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Volume 6 · 122 words · 1778 Edition

a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and in the Terra di Lavoro, with a bishop's see; seated on a mountain near the sea, in E. Long. 10° O. N. Lat. 43° 5'.

ancient, populous, and handsome town of Italy, and capital of a small territory of the same name, with the title of a principality, and a strong castle. It is famous for its quarries of fine marble, and is situated in E. Long. 14° 23'. N. Lat. 40° 40'.

MASSACHUSETTS colony, the principal subdivision of New England, having Hampshire on the north, the Atlantic ocean on the east and south, and Connecticut and New-York on the west. It is about 100 miles long and 40 broad. See New-England.