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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 122 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JADE
JADE, or JAHDE

JADE, or JAHDE , a deep See also:

BAY

bay and See also:

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

estuary of the See also:

North See also:

Sea, belonging to the See also:

GRAND

grand-duchy of See also:

OLDENBURG

Oldenburg, See also:

Germany. The bay, which was for the most See also:

PART

part made by See also:

storm-floods in the 13th and 16th centuries, See also:

MEASURES

measures 70 sq. m., and has communication with the open sea by a fairway, a mile and a See also:

HALF

half wide, which never freezes, and with the See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide gives See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the largest vessels. On the See also:

west See also:

side of the entrance to the bay is the Prussian See also:

NAVAL

naval See also:

PORT

port of Wilhelmshaven. A tiny stream, about 14 M. See also:

long, also known as the Jade, enters the See also:

head of the bay.

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