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BUDWEIS

Volume 4 · 99 words · 1823 Edition

a royal city of Bohemia in Germany. It is pretty large and well built, surrounded with strong walls, fortified with a good rampart, and might be made an important place. It was taken by the king of Prussia in 1744, but he did not keep it very long. E. Long. 14. 19. N. Lat. 42. 15.

BUDZIAC Tartary, lies on the rivers Neister, Bog, and Nieper; having Poland and Russia on the north, Little Tartary on the east, the Black sea on the south, and Bessarabia on the west. The chief town is Oczzakow. It is subject to Turkey.