map

Related terms

• atlas
• cartographer
• cartography

Translations

visual representation of an area

• Acehnese: peuta
• Afrikaans: kaart
• Albanian: hartë (sq) f
• Amharic: ካርታ (karta)
• Arabic: خَرِيطَة (ar) f (ḵarīṭa)
• Armenian: քարտեզ (hy) (kʻartez)
• Assamese: মানচিত্ৰ (mancitrô)
• Asturian: mapa
• Azeri: xəritə (az)
• Bashkir: карта (karta)
• Basque: mapa (eu)
• Belarusian: ка́рта f (kárta), ма́па f (mápa)
• Bengali: মানচিত্র (bn) (mancitrô)
• Breton: kartenn (br) f, kartoù (br) pl
• Bulgarian: ка́рта (bg) f (kárta)
• Burmese: မြေပုံ (my) (mrepum)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 地圖／地图 (dei⁶ tou⁴), 地图 (dei⁶ tou⁴)

  Hakka: 地圖／地图, 地图 (thi-thù)

  Mandarin: 地圖／地图 (zh) (dìtú), 地图 (zh) (dìtú)

  Min Dong: 地圖／地图 (dê-dù), 地图 (dê-dù)

  Min Nan: 地圖／地图 (zh-min-nan), 地图 (tē-tô͘ / toē-tô͘)

  Wu: 地圖／地图 (⁶di-du), 地图 (di du)

• Crimean Tatar: harita
• Czech: mapa (cs) f
• Danish: kort (da) n
• Dutch: kaart (nl) f, landkaart (nl) f
• Erzya: модарт (modart)
• Esperanto: mapo
• Estonian: kaart
• Faroese: kort n
• Finnish: kartta (fi)
• French: carte (fr) f
• Friulian: mape
• Georgian: რუკა (ruḳa)
• German: Landkarte (de) f, Karte (de) f
• Greek: χάρτης (el) m (chártis), άτλαντας (el) m (átlantas), άτλας (el) m (átlas)
• Gujarati: નકશા m (nakśā)
• Haitian Creole: kat
• Hebrew: מַפָּה (he) f (mapá)
• Hindi: नक़्शा m (naqśā)/नक्शा m (nakśā), मानचित्र m (māncitra)
• Hungarian: térkép (hu)
• Icelandic: kort (is) n
• Ido: mapo (io)
• Indonesian: peta (id), map (id), atlas (id)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} mappa, ^{(please verify)} carta (geographic), (of a house, garden, town, etc.) ^{(please verify)} plano
• Italian: mappa (it) f, carta (it) f, carta geografica f
• Japanese: 地図 (ja) (ちず, chizu)
• Kannada: ನಕ್ಷೆ (kn) (nakṣe)
• Kashubian: kôrta f
• Kazakh: карта (karta)
• Khmer: ផែនទី (km) (pʰaen tii)
• Korean: 지도 (ko) (jido) (地圖 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: карта (karta)
• Lao: ແຜນທີ່ (lo) (phǣn thī)
• Latin: (Medieval Latin) charta f, (Classical Latin) tabula f
• Latvian: karte f
• Lithuanian: žemėlapis (lt) m
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• Lojban:
• Macedonian: карта f (karta)
• Malay: peta (ms)
• Malayalam: ഭൂപടം (ml) (bhūpaṭaṁ)
• Manx: caslys m
• Maori: mapi
• Mon: ဗီုတိ
• Mongolian: газрын зураг (gazryn zurag)
• Muong: please add this translation if you can
• Nauruan: ekorob
• Navajo: kéyah beʼelyaaígíí, atiin bikááʼ naashchʼąąʼígíí
• Nepali: नक्शा (nakśā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kart (no) n

  Nynorsk: kart n

• Persian: نقشه (fa) (naqše)
• Polish: mapa (pl) f
• Portuguese: mapa (pt) m, carta (pt) f, carta geográfica f
• Punjabi: ਨਕਸ਼ਾ (nakśā)
• Romanian: hartă (ro) f
• Romansch: carta f
• Russian: ка́рта (ru) f (kárta)
• Sanskrit: मानचित्र n (mānacitra)
• Scots: cairt
• Scottish Gaelic: map m, mapa m, cairt-iùil m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: карта f, мапа f

