a city of ancient Thessaly, in the Turkish province of Tirhala. It is situated on the river Salambría, the ancient Peneus, over which is a fine bridge of ten arches. It is surrounded with walls, and contains two large and twenty smaller mosques, several Greek churches, and 4000 houses, with 25,000 inhabitants. It is the greatest manufacturing town in the Turkish empire, producing silk and cotton goods, leather, and ironmongery. The environs are pleasant and fertile, yielding abundance of grapes, figs, raisins, and excellent corn and pulse; but the situation is marshy, and somewhat unhealthy. It is in long. 22. 46. E. and lat. 39. 48. N.