gazetteer

 
Pronunciation: /ˌgazəˈtɪə/

noun

  • a geographical index or dictionary: a gazetteer of place names of the Aegean

Origin:

early 17th century (in the sense 'journalist'): via French from Italian gazzettiere, from gazzetta (see gazette). The current sense comes from a late 17th-century gazetteer called The Gazetteer's: or, Newsman's Interpreter: Being a Geographical Index