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FAMAGUSTA (Gr. Ammochostos)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 158 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FAMAGUSTA (Gr. Ammochostos)

FAMAGUSTA (Gr. Ammochostos) , a See also:

TOWN

town and 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 on the See also:

east cost of See also:

Cyprus, 22 m. S. of the ruins of See also:

SALAMIS

Salamis. The See also:

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

population in 1901 was 818, nearly all being Moslems who live within the walls of the fortress; the See also:

Christian population has migrated to a suburb called Varosia (pop. 2948). The See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of Salamis (q.v.) was ascribed to Teucer: it was probably the most important town in See also:

early Cyprus. The revolt of the See also:

Jews under See also:

TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan, and earthquakes in the See also:

time of See also:

CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius and See also:

CONSTANTINE

Constantine the See also:

GREAT

Great helped in turn to destroy it. It was restored by Fl. Constantius II. (A.D. 337-361) as See also:

CONSTANTIA

Constantia. Another town a little to the See also:

south, built by See also:

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy Philadelphus in 294 B.C., and called See also:

ARSINOE

Arsinoe in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of his See also:

SISTER

sister, received the refugees driven from Constantia by the See also:

ARABS

Arabs under Mu'awiyah, became the seat of the orthodox archbishopric, and was eventually known as Famagusta.

It received a large See also:

ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of population at the fall of See also:

Acre in 1291; was annexed by the Genoese in 1376; reunited to the See also:

THRONE

throne of Cyprus in 1464; and surrendered, after an investment of nearly a See also:

YEAR

year, to the See also:

TURKS

Turks in 1571. The fortifications, remodelled by the Venetians after 1489, the See also:

castle, the See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral See also:

church of St See also:

Nicolas, and the remains of the See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace and many other churches make Famagusta a See also:

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

place of unique See also:

INTEREST

interest. Acts ii. and v. of See also:

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's Othello pass there. In 1903 See also:

MEASURES

measures were taken to develop the See also:

FINE

fine natural harbour of Famagusta. Basins were dredged to give depths of 15 and 24 ft. respectively at See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

low tides, and commodious jetties and quays were constructed.

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