gazetteer

Speech parts

1. gazetteer - Noun

2. gazetteer - Verb

Meaning

A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.

A newspaper; a gazette.

A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.

An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.

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Primary * The Imperial Gazetteer of India (26 vol, 1908–31), highly detailed description of all of India in 1901. Source: Internet

Encouraged by the discovery of Lindow Man, a gazetteer was compiled, which revealed a far higher number of bog bodies: over 85 in England and Wales and over 36 in Scotland. Source: Internet

My initial thought was both names were used for the village, but my investigations revealed that though the Gazetteer of Guyana has Fear Not as the name of a place, it is actually the name of the canal before Sparta that runs along the rice fields. Source: Internet

The third volume of the Loeb Classical Library translation gives a gazetteer of authors cited by Aelian. Source: Internet

Marriage relations with the Khanzadas The Gazetteer of Ulwur states: Soon after Babur's death, his successor, Humayun, was in AD 1540 supplanted by the Pathan Sher Shah, who, in AD 1545, was followed by Islam Shah. Source: Internet

Handbook of Karnataka, Gazetteer Department of the Government of Karnataka, Chapter XIII, pp. 350–352. Source: Internet

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