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JESI

Volume 11 · 90 words · 1815 Edition

ancient town of Italy, in the territory of the church, and in the marca or march of Ancona, with a bishop's fee. It is seated on a mountain, near a river of the same name, in E. Long. 12° 20' N. Lat. 43° 50'.

JESSO, JEDSO, or Yado, a large island of Asia, to the north of Nippon, and said to be governed by a prince tributary to the empire of Japan; but is very little known to the Europeans, so that nothing can be said with certainty concerning it.