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Germany. It was granted municipal rights in 1900, having grown with astonishing rapidity from 13 inhabitants in 1868 to 13,355 in 1901. This growth it owes to the construction of a large 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 in ,868–1888. It is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal outlet westward for S. Jutland; exports pork and See also:

MEAT

meat, 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, eggs, See also:

fish, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and See also:

sheep, skins, See also:

LARD (Fr. lard, from Lat. laridum, bacon fat, related to Gr. Naptvos fat, Napos dainty or sweet)

lard and agricultural seeds, and has See also:

REGULAR

regular communication with See also:

HARWICH

Harwich and See also:

GRIMSBY, or GREAT GRIMSBY

Grimsby in See also:

England. Three See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles S.E. is Nordby on the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

FANO (anc. Fanum Fortunae, q.v.)

Fano, the See also:

NORTHERN

northern-most of the North Frisian See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain. It is an arid See also:

BANK

bank of heathland and See also:

DUNES

dunes, but both Nordby and Sonderho in the See also:

south are frequented as seaside resorts. The former has a school of See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are valuable.

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