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POZHAREVATS (also written Passarowitz and Pozarevac)

POZHAREVATS (also written Passarowitz and Pozarevac) , a See also:

TOWN

town in See also:

SERVIA

Servia, situated in the Morava valley, 4 m. E. of the Morava See also:

RIVER

river and 8 m. S. 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. The station for steamers, Dubravitsa, with its See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom-See also:

house, See also:

STANDING

standing on the See also:

banks of the Danube, forms practically the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of Pozharevats. The town has no See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, but is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market of a very extensive and fruitful See also:

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

plain between the See also:

rivers Morava, Mlava and Danube. It is the See also:

capital of a See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department bearing the same name, and the seat of a prefecture, a tribunal of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and several See also:

NATIONAL

national or normal See also:

SCHOOLS

schools. It has a large See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary, with a department for See also:

POLITICAL

political offenders and a See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison for See also:

WOMEN

women. Two See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles to the See also:

west, towards Morava, is situated Lubichevo, a See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model See also:

FARM

farm and See also:

STUD

stud belonging to the See also:

government. The shady See also:

park and See also:

flower gardens are a popular resort of the See also:

PEOPLE

people of Pozharevats. The town is known in the See also:

HISTORY

history of See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

TREATIES

treaties as the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at which the famous See also:

peace of Passarowitz between See also:

Austria and See also:

TURKEY

Turkey was concluded in 1718. Pop. (1900), 12,957.

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LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood)

Lignite is worked at Kostolats, 7 m. N. by E., and' the hills between Pozharevats and Kostolats show many traces of See also:

ROMAN

Roman mines. A number of coins, sarcophagi and See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions found in the neighbourhood are also Roman.

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