SELIMNO, SELIMNIA, or ISLEMJE, a town of European Turkey, Rumelia, in the eyalet, and 70 miles N. by W. of Adrianople, at the south foot of the Balkan Hills. It is enclosed by walls, and contains three mosques. Here are extensive plantations of roses, and manufactures of the essence of roses, of cloth, and of highly-prized fire-arms and gun-locks. Large fairs are held here; and it is one of the most important places of trade in Turkey. The inhabitants are almost all Bulgarians. Pop. 20,000.