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gazzetta

gazette

noun gaht-TSEHT-tah Less Common

Origin: Probably from Venetian gazeta (a small coin, the price of a news-sheet), possibly from gazza (magpie).

Also means

official journal

Usage Note

Gazzetta originally meant a news-sheet sold for a small coin in Venice. Today it survives mainly in proper names: Gazzetta Ufficiale (Italy's official government journal, where laws are published) and La Gazzetta dello Sport (famous pink sports newspaper). In common speech it is old-fashioned for 'newspaper'. The plural is le gazzette. The Venetian coin etymology is historically attested.

Examples

"La legge è pubblicata sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale."

Natural Translation

The law is published in the Official Gazette.

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