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ENOS (anc. Aenos)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 652 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ENOS (anc. Aenos)

ENOS (anc. Aenos) , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

TURKEY

Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:

Adrianople; on the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

SHORE

shore of the See also:

RIVER

river Maritza, where its See also:

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

estuary broadens to meet the See also:

AEGEAN

Aegean See also:

Sea in the Gulf of Enos. Pop. (1905) about 8000. Enos occupies a See also:

ridge of See also:

rock surrounded by broad marshes. It is the seat of a See also:

Greek See also:

bishop, and the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is mainly Greek. It See also:

long possessed a valuable export See also:

trade, owing to its position at the mouth of the Maritza, the See also:

GREAT

great natural waterway from Adrianople to the sea. But its See also:

commerce has declined, owing to the unhealthiness of its See also:

CLIMATE

climate, to the See also:

ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

accumulation of sandbanks in 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, which now only admits small coasters and fishing-vessels, and to the rivalry of See also:

DEDEAGATCH

Dedeagatch, a neighbouring seaport connected with Adrianople by See also:

RAIL

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