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BODO , a seaport on the See also:

north-western See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

Norway, in Nordland amt (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), See also:

LAT

lat. 67° 17' N. Pop. (1900) 4827. The See also:

rock-See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound 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 admits large vessels, and there is a brisk See also:

trade in See also:

fish and See also:

eider-down. The neighbouring 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 has many scenic attractions. Sixty See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles inland (E.) rises the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

MASSIF

massif of See also:

SULITELMA

Sulitelma on the See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish frontier, with its See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper mines, broad See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields and glaciers. The fjords of the See also:

DISTRICT

district include the imposing Beierenfjord, the Saltenfjord, and the Skjerstadfjord, at the narrow mouths of which, between islands, a remarkable See also:

CATARACT (from the Lat. form cataracta of the Gr. Karapplucrgss, a floodgate, or waterfall, properly something which rushes down)

cataract (Saltstrom) is formed at the turn of the See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide. On this See also:

FJORD, or FIORD

fjord is Skjerstad, a large scattered See also:

VILLAGE

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