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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 644 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KALOCSA , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Hungary, in the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun, 88 m. S. of See also:

BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1900), 11,372. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive See also:

DISTRICT

district, near the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, and was once of far greater importance than at See also:

PRESENT

present. Kalocsa is the see of one of the four See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic archbishops in Hungary. Amongst its buildings are a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, the archiepiscopal See also:

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

palace, an astronomical See also:

OBSERVATORY

observatory, a See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary for priests, and colleges for training of male and See also:

FEMALE

female teachers. The inhabitants of Kalocsa and its wide-spreading communal lands are chiefly employed in the cultivation of the See also:

VINE

vine, See also:

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

fruit, See also:

FLAX

flax, See also:

HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp and cereals, in the See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

WATER

water-See also:

FOWL (Dan. Fugl, Ger. Vogel)

fowl and in fishing. Kalocsa is one of the See also:

OLDEST

oldest towns in Hungary. The present See also:

arch-bishopric, founded about 1135, is a development of a bishopric said to have been founded in the See also:

YEAR

year l000 by See also:

King See also:

Stephen the See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint. It suffered much during the 16th See also:

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

century from the hordes of Ottomans who then ravaged the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. A large See also:

PART

part of the town was destroyed by a See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1875.

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