the capital of the Island of Elba, in the province of Pisa, and the duchy of Tuscany, celebrated as the residence of Napoleon during his banishment to that island. It is situated on a tongue of land running into the sea, and forming a small bay. It is fortified, and contains two churches, an hospital, 600 houses, with 3120 inhabitants, who depend chiefly upon some salt works and the valley fishery. Lat. 42° 49' 6". Long. 9° 20' 15" E.

PORTO-NOVO, a sea-port town of the south of India, in the Carnatic. It is esteemed the safest port on the Coromandel coast. The ground is good, and vessels may anchor in six fathoms water. In August 1781, the British gained a victory here over Hyder Aly. Long. 79° 52' E. Lat. 11° 30' N.