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OSSA (mod. Kissovo or Kissavo)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 354 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OSSA (mod. Kissovo or Kissavo)

OSSA (mod. Kissovo or Kissavo) , a See also:

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain in the See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

MAGNESIA

Magnesia in See also:

THESSALY

Thessaly, between See also:

PELION

Pelion and See also:

OLYMPUS

Olympus, from whichit is separated by the valley of See also:

TEMPE, VALE QF

Tempe . Height about 6400 ft . The Giants are said to have piled Pelion upon it in their See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

scale Olympus .

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