ABSTRACT
gazetteer A type of REFERENCE WORK with descriptions of geographical locations and other ONOMASTIC and ENCYCLOPEDIC INFORMATION, sometimes with maps and other illustrations. A Gazetteer of the World: or, dictionary of geographical knowledge (Royal Geographical Society), Edinburgh, 1850-6; World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems (R.Peschkes), Exeter, 1986.
