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THE BRONX

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 639 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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THE BRONX

BRONX , formerly a See also:

DISTRICT

district comprising several towns in Westchester 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, New See also:

York, U.S.A., now (since 1898) the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York See also:

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

City (q.v.) . Several settlements in the See also:

BRONX, THE

Bronx were made by the See also:

ENGLISH

English and the Dutch between 164o and 165o .

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