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tietosanakirja — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • encyclopedia noun A reference work containing articles on a wide range of subjects, usually arranged alphabetically or by category.
  • gazetteer noun A person who writes for a gazette or newspaper; a journalist; (specifically) a journalist engaged by a government.
  • Wikipedia name A free, multilingual online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Senses

tietosanakirja is used for these senses in English:

  • Wikipedia (figuratively, colloquial) A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge.
  • encyclopedia A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
  • gazetteer (by extension) A similar descriptive list (often alphabetical) of information on other subjects.

gazetteer — full definition

  1. noun A person who writes for a gazette or newspaper; a journalist; (specifically) a journalist engaged by a government.
  2. noun A gazette, a newspaper.

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