travelogue

noun

trav·​el·​ogue ˈtra-və-ˌlȯg How to pronounce travelogue (audio)
-ˌläg
variants or travelog
1
: a piece of writing about travel
2
: a talk or lecture on travel usually accompanied by a film or slides
3
: a narrated motion picture about travel

Examples of travelogue in a Sentence

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By drawing his understanding of the king principally from Harvey’s travelogue, and likely a string of others produced in the English-speaking world, Welles ended up making his career promoting what was merely another caricature of an actual person, a historical figure, and an important one at that. Marlene L. Daut september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 The book is a kind of illness travelogue in which the wily poet-author’s avatar shows up every day in a new mind and body, and often in a new place, with rejiggered symptoms, and attempts to win her reborn self’s favor, or at least its mercy. Paul McAdory, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025 The travelogue portion of Walking the Bypass is sutured, sometimes maladroitly, to a history of the Crown’s abuses of Indigenous peoples. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Tucci, the host of Nat Geo’s Tucci in Italy and former host of CNN’s Searching for Italy, will feature the food, traditions and culture of northern Italy, where the games will be played, in travelogue style segments for the network. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for travelogue

Word History

Etymology

travel + -logue

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of travelogue was in 1892

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“Travelogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travelogue. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

travelogue

noun
trav·​el·​ogue
variants or travelog
1
: an illustrated lecture or film about travel
2
: a piece of writing about travel

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