gazetteer

Meanings

• noun

  An alphabetical list of places, usually in a geographical region, along with their administrative or statistical subdivisions, often published by a government.

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Variants

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gazetteer , gazetteers

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Etymology

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From French gazette, a newspaper, from Old Italian gazzeta, a gazing or looking about, from Italian guardare a gazing at, from gazza hawk, from Latin avis bird.

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Trivia

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1. The first gazetteer was published in China in 1070 AD.

2. The Oxford Gazetteer of the World is a comprehensive gazetteer containing over 300,000 place names.

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Related Concepts

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1. Atlas: An atlas is a collection of maps, often bound together in a book form.

2. Geographical dictionary: A gazetteer is a type of geographical dictionary that lists places and their locations.

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Culture

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In literature, gazetteers have been used to provide background information on settings and places. In art, they have been used as references for depicting accurate landscapes and geographical features.

How to Memorize "gazetteer"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large book filled with alphabetical lists of places and their locations.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word gazetteer with a large, heavy reference book.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that gazetteer starts with the letter G and is a type of geographical reference book.

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