gazetteer
pronunciation
How to pronounce gazetteer in British English:
UK [ˌgæzəˈtɪə(r)]
How to pronounce gazetteer in American English:
US [ˌgæzəˈtɪr]
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- Noun:
- a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
Word Origin
- gazetteer (n.)
- 1610s, "journalist," from gazette (n.) + -eer. Meaning "geographical dictionary" is from 1704, from Laurence Eachard's 1693 geographical handbook for journalists, "The Gazetteer's, or Newsman's, Interpreter," second edition simply titled "The Gazetteer."
Example
- 1. The gazetteer have reported the question completely .
- 2. The gazetteer white happy to say : " no no , this is the bast secret ! "
- 3. General office of lingshan county gazetteer compiling committee .
- 4. Lingnan university urged the government to set up a research centre in a local university to conduct compiling and editing work of the gazetteer .