The general-purpose gazetteer is one genre of reference work that is widely considered to be part of what Wikipedia is. Historically, a gazetteer was not just an index of place names, but came …

Wikipedia is very different from, for example, GNIS, or the National Land and Property Gazetteer, in that it does not simply include articles on every single place, populated or not, regardless of …

Nov 13, 2024 · A gazetteer is a dictionary of place names. Gazetteers describe towns, villages, churches and states, rivers and mountains, populations, and other geographical features. …

The following 37 files are in this category, out of 37 total. A new and complete gazetteer of the United States; giving a full and comprehensive review of the present condition, industry, and …

Dec 17, 2024 · gazetteer (third-person singular simple present gazetteers, present participle gazetteering, simple past and past participle gazetteered) (transitive, geography) To describe …

The Imperial Gazetteer of India was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work. It was first published in 1881. Sir William Wilson Hunter made the …

The meaning of GAZETTEER is journalist, publicist.

Jan 3, 2020 · A gazetteer is a geographical directory or dictionary that is used in conjunction with an atlas or map, and contains information about the physical features and social statistics of a …

Sep 8, 2022 · Here’s a portion of a page from A Complete, Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States, published in 1840, to give you an idea of what a gazetteer might look like. …

The Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online is a dynamic tool for understanding our complex world. The Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online provides users with access to authoritative …

May 19, 2011 · A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory of place names. When used in conjunction with maps and atlases, it can be a very powerful tool. Maps are a great resource …

In English and French speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name Gazette since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers bear the name The …

Jan 9, 2025 · Gazetteers can help you find the places where your family lived and determine the civil and church jurisdictions over those places. For example, Sande, Germany, was a rural …

gazetteer - noun 1. journalist 2. publicist noun 1. A geographic dictionary or index. 2. A newspaper. 3. An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.…

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gazetteers. This category has only the following subcategory. The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not …

Gazetteers are often categorized by the type, and scope, of the information presented. World gazetteers usually consist of an alphabetical listing of countries, with pertinent statistics for …

The London Gazette, dated 14–17 May 1705 detailing the return of John Leake from Gibraltar after the Battle of Cabrita Point. The London Gazette was first published as The Oxford …