gazetteer

Word family noungazetteergazetteadjectivegazetteerish

Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing

gaz·et·teer /ˌɡæzəˈtɪə $ -ˈtɪr/ noun [countableC]

TCNa list of names of places, printed as a dictionary or as a list at the end of a book of maps 地名词典；〔地图册后的〕地名索引

Examples from the Corpus

gazetteer• The names on its files provide a gazetteer to the map of much of this Unknown Land.• It is a geography and gazetteer of the angelic and demonic domains.• Yet does Ulverton work as a novel, rather than as an immensely partial mental gazetteer?

From Longman Business Dictionary

gazetteergaz·et·teer /ˌgæzəˈtɪə-ˈtɪr/ noun [countableC]

a book listing the names of places and information about each place. The word ‘Gazetteer’ is sometimes used in the title of such books

Bartholomew’s Gazetteer shows trading facts about each country, region, or regional organisation.

Origin gazetteer

(1700-1800) From The Gazetteer's: or, Newsman's Interpreter (1693), a dictionary of place-names by Laurence Echard, from gazetteer “newspaper writer” ((17-19 centuries))

单词	gazetteer
释义	gazetteer Word family noungazetteergazetteadjectivegazetteerish Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing gaz·et·teer /ˌɡæzəˈtɪə $ -ˈtɪr/ noun [countableC] TCNa list of names of places, printed as a dictionary or as a list at the end of a book of maps 地名词典；〔地图册后的〕地名索引 Examples from the Corpus gazetteer• The names on its files provide a gazetteer to the map of much of this Unknown Land.• It is a geography and gazetteer of the angelic and demonic domains.• Yet does Ulverton work as a novel, rather than as an immensely partial mental gazetteer? From Longman Business Dictionary gazetteergaz·et·teer /ˌgæzəˈtɪə-ˈtɪr/ noun [countableC] a book listing the names of places and information about each place. The word ‘Gazetteer’ is sometimes used in the title of such books Bartholomew’s Gazetteer shows trading facts about each country, region, or regional organisation. Origin gazetteer (1700-1800) From The Gazetteer's: or, Newsman's Interpreter (1693), a dictionary of place-names by Laurence Echard, from gazetteer “newspaper writer” ((17-19 centuries))
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