Plural of gazette; official government publications, newspapers, or journals, especially those containing official notices or proclamations.
From Italian 'gazzetta,' originally a small Venetian coin that was the price of a newspaper, then the newspaper itself; the word traveled through French and into English in the 17th century.
The first gazettes were literally named after the price of a coin—an early newspaper in Venice cost one 'gazzetta,' so people started calling the paper itself a gazette, which is like if we named all newspapers 'the Quarters' because they cost 25 cents!
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