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trav⋅e⋅logue

[trav-uh-lawg, -log]
–noun
a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
Also, trav⋅e⋅log.


Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; b. travel and monologue
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trav·e·logue also trav·e·log   (trāv'ə-lôg', -lŏg')   
n.  
  1. A lecture about travel, often accompanied by a film, a video, or slides.

  2. A narrated film or video about travel.

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Word Origin & History

travelogue 
"a talk on travel," 1903, a hybrid word coined by U.S. traveler Burton Holmes (1870-1958) from travel + Gk.-derived -logue, abstracted from monologue.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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