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ZOMBAR

Volume 21 · 80 words · 1842 Edition

or SOMBOR, a city of the Austrian kingdom of Hungary, the capital of a circle of the same name, in the province of Lower Danube. It stands on the navigable canal Francis, and contains a Catholic, a Greek, and a Lu- theran church, with a free school of some celebrity. It numbers 2951 houses, with 15,106 inhabitants, chiefly of German origin, who carry on extensive trade in corn and cattle. Long. 21. 9. 48. E. Lat. 48. 8. 32. N.