IMBROS  , a See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• AEGEAN

Aegean, at the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern end of the Thracian See also:

• CHERSONESE, CHERSONESUS

Chersonese See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula . It forms with See also:

• SAMOTHRACE (Turk. Semadrek)

Samothrace, about 17 M. distant, a caza (or See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton) in the sanjak of See also:

• LEMNOS (mod. Limnos)

Lemnos and See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of the See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago Isles . See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (v . 26) mentions it as an See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode of the historic See also:

• PELASGIANS

Pelasgians (q.v.) . It was, like Samothrace, a seat of the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of the Cabeiri (q.v.) . The. island is now the seat of a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek bishopric . There is communication with the mainland by occasional vessels . The island is of See also:

• GREAT

great fertility—See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, oats, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley, See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives, See also:

• SESAME

sesame and valonia being the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal products, in addition to a variety of fruits . Pop. about 92,000, nearly all See also:

• TURKS

Turks .