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BARTAN , more correctly BARTIN, a See also:

TOWN

town in the vilayet of See also:

KASTAMUNI, or KASTAMBUL

Kastamuni, See also:

ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

TURKEY

Turkey, retaining the name of the See also:

ancient See also:

VILLAGE

village Parthenia and situated near the mouth of the Bartan-su (anc. See also:

PARTHENIUS

Parthenius), which formed See also:

PART

part of the boundary between See also:

BITHYNIA (BtOvpta)

Bithynia and See also:

PAPHLAGONIA

Paphlagonia. Various aetiological explanations of the name Parthenius were given by the ancients, e.g. that the See also:

MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden See also:

ARTEMIS

Artemis hunted on its See also:

banks, or that the flow of its See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters was See also:

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle and maiden-like. The town, which is the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of a kaimakam, is built on two See also:

low See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone hills and its streets are paved with limestone blocks. It is noted for the See also:

FINE

fine. See also:

box-See also:

wood grown in the vicinity, is a See also:

PORT

port of See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for See also:

Black See also:

Sea See also:

COASTING

coasting steamers and carries on a considerable See also:

trade with See also:

Constantinople which might be increased were it not for the obstruction of the 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 by a See also:

bar. Pop. 8677, according to Cuinet, La Turquie d'Asie (1894).

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