map collection
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3.0
- noun
- /mæp kəˈlɛkʃən/
:
colección de mapas
- During my visit, I was amazed by the detailed map collection displayed in the museum's main hall.
Examples
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The library houses an extensive map collection that includes historical and modern maps from around the world.
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I thank Kathryn Martyn of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, for assistance with map collections, and James R. Shortridge and Ernest S. Burch Jr. for comments on early drafts of the text.
Academic text (1990) -
Well, now, we gave most of our map collection to the library.
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My positive reply led Miller to take me upstairs to the map collection.
Academic text (2004) -
The search for resources was accomplished by querying both the Union Catalogue of Defence Library Network (commonly known as Bibliodef) and the printed catalog of the map collection.
Academic text (2015) -
She dedicated her life to curating an impressive map collection that showcases geographical changes over centuries.
Synonyms
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A book of maps that shows countries, cities, and seas
A set of maps that show different places
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Morphology
The meaning 'a set of maps gathered together' is directly and compositionally derived from 'map' (a chart) + 'collection' (an assembled set). This is a literal noun phrase following normal compounding/NP composition patterns found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Map collection names a group of maps kept together. Think of a book or box full of maps, like a photo album for maps. That's why it means 'a set of maps gathered together'.