See also:

• VEGLIA (Slavonic, Krk)

VEGLIA (See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic, Krk)  , 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, off the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

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

coast of Croatia, from which it is separated by the Celiac della Morlacca . - It is situated in the Gulf of Quarnero, and is separated from the island of See also:

• CHERSO

Cherso,lying on the S.W., by the See also:

• CANALE (or CANALETTO), ANTONIO (1697-1768)

Canale di Mezzo . Together with Cherso and See also:

• LUSSIN

Lussin, the three See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal islands of the Quarnero See also:

• GROUP

group, it: forms the administrative See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Lussin, belonging to the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian crownland of See also:

• ISTRIA (Ger. Istrien)

Istria . See also:

• VEGLIA (Slavonic, Krk)

Veglia is the largest island of the Quarnero group, having an See also:

• AREA

area of 146 sq.m . It is 24 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and about 14 M. across at its widest See also:

• PART

part . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface is mostly rugged and mountainous; but the central, See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern ts%dwetern districts are fertile . The principal See also:

• TOWN

town is Veglia . (pop . 2074), situated on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west coast, with a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• 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 and an interesting See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral .