Gazetteer
WordNet
noun
(1) A geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
(2) A journalist who writes for a gazette
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Etymology 2
From The gazetteer's: or newsman's interpreter, a geographical index edited by Laurence Echard, 1st ed. published 1693. In 1704, in the second volume Echard referred to the work as Gazetteer.
Noun
- A geographic dictionary or encyclopedia, sometimes found as an index to an atlas.
- A newspaper.