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MARSIVAN

Volume 14 · 51 words · 1860 Edition

or Marsovan, a village of Asiatic Turkey, pashalic of Syvas, situated on a wide plain, 24 miles W.N.W. of Amasia. It contains about 6000 houses, and has several mosques and fountains. Some manufactures of cotton fabrics are carried on here. Marsivan is believed to occupy the site of the ancient Phagemon.