gazetteer
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gazetteer /ˌgazəˈtɪə/
▶noun a geographical index or dictionary.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘journalist’): via Fr. from Ital. gazzettiere, from gazzetta (see gazette); current sense is from a gazetteer called The Gazetteer's: or, Newsman's Interpreter.
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