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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 615 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SEMAPHORE , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Adelaide See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

South See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia, 91 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail from the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Adelaide. It is one of the See also:

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

chief watering-places of the See also:

state, with a See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier 'Soo ft. See also:

long. Pop. about 8000.

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