gazetteer

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Noun

gazetteer (plural gazetteers)

1. journalist
2. publicist

Noun

gazetteer (plural gazetteers)

1. A geographic dictionary or encyclopedia, sometimes found as an index to an atlas.
2. A newspaper.
3. (obsolete) An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.

Translations

• French: gazetier, index géographique
• German: Ortslexikon
• Russian: географи́ческий спра́вочник
• Spanish: nomenclátor

Verb

gazetteer (gazetteers, present participle gazetteering; past and past participle gazetteered)

1. (transitive) To describe in a gazetteer.
   • 2002, W. Francis, Gazetteer of South India (volumes 1-2)

     The success of the gigantic undertaking has been unparalleled: few countries, if any, are more thoroughly gazetteered than India.

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