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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 690 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PYRGOS , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

GREECE

Greece, in the See also:

province of Ells and See also:

ACHAEA

Achaea, 43 M. S.S.W. of See also:

PATRAS (Gr. Patrai)

Patras. It is the third town in importance in the See also:

PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

Peloponnesus, and is connected with its 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, Katakolon, 7z M. distant, and also with Patras and See also:

OLYMPIA

Olympia, by See also:

RAIL

rail. It has frequently been injured by See also:

earth-quakes. Pop. (1907), 13,690.

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