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kp-eb0712-070802-7006
KHYRABAD, or Kairabad, a district of Hindustan, in the province of Oude, situated principally between the 27th and 28th degrees of north latitude, and bounded on the [7:12:709]west by the Ganges, and on the east by the Goggra. The country is fertile and well watered, being intersected by the river Goomty; and its chief...
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27 29' N 80 45' E
KHYRABAD
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KHYRPOOR, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Sinde, and the residence of the chiefs of the aristocracy who govern the place. It carries on a considerable trade, and is noted for the dyeing of cloths. Latitude not ascertained.
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KHYRPOOR
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KHYVAH, an independent territory of Asia, which extends on or near the banks of the Oxus a distance of between 100 and 200 miles, and on all quarters is surrounded by the desert. The town of Khyvah, the capital, is about fifteen miles from the Oxus, or 240 miles from Mungushluc, a bay upon the banks of the Caspian Sea....
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KHYVAH
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KIAHING FOU, a large and populous town of China, in the province of Tchekiang. It has extensive silk manufactures, there being scarcely a house in which silk-worms are not bred. It carries on a considerable trade, for the convenience of which canals are cut in every street. It is 130 miles south-east of Nanquin. Long. ...
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32 N 120 14' E
KIAHING FOU
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KIAKHTA, a town of Asiatic Russia, in the government of Irkoutsk, and district of Verschnei-Oudinsk. It is situated in a uniform and rather elevated plain, traversed by a river of the same name, and is surrounded by a lofty range of granitic and wooded mountains of a bleak aspect. It was visited in 1822 by Captain Coch...
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KIAKHTA
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KIAMA, or Khiama, the capital of one of the four petty states or sultanries of Borgoo, a kingdom in the interior of Africa. It consists of a vast collection of thatched huts, built, as well as the town wall, of clay, and irregularly scattered over a considerable surface of ground. It is one of the towns through which t...
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9 37' 33" N 5 22' 56" E
KIAMA
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KIANGNAN, a province of China, which may be considered as the centre of the navigation, wealth, and commerce of this great empire. It is bounded on the east by the sea, on the north by Shantung, on the west by Honan, and on the south by Tchekiang and Quangseö. This extensive province is well watered, being traversed by...
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KIANGNAN
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KIANGSEE, a fine province of China, consisting chiefly of lofty and precipitous mountains, with fertile valleys interposed. It extends southwards from Kiangnan to Quangtong, and yields in abundance both rice and silk. Its mountains also contain various metals and minerals, and it has an uninterrupted navigation from no...
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KIANGSEE
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KIBBAN, a considerable town of Koordistan, situated at the foot of a high mountain, and surrounded by narrow passes and defiles. It is about one and a half mile from the Euphrates, and eighty miles west of Diarbekir.
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KIBBAN
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KIDDER, Richard, an English bishop, was born, according to Wood, at Brighton, but according to others, in Sussex. In 1649, he was admitted sizar in Emmanuel College, Cambridge; in 1652, he took his bachelor’s degree; in 1655, he was elected a fellow; and in 1656, he took [7:12:710]his degree of master of arts. Having b...
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KIDDER
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KIDDERMINSTER, a town of the hundred of Halfshire, in the county of Worcester, with a market, which is held on Thursday. It is 126 miles from London, on the river Stour. It has long been a place of great manufacturing industry. Formerly the chief goods made were of worsted, or of silk and worsted; then bombazeens, plus...
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KIDDERMINSTER
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KIDDLE, or Kidel (Kidellus'),' a dam or weir in a river, with a narrow cut in it, for the laying of pots or other engines to catch fish. The word is ancient, for in Magna Charta (cap. 24) we read Omnes kidelli deponantur per Thamesiam et Medweyam, et per totam Angliam, nisi per costeram maris; and, by King John’s chart...
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KIDDLE
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KIDNAPPING, the forcible abduction or stealing away of man, woman, or child, from their own country, and sending them into another. This crime was capital by the Jewish law. “He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.” (Exod. xxi. 16.) So likewise, in the civil ...
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KIDNAPPING
kp-eb0712-071004-7032
KIDWELLEY, a market-town of South Wales, in the county of Carmarthen, 226 miles from London. It is built on both sides the river Gwendraeth, which is navigable from Carmarthen Bay. It was formerly surrounded with walls, and there are still the ruins of an ancient castle. The neighbourhood abounds with coals, the export...
