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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 926 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DEFIANCE , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the 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 seat of Defiance county, See also:

OHIO

Ohio, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Auglaize and See also:

TIFFIN

Tiffin See also:

rivers with the Maumee, about 5o m. S.W. of See also:

Toledo. Pop. (189o) 7694; (1900) 7579 (960 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 7327. It is served by the See also:

Baltimore & Ohio and the See also:

WABASH

Wabash See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by the Ohio Electric railway to See also:

LIMA

Lima (42 m.). The city commands a See also:

FINE

fine view of the rivers and 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, which is well adapted to See also:

agriculture; and has large See also:

machine shops and several See also:

FLOUR

flour See also:

mills, besides manufactories of agricultural implements, waggons, sashes and blinds, and See also:

wood-working machinery for the manufacture of See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery wheels. Here, too, is Defiance See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, an institution of the See also:

Christian See also:

DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

Denomination, opened in r885. Defiance was See also:

long the site of an See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

VILLAGE

village. In 1794 See also:

General See also:

Anthony See also:

WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-1796)

Wayne built a fort here and named it Defiance. In 1822 Defiance was laid out as a See also:

TOWN

town; in 1845 it was made the county seat of the newly erected county; and in 1881 it became a city of the second class.

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