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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 690 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PYRGOS , a

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TOWN

town of

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GREECE

Greece, in the

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province of Ells and

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ACHAEA

Achaea, 43 M . S.S.W. of

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PATRAS (Gr. Patrai)

Patras . It is the third town in importance in the

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PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

Peloponnesus, and is connected with its

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HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, Katakolon, 7z M. distant, and also with Patras and

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OLYMPIA

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RAIL

rail . It has frequently been injured by

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earth-quakes . Pop . (1907), 13,690 .

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