an ancient city of Turkey in Europe, and in Romania, with the see of an archbishop of the Grecian church, and a sea-port. It was a very famous place in former times, and there are still some remains of its ancient splendour. Theodore Lascaris took it from David Comnenus, emperor of Trebizon, when it fell into the hands of the Genoese, but Mahomet II. Heraclea took it from them; since which time it has been in the possession of the Turks. It is near the sea. E. Long. 27. 58. N. Lat. 40. 59.