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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 147 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CORINGA , a seaport of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

GODAVARI

Godavari and See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency of See also:

MADRAS

Madras, on the See also:

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

estuary of a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Godavari See also:

RIVER

river. 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 is protected from the swell of the See also:

sea by the southward See also:

PROJECTION

projection of Point Godavari, and affords a shelter to vessels during the See also:

south-See also:

west See also:

monsoon; but though formerly the most important on this See also:

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

coast it has been silted up and lost its See also:

trade. The repairing and See also:

BUILDING

building of small See also:

COASTING

coasting See also:

SHIPS

ships is an See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry at Tallarevu in the vicinity. In 1787 a See also:

gale from the See also:

north-See also:

east occasioned an inundation which swept away he greater See also:

PART

part of Coringa with its inhabitants; and in 1832 another See also:

storm desolated the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, carrying vessels into the See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields and leaving them aground. Of Europeans the Dutch were the first to establish themselves at Coringa. In 1759 the See also:

ENGLISH

English took See also:

possession of the See also:

TOWN

town, and erected a factory 5 M. to the south of it.

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