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ILHAVO

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 299 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ILHAVO  , a seaport in the

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district of
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Aveiro, formerly included in the
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province of
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Beira,
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Portugal, 3 m . S.W. of Aveiro (q.v.), on the
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lagoon of Aveiro, an inlet of the
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Atlantic Ocean . Pop . (1900) 12,617 . Ilhavo is inhabited chiefly by fishermen, but has a celebrated manufactory of
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glass and
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porcelain, the Vista-Alegre, at which the
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art of glass-cutting has reached a high degree of perfection .
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Salt is largely exported . Ilhavo is celebrated for the beauty of its
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women . It is said to have been founded by
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Greek colonists about 400 B.C., but this tradition is of doubtful validity .

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