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See also:BALATON (PLATTENSEE) , the largest See also:lake of See also:middle See also:Europe, in the See also:south-See also:west of See also:Hungary, situated between the counties of Veszprem, Zala and Somogy. Its length is 48 m., See also:average breadth 3z to 41 m., greatest breadth 72 m., least breadth a little less than i m. It covers 266 sq. m. and has an extreme See also:depth of 149 ft. Its See also:northern shores are bordered by the beautiful basaltic cones of the Bakony mountains, the volcanic See also:soil of which produces grapes yielding excellent See also:wine; the See also:southern consist partly of a marshy See also:plain, partly of See also:downs. The most beautiful point of the lake is that where the See also:peninsula of Tihany projects in the See also:waters. An See also:ancient See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of the See also:Benedictines is here situated on the See also:top of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill. In a See also:tomb therein is buried See also:Andrew I. (d. Io6r), a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the Hungarian Arpadian See also:dynasty. The temperature of the lake varies greatly, in a manner resembling that of the See also:sea, and many connect its origin with a sea of the See also:Miocene See also:period, the waters of which are said to have covered the Hungarian plain. About fifty streams flow into the lake, which drains into the See also:Danube and is well stocked with See also:fish. It often freezes in See also:winter. Lake Balaton is of growing importance as a bathing resort.
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