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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LUSSIN  , a small-

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island in the Adriatic
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Sea, in the Gulf of Quarnero, forming together with the adjacent islands of
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Veglia and
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Cherso an administrative
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district in the
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Austrian crownland of
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Istria . Pop . (1900) 11,615 . The island is 24 M. in length, is of an
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average breadth of 1.64 m., being little more than 300 yds. wide at its narrowest point, and has an
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area of 29 sq. m . The
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chief
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town and
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principal
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harbour is Lussinpiccolo (pop . 7207), which is the most important trading centre in the Quarnero
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group . The town has become a favourite
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winter resort, its
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climate resembling that of
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Nice . To the
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south-
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east of it is Lussingrande (pop . 2349), with an old Venetian
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palace and a
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shipbuilding
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wharf . The island was first peopled at the end of the 14th
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century . Its inhabitants are renowned
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seamen .

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