annals
Pronunciation: /ˈæn.əlz/
The English word “annals” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
- Historical records; chronicles; history.
- A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.
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