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ARGYROKASTRO, or ARGYROCASTRON (Turkish, Ergeri; Albanian, Ergir Castri)

ARGYROKASTRO, or ARGYROCASTRON (See also:
TURKISH
Turkish, Ergeri; Albanian, Ergir Castri) , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

ALBANIA

Albania, See also:

TURKEY

Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:

IANNINA (i.e. " the city of St John "; Gr. Ioannina; Turk Yanid; also written Janina, Jannina, and, according to its Albanian pronunciation, Yanina)

Iannina. Pop. (1900) about 11,000. Argyrokastro is finely situated io6o ft. above See also:

sea-level, on the eastern slopes of the Acroceraunian mountains, and near the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RIVER

river Dhrynos, a left-See also:

hand tributary of the Viossa. It is the See also:

capital of a sanjak bearing the same name, and was formerly important as the headquarters of the See also:

LOCAL

local Moslem See also:

ARISTOCRACY (Gr. apuvror, best; «paria, government)

aristocracy, partly owing to the mountainous and easily defensible nature of the See also:

DISTRICT

district. It contains the ruins of an imposing castellated fort. A See also:

FINE

fine See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

SNUFF (from " to snuff, " i.e. to inhale, to draw in through the nose; cf. Dutch snuf, scent, Ger. Schnupfen, a cold, catarrh, and Eng. " snuffle, " " sniff, " &c.)

snuff, known as fuli, is manufactured here. Argyrokastro has been variously identified with the See also:

ancient Hadrianopolis and Antigonea. In the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it is said to have contained 20,000 inhabitants, but it was almost de-populated by See also:

PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague in 1814. Albanian Moslems constitute the greater See also:

PART

part of the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population.

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