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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 686 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ROMINTEN , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

Germany, in the See also:

province of See also:

East See also:

Prussia, 12 M. N.E. from Goldap, situated in the Rominter See also:

HEIDE

Heide, a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

heath and See also:

FOREST

forest See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, 90 sq. m. in extent, well stocked with See also:

GAME

game and affording excellent See also:

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport. Here is a favourite See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting-See also:

box of the See also:

German See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, with a See also:

church adjacent, both in the See also:

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian See also:

style. Pop. 1200. See K. E. See also:

Schmidt, See also:

Die Rominter Heide (See also:

DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig, 1898).

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