What does this word mean...?

Question

What is a 'Gazetter'?

It's in the back of my social studies book,next to the Index and Glossary

Answer 1

look at the gazetter and see what it has in the section, duh.

Answer 2

gazetteer, dictionary or encyclopedia listing alphabetically the names of places, political divisions, and physical features of the earth and giving some information about each. The term gazetteer originally was applied to one who wrote a gazette. It was first used in its modern sense early in the 18th cent., after the publication (1703) by Lawrence Echard of the Gazetteer's or Newsman's Interpreter, a geographical index. But lists of place names, with descriptions, had been made as early as the 6th cent.; part of the gazetteer of Stephen of Byzantium, of this time, is extant. The 19th cent., when geographical knowledge and the need for having geographical facts readily available had both increased greatly, was the great period of development of gazetteer making. Attempts were made to produce complete gazeteers, necessitating several volumes. Famous gazetteers include Johnston's (Scotland, 1850), Blackie's (Scotland, 1850), Bouillet's (France, 1857), Ritter's (Germany, 1874), Longman's (England, 1895), Garollo's (Italy, 1898), and Lippincott's (United States, 1865; now The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 1998); later editions of many of these have appeared.

in otherwords......the dictionary of places

Answer 3

go to google.

type in "define: gazetter"

without the quotes and it will bring up multiple definitions from various official resources.

Answer 4

It is used mainly for social studies and tells you like what a place is

Answer 5

Sorry I can't help u but I would just look it up in a dictionary, if u don't have one then try the back of ur social studies book

never heard of that word!

Answer 6

I just quickly checked Wikipedia not knowing myself.

" Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory, an important reference for information about places and place name. "

May be inaccurate considering it's Wikipedia.