0 Anonymous Asked: December 20, 2017 From where does the word ‘Map’ has been derived 0 Share Facebook Report No Answers Voted Oldest Recent eAnswers Team 4 Questions 27728 Answers 0 Best Answers 1 Points View Profile eAnswers Team Added an answer on December 20, 2018 at 5:41 am The word ‘Map’ has been derived from the medieval Latin phrase i.e. “Mappa Mundi”. Here, Mappa means cloth whereas Mundi describes the world. This is how ‘map’ became the short term and it refers to the 2d representation of the surface of the world. 0 Login to Reply Share Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google plus Share on WhatsApp Leave an answerCancel replyYou must login or register to add a new answer.
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The word ‘Map’ has been derived from the medieval Latin phrase i.e. “Mappa Mundi”. Here, Mappa means cloth whereas Mundi describes the world. This is how ‘map’ became the short term and it refers to the 2d representation of the surface of the world.