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gazetteer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | dictionary, lexicon |
gazetteer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | journalist |
Examples of gazetteer
gazetteer
Several officers from that campaign aided in the compilation of this gazetteer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the oddball gazetteer of the world's weird places, Lord Howe Island ranks high.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The orchard gazetteer at england-in-particular.info is a good place to start looking.
From the guardian.co.uk
There's been a bit of a publishing run on the gazetteer format recently.
From the guardian.co.uk
The street gazetteer has become a foundation for the National Land and Property Gazetteer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
For example, Muhnot Nainsi wrote a gazetteer for the Marwar region in the 17th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Although Morris keeps a straight phrase, Hav is not discernible in any atlas or gazetteer.
From the time.com
A point you have not grasped, even though I did give you a pointer to the gazetteer page.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Dr Rieuwerts has provided a comprehensive gazetteer of the Derbyshire lead mining soughs.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A journalist who writes for a gazette
- A geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
- A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory, an important reference for information about places and place names (see: toponomy), used in conjunction with a map or a full atlas.Aurousseau, 61. ...
- Journalist; publicist
- (Gazetteers) A gazetteer is a list of place names. Traditional gazetteers have been published as books or have appeared as indexes to atlases. Each entry may also be identified by feature type, such as river, city, or school. An example is the U.S. Code of Geographic Names. ...
- A list of spatial entities held in computer form, such as properties or streets, which allows for rapid search and query. The gazetteer often forms the core of larger GIS-based applications.
- An alphabetically organized book describing the names and places of a particular region.
- Often used to standardise place names or to locate place names within a hierarchy. These are often stored in a Relational Database Management System.
- A book containing an list of placenames, generally alphabetical, with their locations. Some include a description of the place as well. Can be used to locate a place on a map.
