gazetteer
IPA: gʌzˈɛtˈɪr
noun
- journalist
- publicist
- A geographic dictionary or index.
- A newspaper.
- (obsolete) An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.
verb
- (transitive) To describe in a gazetteer.
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Examples of "gazetteer" in Sentences
- "This is the first volume of a gazetteer which is now being published.
- While holding the political office of "gazetteer" (one who had a monopoly of official news) the idea came to Steele of publishing a literary magazine.
- In addition there's Getmapping's own digital terrain model, People's Map GB 100m contours, 1: 1m vector data, national administration boundaries and a place name gazetteer made up of over 39,000 different names.
- This chronological gazetteer is divided by county and lists the 151 locations of the distinct forms of Morris dancing in the South Midlands before 1900, quoting sources from books, newspaper articles and unpublished diaries.
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