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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 311 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PREVEZA, or PREVESA

PREVEZA, or PREVESA , a seaport of See also:

ALBANIA

Albania, See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

TURKEY

Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:

IANNINA (i.e. " the city of St John "; Gr. Ioannina; Turk Yanid; also written Janina, Jannina, and, according to its Albanian pronunciation, Yanina)

Iannina; at the entrance to the Gulf of See also:

Arta, an inlet of the Ionian See also:

Sea. Pop. (1905), 6500, of whom about four-fifths are See also:

Christian Albanians or Greeks, and one-fifth Moslems. The See also:

TOWN

town is surrounded by dense See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive groves, and most of its houses stand in their own gardens. 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 is small, and closed to large vessels by a See also:

bar of See also:

sand; but it is a See also:

PORT

port of See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for the See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

Lloyd steamers, and annually accommodates about 1500 small vessels, the See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of which are engaged in the See also:

COASTING

coasting See also:

trade. Preveza exports See also:

DAIRY

dairy produce, valonia, hides and See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives and olive oil. The yearly value of its trade varies from about £70,000 to £8o,000. About 3 M. See also:

north are the ruins of See also:

NICOPOLIS, or ACTIA NICOPOLIS

Nicopolis (q.v.).

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