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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 897 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHARLEROI , a See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

Washington 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:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the See also:

MONONGAHELA

Monongahela See also:

RIVER

river, near the S.W. corner of the See also:

state, about 20 M. S. of Pittsburgh. Pop. (1900) 5930, (1749 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 9615 It is served by the Pennsylvania railway. The surrounding 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 See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good farming See also:

LAND

land and large See also:

COAL

coal mines. In 1905 the borough ranked fifth among the cities of the See also:

UNITED

United States in the manufacture of See also:

glass (See also:

PLATE

plate-glass, See also:

LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

lamp chimneys and bottles), its product (valued at $1,841,308) being 2'3% of that of the whole country. Charleroi was settled in 1890 and was incorporated in 1891.

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