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LEGYA , called by the See also:Shans LAI-HKA, a See also:state in the central See also:division of the See also:southern Shan States of See also:Burma, lying approximately between 2o° 15' and 210 30' N. and 970 50' and 98° 30' E., with an See also:area of 1433 sq. m. The See also:population was estimated at 30,000 in 1881. On the downfall of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Thibaw See also:civil See also:war
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From Vines's Students' See also:Text-See also:Book of See also:Botany, by permission of See also:Swan, Sonnenschein & Co.
See also:broke out, and reduced the population to a few hundreds. In 190I it had risen again to 25,811. About seven-ninths of the See also:land under cultivation consists of wet See also:rice cultivation. A certain amount of upland rice is also cultivated, and See also:cotton, See also:sugar-See also:cane and See also:garden produce make up the See also:rest; recently large See also:orange groves have been planted in the See also:west of the state. Laihka, the See also:capital, is noted for its See also:iron-See also:work, both the iron and the implements made being produced at Pang See also:Long in the west of the state. This and See also:lacquer-See also:ware are the See also:chief exports, as also a considerable amount of pottery. The imports are chiefly cotton piece-goods and See also:salt. The See also:general See also:character of the state is that of an undulating See also:plateau, with a broad See also:plain near the capital and along the Nam Teng, which is the chief See also:river, with a general See also:altitude of a little under 3000 ft.
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