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PRUSA

Volume 15 · 44 words · 1797 Edition

(anc. geog.), a town situated at mount Olympus in Mytilene, built by Prusias, who waged war with Croesus, (Strabo); with Cyrus, (Stephanus); both contemporary princes. Now called Bursa or Prusa, capital of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. E. Long. 29° 5'. N. Lat. 39° 22'.