NICOSIA  , a See also:

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

city and episcopal see (since 1816) of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• CATANIA (Gr. Katane, Rom. Catinal)

Catania, 21 M. by road N. of the railway station of Leonforte (which is 49 M . W. of Catania) and 42 M . W.N.W. of Catania See also:

• DIRECT

direct, 2840 ft. above 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-level . Pop . (19oi) 16,004 . The See also:

• TOWN

town retains a thoroughly See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, with a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and some other interesting churches, among them S . Maria See also:

• MAGGIORE, LAGO (Lacus Verbanus of the Romans; Fr. Lac Majeur; Ger. Langensee)

Maggiore, with a See also:

• REREDOS (Anglo-Fr. areredos, from arere, behind, and dos, back)

reredos by See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio Gagini.665 A Lombard See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect is still spoken here, and the town is less modernized in every respect than any other in Sicily . The Sicel town of Herbita is usually placed here, but without sufficient See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, and the origin of Nicosia is unknown . It was destroyed by the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens and repopulated by the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans .