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See also:KALAMATA (officially KaltaµaL, from an See also:ancient See also:town near the site) , See also:chief town of the See also:modern See also:Greek nomarchy of See also:Messenia in the Morea, situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Nedon, about r m. from the See also:sea. Pop. (1907), 13,123. There is a suburb on the right bank of the stream. On a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill behind the town are the ruins of a See also:medieval See also:castle, but no ancient Greek remains have been discovered, although some travellers have identified the site with that of the classical Pharae or Pherae. It is the seat of a See also:court of See also:justice and of an See also:archbishop. During the See also:middle ages it was for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time a See also:fief of the Villehardouins. In 1685 Kalamata was captured by the Venetians; in 177o, and again in 1821, it was the revolutionary headquarters in the Morea. In 1825 it was sacked by See also:Ibrahim See also:Pasha. Kalamata is situated in a very fruitful See also:district, of which it is the See also:emporium. The See also:harbour, though recently improved, offers little shelter to See also:shipping.
Vessels load and See also:discharge by means of lighters, the See also:outer harbour having a See also:depth at entrance of 24 ft. and inside of 14 ft. The inner harbour has a depth of 15 ft. and is sheltered by a See also:breakwater 164o ft. in length; in the See also:winter months the fishing See also:craft take shelter in the haven of Armyro. The See also:silk See also:industry, formerly important, still employs about 300 See also:women and girls in four See also:spinning establishments. See also:Olive oil and silk are the chief exports.
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