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KIDWELLEY
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KIEL, a city of Denmark, in the province of Holstein, the capital of a bailiwick of the same name. It stands on a beautiful bay, resembling a lake, on the Baltic, and has an excellent harbour. It contains near 800 houses, with 8000 inhabitants. It is a well-built city, containing a university of high character, with ab...
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54 16' N 10 4' E
KIEL
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KIELCE, a city of Poland, in the province of Cracow, the capital of a circle of the same name, and the seat of a bishop. It is, for a country like Poland, a well-built town, with the bishop’s palace, four churches, a nunnery, 800 liouses, and 5100 inhabitants. Long. 19. 55. E. Lat. 50. 52. N.
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50 52' N 19 55' E
KIELCE
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KIEW, a province or government of European Russia, in the division formerly called Little Russia. It is situated between 28. 30. and 32. 20. east longitude, and 48. 26. and 51. 34. north latitude. It extends over 15,466 square miles, comprehending sixty-eight cities and towns, and 1304 parishes, with several villages a...
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50 26' 19" N 30 22' 25" E
KIEW
kp-eb0712-071101-7045
KILDA, St, or Kirta, a solitary isle in the Atlantic Ocean, belonging to the range of the Hebrides, but removed to a considerable distance from the main cluster. The nearest land to it is Harris, from which it is distant sixty miles in a west-south-west direction; and it is about one hundred and forty miles from the ne...
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KILDA
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KILDARE, an inland county in the province of Leinster, in Ireland, is bounded on the north by the county of Meath, on the east by those of Dublin and Wicklow, on the south by that of Carlow, and on the west by the King’s and Queen’s counties. In shape it somewhat resembles a truncated cone, having its base resting on M...
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KILDARE
kp-eb0712-071401-7084
KILDERKIN, a liquid measure, containing two firkins.
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KILDERKIN
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KILGERRAN, a town of Pembrokeshire, in South Wales, 231 miles from London, on the river Tivi. It is a corporate town, and had once a market, which has been discontinued. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 854, in 1811 to 769, in 1821 to 862, and in 1831 to 879.
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KILGERRAN
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KILKARY, a town of Hindustan, on the sea-coast of the Carnatic, and district of Mina was, 127 miles north-east from Cape Comorin. Long. 78. 53. E. Lat. 9. 15. N.
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9 15' N 78 53' E
KILKARY
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KILKENNY, an inland county, in the province of Leinster, in Ireland, is bounded on the north by the Queen’s county, on the east by the counties of Carlow and Wexford, on the south by the county of Waterford, and on the west by that of Tipperary. It comprehends an area of 513,686 acres, of which 417,117 acres are cultiv...
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KILKENNY
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KILLALA, a town of Ireland, in the county of Mayo, situated on a fine bay of the Atlantic, to which it gives name. There are here some small manufactures, but it is chiefly noted as being the place where the French landed in 1798, and of which they kept possession for about a month. It is 192 miles north-west from Dubl...
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54 13' N 9 8' W
KILLALA
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KILLALOE, a town of Ireland, in the county of Clare, situated on the western bank of the Shannon, over which there is a bridge of nineteen arches. It is an old town, and possesses little or no trade; but there is a water communication with Dublin by means of a canal. Killaloe lies eleven miles north-north-east of Limer...
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KILLALOE
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KILLARNEY, a small town of Ireland, in the county of Kerry. It is a neat, thriving, and well-built place, much frequented on account of the lakes in its vicinity, for a description of which see the article Kerry.
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KILLARNEY
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KILLICRANKIE, a noted pass of Perthshire, Scotland, within about two miles of Blair-Athole. It is formed by lofty mountains impending over the river Garry, which rushes through in a deep channel beneath. In the last century this pass was one of some danger and difficulty, and a path hanging over a tremendous precipice ...
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KILLICRANKIE
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KILLIGREW, William, was the eldest son of Sir Robert Killigrew, and born at Han worth, Middlesex, in theyear 1605. At the age of seventeen, he became a gentleman commoner of St John’s College, where he remained about three years; he then travelled into foreign parts, and, after his return, was made governor of Pendenni...