  Roman: karta (sh) f, mapa (sh) f, zemljovid (sh)

• Sinhalese: සිතියම (si) (sitiyama)
• Slovak: mapa f
• Slovene: zemljevid (sl) m, karta (sl) f
• Somali: Khariidad
• Sotho: Mmapa
• Spanish: mapa (es) m
• Swahili: ramani (sw)
• Swedish: karta (sv) c
• Tagalog: mapa (tl)
• Tajik: харита (tg) (xarita), нақша (naqša)
• Tamil: நிலப்படம் (nilappaṭam), வரைபடம் (ta) (varaipaṭam)
• Tatar: карта (tt) (qarta), харита (xarita)
• Telugu: పటము (te) (paṭamu)
• Thai: แผนที่ (th) (păentêe)
• Turkish: harita (tr)
• Turkmen: karta
• Ukrainian: ка́рта (uk) f (kárta), ма́па (uk) f (mápa)
• Urdu: نقشہ m (nakśā), ماںچتر (māncitra)
• Uyghur: خەرىتە (xerite)
• Uzbek: xarita (uz)
• Venetian: mapa
• Vietnamese: bản đồ (vi), địa đồ (vi) (地圖)
• Walloon: siiwal
• Waray-Waray: mapa
• Welsh: map
• Xhosa: imephu
• Yakut: хаарта (qaarta)
• Yiddish: קאַרטע f (karte)
• Zazaki: xerite f
• Zulu: balazwe

function

• Czech: zobrazení n
• Danish: afbildning (da) c
• Finnish: kuvaus (fi)
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• German: Abbildung (de) f
• Icelandic: vörpun f, færsla f, myndun f, ummyndun f
• Portuguese: aplicação (pt) f, transformação (pt) f

continuous function

• Finnish: kuvaus (fi)
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• Portuguese: aplicação (pt) f

diagram of components of an item

• Swahili: ramani (sw)
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city map

• Dutch: stadsplan n, plattegrond (nl) m
• French: plan (fr) m
• German: Stadtplan (de) m
• Hungarian: térkép (hu), várostérkép (hu)
• Macedonian: карта f (karta), план m (plan)
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• Portuguese: carta (pt) f, mapa (pt) m
• Romanian: harta orașului f
• Russian: ка́рта (ru) f (kárta), план (ru) m (plan)
• Slovak: plán m
• Spanish: plano (es) m
• Swahili: ramani (sw)
• Swedish: karta (sv) c, stadskarta c

butterfly

• Czech: babočka síťkovaná f
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Verb

1. To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.
2. To inform someone of a particular idea.
3. (deprecated template usage) (mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.

   $f$ maps $A$ to $B$, mapping every $a\in A$ to $f(a)\in B$.

Derived terms

• map out

Translations

to create a visual representation of a territory

• Finnish: kartoittaa
• French: cartographier (fr)
• German: abbilden (de), kartografieren (de)
• Hungarian: feltérképez, leképez (hu)
• Italian: mappare
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• Maori: whakamahere
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} a cartografia (ro)
• Slovak: zmapovať
• Swahili: ramani (sw)
• Swedish: kartlägga (sv)

to inform someone of a particular idea

• Slovak: okresliť, opísať
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• Vietnamese: bản đồ (vi)

to act as a function on

• Finnish: kuvata (fi)
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• French: mapper (fr), faire correspondre
• German: abbilden (de)

Anagrams

• amp, AMP, APM, MPA, pam, Pam, PAM

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Cornish

Etymology

Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Breton mab, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish macc.

Noun

map m (plural mebyow)

1. son
2. boy

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

map f (plural mappen, diminutive mapje n)

1. folder
2. (deprecated template usage) (computing) directory, folder

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Lojban

Rafsi

1. Rafsi of mapku.

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Polish

Noun

map

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) genitive plural of mapa

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

map m (genitive singular map, plural mapaichean)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of mapa