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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 970 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZENGG(Hungarian, Zeng; Croatian, Senj; See also:Italian, Segna) , a royal See also:free See also:town of See also:Hungary, in the See also:county of Lika-Krbava, Croatia-Slavonia, 34 M. S.E. of See also:Fiume, on the Adriatic See also:Sea. Pop. (1900) 3182. Zengg lies at the entrance to a See also:long cleft among the Velebit Mountains, down which the See also:bora, or N.N.E. See also:wind, sweeps with such violence as often to render the See also:harbour unsafe, although the See also:Austrian See also:Lloyd steamers See also:call regularly. Apart from the See also:cathedral of its See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop, a gymnasium, and some See also:ancient fortifications, the town contains little of See also:interest. It carries on a small See also:trade in See also:tobacco, See also:fish and See also:salt. The See also:island of See also:Veglia faces the town and the See also:port of See also:San Giorgio lies 5 M. S. The captaincy of Zengg was established, in the 15th See also:century, by See also:King See also:Matthias See also:Corvinus of Hungary, as a check upon the See also:Turks; and subsequently, until 1617, the town became famous as the stronghold of the See also:Uskoks.

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