gazette/ɡəˈzet/
n. （英）公报；报纸
"newspaper," c. 1600, from French gazette (16c.), from Italian gazzetta, Venetian dialectal gazeta "newspaper," also the name of a small copper coin, literally "little magpie," from gazza;
16世纪时，意大利威尼斯市政府首次发行了一份官方报刊，每月出版一次。当时用一枚叫做gazeta的威尼斯小铜币（见下图）即可购买一份这种报刊，因此将其称为gazzetta。
Obverse：Lion of St. Mark, paw perched on book, striding left in beaded circle.
Reverse：Justitia seated with sword and scales
该词进入法语后写作gazette。法国发行的第一份报纸就叫做Gazette de France《法国报》。后来，英语也吸取了该词，并保留其法语拼写方式，用来表示“公报”、“时事报”。许多早期的官方报刊都使用gazette这种名称，现在依然主要应用于报刊名称中。
例句：
November 7, 1665, the London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1665年的11月7日，现存最古老的一份期刊—《伦敦公报》首次出版发行。
The first-round results were not published in the official gazette, as the law requires.
按照法律要求，官方公报不会刊载第一轮选举的结果。
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