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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 299 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ILHAVO , a seaport in the See also:

district of See also:Aveiro, formerly included in the See also:province of See also:Beira, See also:Portugal, 3 m. S.W. of Aveiro (q.v.), on the See also:lagoon of Aveiro, an inlet of the See also:Atlantic Ocean. Pop. (1900) 12,617. Ilhavo is inhabited chiefly by fishermen, but has a celebrated manufactory of See also:glass and See also:porcelain, the Vista-Alegre, at which the See also:art of glass-cutting has reached a high degree of perfection. See also:Salt is largely exported. Ilhavo is celebrated for the beauty of its See also:women. It is said to have been founded by See also:Greek colonists about 400 B.C., but this tradition is of doubtful validity.

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