See also:

• LESINA (Serbo-Croatian, Hvar)

LESINA (Serbo-Croatian, Hvar)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the Adriatic See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, forming See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• DALMATIA (Ger. Dalmatien; Ital. Dalmazia; Serbo-Croatian, Dalmacija)

Dalmatia, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria . See also:

• LESINA (Serbo-Croatian, Hvar)

Lesina lies between the islands of Brazza on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• CURZOLA (Serbo-Croatian Korcula or Karkar)

Curzola on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south; and is divided from the See also:

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

peninsula of Sabbioncello by the Narenta channel . Its length is 41 m.; its greatest breadth less than 4 M . It has a steep rocky See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast with a See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of thinly wooded See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone hills . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is mild, and not only the See also:

• GRAPE

grape and See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive, but See also:

• DATES

dates, See also:

• FIGS

figs and the carob or See also:

• LOCUST

locust-See also:

• BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

bean flourish . The cultivation of these fruits, See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building, fishing and the preparation of See also:

• ROSEMARY

rosemary essence and See also:

• LIQUEURS

liqueurs are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal resources of the islanders . Lesina (Hvar) and Cittavecchia (Starigrad) are the principal towns and seaports, having respectively 2138 and 3120 inhabitants . Lesina, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, contains an See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal, an See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory and some interesting old buildings of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It is a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic bishopric, and the centre of an administrative See also:

• DISTRICT

district, which includes Cittavecchia, See also:

• LISSA (Polish Lezno)
• LISSA (Serbo-Croation Vis; Lat. Issa)

Lissa, and some small neighbouring islands . Pop . (1900) of island 18.o91, of district 27,928 . To the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive " Illyrian" See also:

• RACE

race, whose See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone cists and See also:

• BRONZE

bronze implements have been disinterred from barrows near the capital, may perhaps be attributed the " Cyclopean " walls at Cittavecchia .

About 385 B.C., a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony from See also:

• PAROS, or PARO

Paros built a See also:

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

city on the site of the See also:

• PRESENT

present Lesina, naming it Paros or Pharos . The forms Phara, Pharia (See also:

• COMMON

common among Latin writers), and Pityeia, also occur . In 229 B.C. the island was betrayed to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans by See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius, See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of the Illyrian See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen Teuta; but in 219, as Demetrius proved false to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome also, his capital was razed by See also:

• LUCIUS

Lucius See also:

• AEMILIUS, PAULUS (PAOLO Ea111.io) (d. 1529)

Aemilius Paullus . Neos Pharos, now Cittavecchia, took its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and flourished until the 6th century, when the island was laid See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste by See also:

• BARBARIAN (Gr. fap/3apos)

barbarian invaders . See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine Porphyrogenitus mentions Lesina as a colony of See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan Slays, in the loth century . Throughout the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages it remained a purely See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic community; and its name, which appears in old documents as Lisna, Lesna or Lyesena, " wooded " is almost certainly derived from the Slavonic lyes, " See also:

• FOREST

forest," not from the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian lesina, " an See also:

• AWL (0. Eng. ael; at one time spelt nawl by a confusion with the indefinite article before it)

awl." But the old See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form Pharia persisted, as Far or Hvar, with the curious result that the See also:

• MODERN

modern Serbo-Croatian name is Greek, and the modern Italian name Slavonic in origin . Lesina became a bishopric in 1145, and received a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter from See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice in 1331 . It was sacked by the enemies of Venice in 1354 and 1358; ceded to See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary in the same See also:

• YEAR

year; held by See also:

• RAGUSA
• RAGUSA (Serbo-Croatian Dubrovnik)

Ragusa from 1413 to 1416; and incorporated in the Venefian dominions in 1420 . During the 16th century Lesina city had a considerable maritime See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and, though sacked and partly burned by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks in 1571, it remained the See also:

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

chief See also:

• NAVAL

naval station of Venice, in these See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, until 1776, when it was superseded by Curzola . Passing to Austria in 1797, and to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 18o5, it withstood a See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian attack in 1807, r Ethnological See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

Map of See also:

• DAGHESTAN

Daghestan.but was surrendered by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 1813, and finally annexed to Austria in 18r5 .