gaz ‧ et ‧ teer /ˌɡæzəˈtɪə, ˌɡæzɪˈtɪə $ -ˈtɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: From The Gazetteer's: or, Newsman's Interpreter (1693), a dictionary of place-names by Laurence Echard, from gazetteer 'newspaper writer' (17-19 centuries) ]
a list of names of places, printed as a dictionary or as a list at the end of a book of maps