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KILLIGREW
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KILLOUGH, a considerable village of Ireland, in the county of Down, pleasantly situated on the sea-shore,, with a good quay, and a fine, safe harbour. Long. 5. 38. W. Lat. 54. 15. N.
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54 15' N 5 38' W
KILLOUGH
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KILMALLUCK, a town of Ireland, in the county of Limerick, which some centuries ago was one of the best-built inland towns of Ireland, and made a conspicuous figure in the annals of Irish warfare. Its former splendour is indicated by ruins on a pretty large scale; but, of the monasteries, churches, and other buildings, ...
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KILMALLUCK
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KILMARNOCK, a town in Ayrshire, which is said to derive its name, from the circumstance of St Marnock having suffered martyrdom there, about 350 years after Christ. It is pleasantly situated upon an almost levei plain, surrounded by very beautiful scenery. Of its early history little is known, and neither in a warlike ...
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KILMARNOCK
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KILN, a stove used in the manufacture of various articles; or a fabric formed for admitting heat, in order to dry or burn materials placed in it to undergo such operations.
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KILN
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KILSYTH, a village in the southern part of Scotland. It is situated on the public road, twelve and a half miles from Glasgow, eleven and a half from Falkirk, [7:12:720]and sixteen from Stirling. It is a straggling, irregularly built, but populous place, containing upwards of 2000 inhabitants, who are chiefly engaged in...
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KILSYTH
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KILWINNING, an ancient, and now a considerable and thriving town of Scotland, in the county of Ayr. It is situated on a rising ground about two miles from the sea, three miles north-north-west of Irvine, and three north-east of Saltcoats. Kilwinning consists chiefly of one main street, with several small lanes or alley...
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KILWINNING
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KIMBOLTON, a market-town of the county ofHunting-don, in the hundred of Leightonstone, 65 miles from London. It stands on a rich and fertile plain, is tolerably well built, and has a small market on Friday. It belongs chiefly to the Duke of Manchester, whose magnificent seat near it has long been celebrated, and, by it...
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KIMBOLTON
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KIMCHI, David, a Jewish rabbi, famous as a commentator on the Old Testament, who lived at the close of the twelfth and beginning of the thirteenth century. He was a Spaniard by birth, son of Rabbi Joseph Kimchi, and brother of Rabbi Moses Kimchi, both men of eminent learning amongst the Jews; but he excelled them both,...
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KIMCHI
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KIMEDY, a town of Hindustan, in the Northern Circars, 83 miles south-west from Ganjam. Long. 84. 11. E. Lat. 18. 48. N.
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18 48' N 84 11' E
KIMEDY
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KINATOOR, a small town of Hindustan, in the Carnatic, in which is a Hindu temple, 222 feet in height. Long. 79. 19. E. Lat. 18. 48. N.
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18 48' N 79 19' E
KINATOOR
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KINCARDINESHIRE, or the Mearns, a county in Scotland, situated between 56. 43. and 57. 5. north latitude, and between 1. 47. and 2. 30. west longitude from Greenw ich. It is bounded on the east by the German Ocean; on the north by Aberdeenshire, from which it is divided along the greater part of the boundary by the riv...
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KINCARDINESHIRE
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KINCARDINESHIRE. level of the sea; Clochnaben, remarkable for a protuberance of solid rock on its top, nearly a hundred feet in perpendicular height, and forming a well-known landmark to vessels at sea;^[1. “The four great landmarks at the sea, Are Mount-Mar, Lochnagar, Clochnaben, and Benochie.” ] Kerloak, which rise...
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KINCARDINESHIRE
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KINCARDINE, a considerable and thriving town in the southern part of Perthshire, situated on the shore of the Frith of Forth, at the distance of five miles east from Alloa, four west from Culross, ten from Dunfermline, and twenty-two from Perth. Formerly there were a number of salt-works here, and at one time this plac...
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KINCARDINE
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KINDRED, in Law, persons related to one another, of whom the law reckons three degrees or lines, viz. the descending, ascending, and collateral line.
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KINDRED
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KINETON, a market-town of the county of Warwick, in the hundred of Kington, eighty-four miles from London, situated at the foot of Edgehill, where a battle was fought between Charles the First and the parliament army. The market is held on Tuesday. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 779, in 1811 to 800, in 1821 to 782...
