an island in the gulf of Venice, on the coast of Dalmatia, belonging to the Venetians, where they have a fishery of sardines and anchovies. It produces excellent wine, and is 70 miles west of Ragusa. E. Long. 17° 0'. N. Lat. 43° 22'.

a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Posna, of which it is the capital. E. Long. 16° 0'. N. Lat. 32° 15'.

a village of Silesia, 16 miles from Breslau, remarkable for a battle fought between the Prussians and the Austrians on the 15th of December 1757, when the latter were entirely defeated.