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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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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

He makes of his subject a fascinating travelogue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

She structures her book as a travelogue, skipping from continent to continent; each chapter’s a banger, rendered in a luminous translation by Megan McDowell.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

An 1889 whaling travelogue recounts the sounds made by right whales and humpbacks note by note.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 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