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TROMSO , a seaport of See also:

Norway, See also:

capital of the amt (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) and See also:

STILT

stilt (See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese) of the same name on the See also:

north-western See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast. Pop. (1900), 6955. It stands on the eastern See also:

SHORE

shore of a See also:

low fertile islet between KvaI6 and the mainland, in 69° 38' N., 18° 55' E. (the See also:

LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude is that of Disco, See also:

GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)

Greenland). The vegetation of the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island (See also:

mountain ash and See also:

birch) is remarkably luxuriant. The buildings, mostly of See also:

wood, include the See also:

TOWN

town-See also:

hall and a museum, which contains a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good zoological collection. Sealskins and other furs, and See also:

WHALE

whale and See also:

seal oil, are exported, and the See also:

HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery is very productive. Imports are See also:

COAL

coal, textiles, See also:

salt, See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

FLOUR

flour. Mean temperature of See also:

YEAR

year 36.4° F.; See also:

FEBRUARY

February 25°; See also:

JULY

July 51.8°. Tromso was founded in 1794. A number of Lapps usually encamp in the neighbouring Tromsdal during summer.

The coast scenery, with its islands and snowy mountains, is See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and beautiful.

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