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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 64 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANNAPOLIS , a See also:

TOWN

town of Nova See also:

SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia, See also:

capital of Annapolis See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county and up to 1750 of the entire See also:

peninsula of Nova Scotia; situated on an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the See also:

BAY

Bay of See also:

FUNDY, BAY OF

Fundy, at the mouth of the Annapolis See also:

RIVER

river, 95 m. W. of See also:

Halifax; and the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the See also:

Windsor & Annapolis railway. Pop. (1901) 1019. It is one of the See also:

OLDEST

oldest settlements in See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America, having been founded in 1604 by the See also:

French, who called it See also:

PORT

Port Royal. It was captured by the See also:

BRITISH

British in 1710, and ceded to them by the treaty of See also:

Utrecht in 1713, when the name was changed in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

Queen See also:

Anne. It possesses a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, and the beauty of the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country makes it a favourite summer resort. The town is surrounded by See also:

APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple orchards and in May See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of blossoming trees make a beautiful sight. The See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, which is excellent in quality, is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal export of the region.

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