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KINETON
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KING, a monarch or potentate who rules singly over a people. Camden derives the word from the Saxon cyning, which signifies the same thing; and that from can, power, or ken, knowledge, with which every monarch is supposed to be invested. The Latin rex, the Scythian reix, the Punic resch, the Spanish rey, and French roi...
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KING
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KING’S County, an inland county of the province of Leinster, in Ireland, is bounded on the north by the county of Westmeath, on the east by the county of Kildare, on the south by the Queen’s county and Tipperary, and on the west by the counties of Tipperary, Galway, and Roscommon. In its greatest length from south-west...
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KING’S
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KINGHORN, a small burgh in Fife, which joins with Kirkcaldy, Dysart, and Burntisland in sending a member to parliament. For its constituency, see Kirkcaldy. It has charters from King Alexander III. dated 26th June 1284; from King David II. dated 2d July 1364; from King James V. dated 30th August 1541; and from King Jam...
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KINGHORN
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KINGSBRIDGE, a town of the county of Devon, in the hundred of Stanborough, 207 miles from London. It stands at the mouth of Salcomb River, over which is a bridge. It has a good market, which is held on Saturday, is neat and well built, and has a grammar-school endowed. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1117, in 1811 ...
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KINGSBRIDGE
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KINGSBURY, a large parish of the county of Somerset, in the hundred of East Kingsbury, 128 miles from London. It is chiefly agricultural, with some few linen manufactures. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1134, in 1811 to 1181, in 1821 to 1470, and in 1831 to İ695.
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KINGSBURY
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KINGSCLERE, a town of the county of Hants, in the hundred of the same name, fifty-four miles from London. There is a good market, which is held on Tuesday. The chief trade is in malting for the London brewers. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1939, in 1811 to 1863, in 1821 to 2296, and in 1831 to 2532, and with the ...
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KINGSCLERE
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KING’S-LANGLEY, a town of the hundred of Dacorum, in the county of Hertford, twenty miles from London. It stands near the river Colne, and was formerly the residence of Henry III. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 970, in 1811 to 1108, in 1821 to 1242, and in 1831 to 1423.
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KING’S-LANGLEY
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KING’S-NORTON, a parish of the county of Worcester, in the hundred of Halfshire, 116 miles from London. It is on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal, four miles from Birmingham, and participates in some branches of the trade of that town. It has now no market, though one was formerly held. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 2...
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KING’S-NORTON
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KINGSTANLEY, a town in the county of Gloucester, in the hundred of Whitestone, 105 miles from London. It was formerly a borough, and anciently the residence of the Saxon king of Mercia. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1434, in 1811 to 1722, in 1821 to 2269, and in 1831 to 2438.
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KINGSTANLEY
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KING’S-TEIGNTON, a town of the hundred of Teignbridge, in the county of Devon, 185 miles from London. It is chiefly agricultural. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 856, in 1811 to 1001, in 1821 to 1131, and in 1831 to 1288.
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KING’S-TEIGNTON
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KINGSTON, a town of the hundred of the same name, in the county of Surrey, ten miles from London. It is sometimes called, to distinguish it, Kingston-on-Thames, as it is situated on the right bank of that river, over which there is a handsome bridge, lately erected. It is one of the three county towns of Surrey. The sp...
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KINGSTON
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KINGSTON, the capital of Jamaica. See Jamaica. Kingston, a town of Upper Canada, is advantageously situated on the northern bank of Lake Ontario, at the head of the river St Lawrence, and is separated from Points Frederick and Henry by a bay which extends a considerable distance to the north-west beyond the town, where...
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KINGSTON
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KINGSWINTON, a town of the county of Stafford, in the hundred of Stourbridge, 124 miles from London. It is connected by canal navigation with the chief ports of the kingdom, and has become populous and opulent by [7:12:730]its manufactures of glass and pottery. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 6464, in 1811 to 8267,...
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KINGSWINTON
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KINGTON, a town of the county of Hereford, in the hundred of Huntington, 155 miles from London, with a good market on Wednesday. It stands on the river Arrow, is well built, and has a good free-school, and some trade in woollen goods. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1424, in 1811 to 1617, in 1821 to 1980, and in 18...
