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FELANITA, or FELANICHE

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 238 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FELANITA, or FELANICHE

FELANITA, or FELANICHE , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Spain, in the See also:

south-See also:

east of the See also:

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

island of See also:

MAJORCA (Mallorca)

Majorca, Balearic Islands; about 5 M. inland from 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, Puerto See also:

Colon. Pop. (1900) 11,294. A range of See also:

low hills intervenes between Felanitx and the Mediterranean; upon one See also:

SUMMIT

summit, the Puig de See also:

SAN

San See also:

Sebastian, stands a Moorish See also:

castle with a remarkable See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of subterranean vaults. From the 3rd See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.c., and possibly for a longer See also:

period, earthenware See also:

WATER

water-coolers and other pottery have been manufactured in the town, and many of the vessels produced are noteworthy for their beauty of See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form and antiquity of See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design. There is a thriving See also:

trade in See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

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

fruit, See also:

wheat, 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, See also:

BRANDY

brandy, See also:

CHALK

chalk and See also:

SOAP

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