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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 862 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BURRIANA , a seaport of eastern See also:

Spain, in the See also:

province of Castellon de la Plana; on the See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary of the See also:

RIVER

river Seas, which flows into the Mediterranean See also:

Sea. Pop. (1900) 12,962. 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 of Burriana on the open sea is annually visited by about three See also:

HUNDRED

hundred small See also:

COASTING

coasting-vessels. Its exports consist chiefly of oranges grown in the surrounding fertile See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, which is irrigated with See also:

WATER

water from the river Mijares, on the See also:

north, and also produces large quantities of See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, oil, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and melons. Burriana is connected by a See also:

LIGHT

light railway with the neighbouring towns of Onda (6595), A1maz6ra (7076), See also:

VILLARREAL

Villarreal (16,o68) and Castellon de la Plana (29,904). Its nearest station on the See also:

BARCELONA

Barcelona-See also:

Valencia See also:

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

coast railway is Villarreal.

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