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HYDRUNTUM

Volume 9 · 54 words · 1797 Edition

(anc. geog.), a noble and commodious port of Calabria, from which there was a shorter passage to Apollonia (Pliny.) Famous for its antiquity, and for the fidelity and bravery of its inhabitants. Now Otranto, a city of Naples, at the entrance of the Gulf of Venice. E. Long. 19° 15'. N. Lat. 40° 12'.