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OKINGHAM

Volume 15 · 51 words · 1823 Edition

Wokingham, a town of Berkshire, in England, containing 1419 inhabitants, and noted for the manufacture of silk stockings. W. Long. o. 50. N. Lat. 51. 26.

Okra, the fruit of a species of hibiscus, which is employed in the West Indies in making soups. See Botany Index.

Olaus Magnus. See Magnus.