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KINGTON
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KINROSS-SHIRE, a county in Scotland, bounded on the north-east, east, and south by the county of Fife, and on the north and west by Perthshire, is about twelve miles in length from east to west, and ten miles in breadth from south to north; but,according to the latest survey,contains only seventy-eight square miles, or...
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KINROSS-SHIRE
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KINSALE, a town of Ireland, in the county of Cork, is situated on a bay at the mouth of the river Bandon, which forms a fine harbour called the harbour of Kinsale. The town, being built upon the side of a hill, presents a fine prospect; but, on entering it, the streets are found to be narrow, and the communications dif...
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KINSALE
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KINZIG, one of the six circles into which the grand duchy of Baden is divided. It extends over 543 square miles, comprehending twenty-seven cities and markettowns, 180 villages, and 518 hamlets, with 198,500 inhabitants. About two thirds of the population adhere to the Catholic church, and the remainder are chiefly Lut...
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KINZIG
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KIPPIS, Andrew, a learned and eminent English nonconformist divine and biographer, was born at Nottingham, on the 28th of March 1725. On the death of his father, he was, at the age of five, removed to Sleaford, in Lincolnshire, where he received his grammatical education, and gave such early proofs of talents and progr...
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KIPPIS
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KIRBY-LONSDALE, a town of the county of Westmoreland, in the ward of the same name, 251 miles from London. It is a neat town, in a pleasant valley, with a market, well supplied, on Wednesday. It is situated on the Lune, a river abounding with trout and other fish. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1283, in 1811 to 13...
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KIRBY-LONSDALE
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KIRCHER, Athanasius, a Jesuit, and one of the most learned and laborious men that this celebrated order has ever produced, was born on the 2d of May 1602, at Geysen, a small town near Fulde in Germany. His parents were humble, but respectable, and exerted themselves to give him a good education. Having finished his stu...
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KIRCHER
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KIRCHHEIM, a city of the kingdom of Wirtemburg, in the circle of the Danube, and the capital of a bailiwick [7:12:733]of its own name, which extends over seventy-eight square miles, and contains 25,200 inhabitants. The city is situated on the river Lauter, in a fruitful valley, has a respectable palace, 650 houses, and...
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KIRCHHEIM
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KIRILOW, a city of the province of Novogorod, in Russia, the capital of a circle of the same name, which extends over 579 square miles, containing two cities, 1280 villages and hamlets, inhabited by 52,870 persons. The city stands between two fresh-water lakes, and has 620 houses, with 2460 inhabitants. Long. 38. 29. E...
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KIRILOW
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KIRKCALDY is a town in Fifeshire, about twelve miles from Edinburgh, lying along the margin of a bay, on the north side of the Frith of Forth. It consists chiefly of a very long and spacious street, well paved and lighted, in which there are many elegant houses and shops; also a few smaller streets and lanes, chiefly o...
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KIRKCALDY
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KIRK, a Saxon term, signifying the same with church. Kirk- Sessions, the name of a petty ecclesiastical judicatory in Scotland. Each parish, according to its extent, is divided into several districts, every one of which has its own elder and deacon to oversee it. A consistory of the ministers, elders, and deacons of a...
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KIRK
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KIRCUDBRIGHT, a county in Scotland, situated between 54. 43. and 55. 19. north latitude, and 3. 33. and 4. 34. west longitude from Greenwich, is bounded on the north by the shires of Dumfries and Ayr, on the east and south by the Solway Frith and the Irish Sea, and on the est by the county of Wigtown. It derives its na...
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KIRCUDBRIGHT
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KIRKHAM, a town of the county of Lancaster, in the hundred of Amounderness, 226 miles from London. It is near' the river Ribble, and has a way across the sands and that river, which requires a guide, to Tarleton, a distance of three miles. There is a market on Thursday; and some sail-cloth manufactories are carried on....
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KIRKHAM
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KIRKKILLISSA, or Kirkleeson, a city of Turkey in Europe, the capital of a circle of the same name, in the province of Rumili, about eighty miles from Constantinople, on the road to Silistria. It is surrounded with old walls, is defended by a citadel, and contains a bazar, several mosques, churches, and baths, and about...
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KIRKKILLISSA
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KIRMAN, or Kerman, a province of Persia, is bounded on the east by a part of Seistan and Beloochìstan, west by the province of Fars, south by Laristan, Mukran, and the Persian Gulf, and north by Irak and Khorassan. It has been in all ages partitioned into the habitable and desert regions; the former extending, in extre...
