Gazette

:For specific non-governmental newspapers, see The Gazette.

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A gazette is a newspaper. In the governments of Commonwealth countries a gazette is more specifically an official government paper that publishes all new laws and government decisions.

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The word comes from gazet, a Venetian coin that was the cost of early many Italian newspapers and became a name for the papers themselves. This word was borrowed into English to also describe a newspaper. The word came to be used for an official government paper with the creation of the London Gazette in 1665.

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Newspaper: A newspaper is a lightweight and disposable publication, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It may be general or special interest, and may be published daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly. They are the oldest form of widespread information gathering and dispers...

Commonwealth: :Alternative meanings: the Commonwealth of Nations or Commonwealth of Independent States...

Venetian: Venetian could mean...

Gazette related Images and Photos (experimental)

Reading the Exeter Gazette 1838	Searching the London Gazette For the List of the Killed and Wounded	Worth Evening Dress Fashion Plate from Gazette Du Bon Ton 1925	Plan of Washington D.circa Pub. in "Gazette of the United States " Philadelphia January 4th 1792
Page of Text from La Gazette Describing the Siege of a Town Near Babylon by King of Persia 1632	Title Page of the First Collection of "La Gazette" 1632