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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 291 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHRISTIANSAND (KRISTIANSUND)

CHRISTIANSAND (KRISTIANSUND) , a seaport on the See also:

west See also:

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

coast of See also:

Norway, in See also:

ROMSDAL

Romsdal 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), 259 M. N.E. by N. of See also:

BERGEN

Bergen, in the See also:

LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude of the See also:

FAEROE (also written FAROE or THE FAEROES, Danish Faeroerne or Fliroerne, "the sheep islands ")

Faeroe Islands. Pop. (1901) 11,982. It is built on four small islands, by which its 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 is enclosed. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief exports are See also:

wood, See also:

COD

cod, See also:

HERRINGS, BATTLE OF THE

herrings and See also:

fish products, and See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter to See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain. The See also:

TOWN

town is served by the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal steamers between the See also:

south See also:

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian ports, See also:

Hull, See also:

HAMBURG

Hamburg, &c., and See also:

TRONDHJEM, or THRONDHJEM (sometimes written in the German form Drontheim)

Trondhjem, and it is the chief See also:

PORT

port of the See also:

DISTRICT

district of Nordmore. See also:

LOCAL

Local steamers serve the neighbouring fjords, including the Sundalsfjord, from which at Sundalsoren a See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving road past the See also:

FINE

fine Dovrefjeld connects with the See also:

GUDBRANDSDAL

Gudbrandsdal route. Till 1i42, when it received town privileges from See also:

Christian VI., Christiansund was called See also:

LILLE

Lille-Fosen.

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