island in the Gulf of Venice, on the coast of Dalmatia, belonging to the Venetians, where they have a fishery of sardines and anchovies. It produces excellent wine, and is 70 miles west of Ragusa. E. Long. 17. o. N. Lat. 43. 22.

town of Poland, in the palatinate of Posen, of which it is the capital. E. Long. 16. o. N. Lat. 32. 15.

village of Silesia, 16 miles from Breslau, remarkable for a battle fought between the Prussians and the Austrians on the 15th of December 1757, when the latter were entirely defeated.