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CULLERA , a seaport of eastern See also:

Spain, in the See also:

province of See also:

Valencia; on the Mediterranean See also:

Sea, at the mouth of the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

JUCAR

Jucar, and at the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the Valencia-Silla-Cullera railway. Pop. (1900) 11,947. Cullera is a walled See also:

TOWN

town, containing a ruined Moorish citadel, large See also:

barracks, several churches and convents and a See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital. It occupies the Jucar valley, See also:

south of the Sierra de Zorras, a See also:

low range of hills which terminates eastward in Cape Cullera, a conspicuous headland surmounted by a lighthouse. To the south and See also:

west extends a See also:

rich agricultural See also:

DISTRICT

district, noted for its See also:

rice. Besides farming and fishing, the inhabitants carry on a See also:

COASTING

coasting See also:

trade with various Mediterranean ports. In 1903 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 was entered by 66 vessels of about 25,000 tons, engaged in the exportation 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, rice and See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, and the importation of See also:

GUANO (a Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)

guano. The town of See also:

SUECA

Sueca (q.v.) is 4 M. W.N.W. by See also:

RAIL

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