gazetteer

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The core elements of a digital gazetteer are the placename itself, the type of place it labels, and a geographic footprint representing its location and possibly its extent.

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  1. noun A geographic dictionary or index.
  2. noun Archaic A writer for a gazette; a journalist.

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  1. = French gazetier = Spanish gacetero = Portuguese gazeteiro, from Italian gazzettiere, a writer of news, from gazzetta, a gazette: see gazette.
  2. gazetteer, n.
 

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/gæzɛˈtir/
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