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29 56' N 56 6' E
KIRMAN
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KIRKWALL, the chief town in the Orkney Islands, is situated in long. 3, 23. 6. W. and in lat. 58. 59. 31. N. It consists principally of one crooked, narrow street, about a mile in length. The number of inhabitants in the town and adjoining parish was by the last census 3721. There are four places of worship in the pari...
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KIRKWALL
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KIRSTENSIUS, Peter, professor of physic at Upsal, and physician extraordinary to the queen of Sweden, was born at Breslau in 1577. He studied Greek, Latin, Hebrew,-Syriac, natural philosophy, anatomy, botany, and other sciences. Being told that a man could not distinguish himself in physic unless he understood Avicenna...
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KIRSTENSIUS
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KIRTHIPOOR, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Nepaul, and district of Patan. It was formerly the capital of an independent principality, and was at one time said to contain 6000 houses or families within its jurisdiction; but is at present of little consideration. This place was besieged by Purthi Narrain, the Gh...
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27 30' N 85 37' E
KIRTHIPOOR
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KIRTLE, a term used for a short jacket, as “the Row cry-kir tied Naiads ;” also for a quantity of flax, about a hundredweight.
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KIRTLE
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KIRWAN, Richard, a celebrated chemist, born in the county of Galway, in Ireland. He was originally destined to the study of the law, and, having been called to the bar, followed the profession of advocate, until some circumstances obliged him to quit it; whereupon he applied himself to the study of the natural sciences...
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KIRWAN
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KIRWAL, a town of Hindustan, belonging to the Mahrattas, in the province of Malwah, forty-two miles north-west from Bilsah. Long. 78. 13. E. Lat. 24. 2. N.
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24 2' N 78 13' E
KIRWAL
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KISCHENAU, a town of the Russian province of Bessarabia, the capital of a circle of the same name, and the see of a bishop of Bessarabia and Moldavia. It has an ecclesiastical seminary of the Greek church, and about 3500 inhabitants, among whom are many Jews. Long. 29. 2. 55. E. Lat. 46. 59. 30. N.
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KISCHENAU
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KISHENAGUR, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Ajmeer, thirteen miles south-east from the city of Ajmeer. It is the capital of a small but independent prin [7:12:741]cipality, out of the revenues of which the rajah’s descendants, amounting to 5000, are maintained. His government is completely patriarchal. The raja...
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KISHENAGUR
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KISHENGUNGA, a river of Hindustan, which has its source in the mountains to the north of the Packoli district, and, after a short course, joins the Jhylum River on the north-west frontier of the province of Lahore.
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KISHENGUNGA
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KISHLAK, a town of Persia, on the road from Shiraz to Ispahan, 146 miles west of Shiraz.
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KISHLAK
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KISHM, Kishmee, or Jezira Derawz (Long Island). This is the largest island in the Persian Gulf, which extends sixty mile« along the Persian shore, and is in no place more than twelve miles in breadth. The channel by which it is separated from the continent, which is from threeito eight miles wide at the northern point ...
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KISHM
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KISHTEWAR, a district of Hindustan, in the northeastern extremity of the province of Lahore, situated principally between the 33d and 34th degrees of N. lat. It is bounded on the north-west by the southern range of the Cashmere Hills. The country is in general hilly and covered with wood, and but thinly inhabited. It i...
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34 7' N 75 20' E
KISHTEWAR
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KISLOVODSKOI, ∙ a fort of Asiatic Russia, in the government of Caucasus, and district of Georgiefsk. It has been erected to protect the patients who resort to the remarkable mineral water lately discovered there, which, when it is first drawn from the spring, is perfectly limpid, but soon froths like the best champaign...
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KISLOVODSKOI
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KISSER, a small inhabited island, in the Eastern Seas, about twenty miles in circumference, lying off the northeastern extremity of Timor. It affords refreshments to shipping. Long. 127. 5. E. Lat 8. 5. S.
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8 5' S 127 5' E
KISSER
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KISSING, by way of salutation, or as a token of respect, has been practised in all nations. The Roman emperors saluted their principal officers by a kiss. Kissing the mouth or the eyes was the usual compliment upon any promotion or happy event. Soldiers kissed the general’s hand when he quitted his office. Fathers, amo...
