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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ALCIRA , a

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TOWN

town of eastern

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Spain, in the

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Valencia; on the

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LEFT

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BANK

bank of the

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RIVER

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JUCAR

Jucar, and on the Valencia-

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ALICANTE

Alicante railway . Pop . (1900) 20,572 . Alcira is a walled town, surrounded by

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orange and mulberry groves, and by

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low-lying

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rice-swamps, which render its

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NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

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hood somewhat unhealthy .

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SILK

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FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and rice are its

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

chief products . It is sometimes identified with the

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ROMAN

Roman Saetabicula . In the

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MIDDLE

middle ages it was a prosperous Moorish trading-station .

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