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NIKSHICH (also written N1xsHITCH and NIKSHrTI; Croatian, Nik.fic)

NIKSHICH (also written N1xsHITCH and NIKSHrTI; Croatian, Nik.fic) , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

MONTENEGRO

Montenegro, lying in a See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain enclosed by lofty mountains on the See also:

north-See also:

west, and watered by the See also:

RIVER

river Zeta. Pop. (1900) about 3500. Owing to the prevalence of floods, a See also:

long viaduct, a See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift from See also:

Russia, was raised between the town and the See also:

mountain road which leads to See also:

PODGORITSA (Croatian, Podgorica)

Podgoritsa, 6o m. S.E. Nikshich consists of a See also:

mass of See also:

white houses, dominated by the See also:

BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry and the See also:

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale yellow See also:

CUPOLA (Ital., from Lat. cupula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub)

cupola of its See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, another gift from Russia. This See also:

BUILDING

building is chiefly See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine in See also:

style, and, though hardly beautiful, is the most impressive and by far the largest of Montenegrin churches. See also:

Close by stands a barrack-like royal See also:

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

palace; and a little beyond the town are the ruins of an old See also:

castle. As Nikshich possesses a brewery and a clothmill, besides being the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief mart of Western Montenegro for See also:

TIMBER

timber, hides, See also:

FARM

farm-produce and livestock, it ranks second in commercial importance to Podgoritsa. About 12 M. S.E. is the celebrated See also:

SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine of See also:

OSTROG

Ostrog (see MONTENEGRO). Nikshich was included in the See also:

TURKISH

Turkish See also:

province of Herzegovina until 1876, in which See also:

YEAR

year it was stormed by the Montenegrins, led by See also:

Prince See also:

Nicholas in See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

In 1878 the Montenegrin See also:

possession was ratified by the treaty of See also:

End of Article: NIKSHICH (also written N1xsHITCH and NIKSHrTI; Croatian, Nik.fic)

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