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KISSING
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KISTNAGHER RY, a town and fortress of Hindustan, in the province of Barramahal, 105 miles west from Seringapatam. Long. 78. 23. E. Lat. 12. 32. N. It is situated on a rock 700 feet in perpendicular height, and so remarkably bare and steep that it has never been taken, except by surprise. In 1791 the British troops were...
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12 32' N 78 23' E
KISTNAGHER RY
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KISTNAPATAM, a town of Hindustan, on the seacoast of the Carnatic, eighty-seven miles north from Madras. Long. 80. 16. E. Lat. 14. 19. N.
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14 19' N 80 16' E
KISTNAPATAM
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KIT, in Music, the name of a small violin, of such form and dimension as to be capable of being carried in a case or sheath in the pocket. Its length, measuring from the extremities, is about sixteen inches, and that of the bow about seventeen. Small as this instrument is, its powers are co-extensive with those of the ...
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KIT
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KITCHEN, the room in a house where the provisions are cooked.
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KITCHEN
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KITSINGEN, a city of Bavaria, and the capital of the bailiwick of the same name, in the circle of the Upper Maine. It stands on the right bank of the Maine, over which is a bridge 1000 feet long, connecting it with the suburb Etwashausen, both of which are surrounded with walls and ditches, and flanked by towers. It co...
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KITSINGEN
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KIUN-CHEU-FOU, a city of China, of the first rank, capital of the island of Hainan. It has a port at two miles distance, formed by a river, and much frequented by Chinese vessels. It has also a considerable trade.
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KIUN-CHEU-FOU
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KIUTAIAH, a large city of Asia Minor, and capital of Anatolia. It is situated at the foot and partly up the sides of a cluster of mountains, bounded by a fertile plain on the south. It covers a considerable extent of ground. The houses are large and well furnished, and it contains handsome fountains conveyed from the h...
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39 25' N 29 52' E
KIUTAIAH
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KIU-TCHEOU-FOU, a town of China, in Tchekiang, of the first rank, situated on a fine river. Itjborders both on Kiangsee and Fotchien, from which last it is separated by a range of very rugged mountains, the ascent to which is by stairs. Long. 118. 39. E. Lat. 29. 2. N.
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29 2' N 118 39' E
KIU-TCHEOU-FOU
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KIZILBACHES, a people of Asiatic Russia, in the government of Orenburg. They are not numerous, and consist chiefly of Persians who have been taken captive by the Kirghisses.
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KIZILBACHES
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KIZILERMAK, a large river in Asia Minor, which has its rise from Mount Argish, near Kaisariéh, and, after flowing a considerable space westwards, turns to the south, and falls into the Black Sea about forty miles south of Samsoon, in long. 36. 10. E. lat. 41. 30. N. It is the ancient Halys, and is the finest river in A...
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41 30' N 36 10' E
KIZILERMAK
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KIZILOZIEN, or golden stream, a considerable river or Persia, which is the natural boundary between the provinces of Irak and Azerbijan. According to Rennell, it is the Gozan of the Scripture, and has its source eight or nine miles to the north-west of Sennah in Kurdistan. It runs along the north-west frontier of Irak,...
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KIZILOZIEN
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KIZLAR, a fortified town and capital of a district of the government of Caucasus, in Asiatic Russia. It is situated on the Terek, near its entrance into the Caspian Sea. It carries on a considerable trade, being a sort of entrepôt for the commerce of Astrakan with Persia and the interior of the Caucasus. It exports con...
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43 31' N 46 29' E
KIZLAR
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KLAGENFURT, a circle of the Austrian government of Illyria, bounded on the north and the east by Steyermark, on the south by Laybach, and on the west by Villach. It extends over 1944 square miles, and comprehends, nine cities with their suburbs, fourteen markettowns, and 1626 villages and hamlets, having 27,337 houses,...
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46 12' N 13 55' 57" E
KLAGENFURT
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KLAPROTH, Martin Henry, a celebrated Prussian chemist, professor of chemistry, member of the Academy of Sciences at Berlin, foreign associate of the Institute of France, and of several other academies and learned societies, was born at Berlin, on the 1st of December 1743. He had received from nature an observing, serio...
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