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Definition: Gazetteer |
GazetteerNoun1. A geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gazetteer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Etymology: Gazetteer \Gaz`et*teer"\, noun. [Compare to the French expression gazetier.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Information | Valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade mecum; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary; (journey). |
Record | Gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook, petty cashbook; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gazetteer |
| English words defined with "gazetteer": roadbook. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Periodicals |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Gazetteer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gazetteer" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gazetteer | 86 |
gazetteer of the world | 11 |
gazetteer of maine | 7 |
gazetteer holiday | 5 |
bin census.gov cgi gazetteer | 5 |
gazetteer of hotel | 4 |
atlas gazetteer | 4 |
gazetteer of wisconsin | 4 |
gazetteer scotland | 3 |
gazetteer u.s | 3 |
gazetteer map | 3 |
us gazetteer | 3 |
global gazetteer | 2 |
canada gazetteer | 2 |
delorme gazetteer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gazetteer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gazetar (columnist, journalist, knight of the pen, newsman, newspaperman, paper boy, pressman, publicist), botues zyrtar, bashkëpunëtor i gazetëse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فهرس جغرافي, الصحفي (press man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | географически справочник, журналист (columnist, journalist, knight of the pen, newspaper-man, pressman, publicist, scribe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 地名索引. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zemìpisný slovník. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gazetier, index géographique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | geographisches Lexikon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γεωγραφικό λεξικό, εφημεριδογράφοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מלון 'או'רפי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hírlapíró (journalist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dizionario geografico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 地名辞典 (geographical dictionary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちめいじて" (geographical dictionary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screeudeyr naight. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azetteergay gazetista, redator (editorial, leader writer, redactor), noticiarista, jornal oficial (Government Gazette). (various references) gazetar (journalist, newsman, pressman, reporter), jurnalist (newspaperman, reporter), dicţionar geografic. (various references) журналист (columnist, journalist, knight of the pen, newsman, pressman, pressmen). (various references) rečnik geografskih imena. (various references) libro geográfico, diccionario geográfico. (various references) ortnamnsförteckning. (various references) พจนานุกรม ูมิศาสตร์. (various references) gazeteci (journalist, legman, news agent, news dealer, news vendor, newsman, newspaperman, pressman, publicist, scribe), coğrafya sözlüğü. (various references) географічний довідник, журналіст (journalist, newspaperman, pressman, publicist). (various references) từ điển địa lý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gazetteer": gazetteers. (additional references) | |
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"Gazetteer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gazateer, gazeteer, gazetier, gazettee, gazetten, gazetter, gazzeteer, gazzetteer, Guetteur. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-g-r-t-t-z" | |
-2 letters: etagere, gazette. | |
-3 letters: ergate, geezer, getter, target, teeter, terete. | |
-4 letters: agree, arete, eager, eagre, eater, egret, gazer, grate, graze, great, greet, ragee, razee, retag, targe, tater, terga, tetra, treat. | |
-5 letters: agee, ager, eger, gate, gaze, gear, geez, geta, grat, gree, rage, rate, raze, rete, tare, tart, tate, tear, teat, tree, tret, tzar, zeta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-g-r-t-t-z" | |
+1 letter: gazetteers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 7A 65 74 74 65 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- --.. . - - . . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01111010 01100101 01110100 01110100 01100101 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a z e t t e e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 007A 0065 0074 0074 0065 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)416792718686717184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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