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Table 1.

Acronyms and abbreviations used in the text.

Acronym or abbreviation Description
AGN Active Galactic Nuclei
AGU AGN of Uncertain type
BCU Blazar of Uncertain type
BLL BL Lac object
FSRQ Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar
UGS Unidentified/Unassociated γ-ray Source

BZB Roma-BZCAT label for BL Lacs
BZQ Roma-BZCAT label for Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars
BZG Roma-BZCAT label for blazars with optical spectra dominated by their host galaxy

1FGL Fermi-LAT First Source Catalog
2FGL Fermi-LAT Second Source Catalog
3FGL Fermi-LAT Third Source Catalog
4FGL Fermi-LAT Fourth Source Catalog
FL8Y Preliminary Fermi-LAT 8-year Point Source List

Roma-BZCAT Roma-BZCAT multifrequency catalogue of Blazars
KDEBLLACS Catalog of KDE-selected candidate BL Lacs; Kernel Density Estimation (KDE)
WIBRaLS WISE Blazar-like Radio-Loud Sources

Blanco Victor Blanco 4 m Telescope
Copernico Copernico 182 cm Telescope
DSS Digital Sky Survey
Fermi-LAT Fermi Large Area Telescope
HET Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Keck W. M. Keck Observatory
KPNO Kitt Peak National Observatory
GemN Gemini North Observatory
Magellan Magellan Telescope
MMT MMT Observatory at Mount Hopkins
NOT Nordic Optical Telescope
NTT New Technology Telescope
OAGH Guillermo Haro Astrophysical Observatory
OAN-SPM Observatorio Astronomico Nacional San Pedro Mártir
Palomar Hale 200 inch Telescope at Palomar
SALT Southern African Large Telescope
SDSS Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SOAR Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope
TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
WISE Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
6dF The Six-degree Field Galaxy Survey

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