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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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The resulting book, a deliberately meandering account of her Steel City sojourn, weds memoir, travelogue, philosophical rumination and journalistic investigation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

But with all due respect to the senator, I come away from this Florsheim-branded Washington travelogue thinking Sanders was wrong.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

In the middle of this struggle arrives Beverly Gage’s “This Land Is Your Land,” a travelogue of her recent journeys to memorials, monuments, national parks and other points of interest across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 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

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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