gazetteer

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡæzəˈtɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɡæzəˈtɪəɹ/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Hyphenation: ga‧zet‧teer === Etymology 1 === The noun is borrowed from French gazettier (archaic), gazetier (“journalist, newspaperman”) + English -eer (suffix forming agent nouns denoting people associated with or engaged in a specified activities). Gazettier, gazetier are derived from gazette (“newspaper”) + -ier (suffix denoting a profession); and gazette from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta of news”) (referring to the cost of the newspaper, a gazeta being a Venetian coin of little value, whence English gazet (obsolete)), possibly a diminutive of Latin gaza (“riches, treasure; treasury”), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure; wealth”). The English word is analysable as gazette +‎ -eer. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== gazetteer (plural gazetteers) (archaic or historical) A person who writes for a gazette or newspaper; a journalist; (specifically) a journalist engaged by a government. (by extension, obsolete) A gazette, a newspaper. ===== Derived terms ===== gazetteerage gazetteering (adjective, noun) gazetteerish gazetteership ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gazetteer (third-person singular simple present gazetteers, present participle gazetteering, simple past and past participle gazetteered) (transitive) Synonym of gazette (“to announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette”). (archaic) To report about (someone) in a gazette or newspaper. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === The noun is derived from The Gazetteer’s, or Newsman’s Interpreter (1st edition, 1692), the name of a geographical index compiled by the English clergyman and historian Laurence Echard (c. 1670 – 1730); in the preface he said “The Title was given me by a very eminent Person, whom I forbear to name.” The preface also stated that the work was “partly design’d for all such as frequent Coffee-Houses, and other places for News”, that is, to help readers better understand the newspapers written by gazetteers or journalists (see etymology 1). The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== gazetteer (plural gazetteers) (geography) A dictionary or index of geographical locations. (by extension) A similar descriptive list (often alphabetical) of information on other subjects. ===== Coordinate terms ===== (all): atlas; see also Thesaurus:dictionary ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gazetteer (third-person singular simple present gazetteers, present participle gazetteering, simple past and past participle gazetteered) (transitive, geography) To describe the geography of (a country or other place) in a gazetteer (etymology 2, noun etymology 2, noun sense 1). ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === gazetteer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia