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travelogue

American  
[trav-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈtræv əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /
Or travelog

noun

  1. a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.


travelogue British  
/ ˈtrævəlɒɡ /

noun

  1. a film, lecture, or brochure on travels and travelling

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of travelogue

1900–05, blend of travel and monologue

Example Sentences

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Mr. Moskowitz’s rendering has the feel of a travelogue tracking Lewis and Clark, updated for the machine age.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Setting out to make a film about the Civil War general burning his way through the South, he ended up with an irreverent, semi-solipsistic travelogue organized around the women he encountered along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Equal parts love letter, manifesto, memoir and travelogue, “Make Me Commissioner” is a literary home run, as well as a heartfelt, occasionally acidic plea to save the game she and millions of others still love.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025

Structured around a dozen recipes, including an Uzbekistani watermelon salad and Russian pirozhki, it’s a memoir, travelogue and cookbook in which those facets add up to a delicious whole.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2024

Mother tells me you have given up on the tribal art book and are pleased with this one, a sort of fictionalized travelogue?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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