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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 995 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VENOURLA , a seaport on the

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

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RATNAGIRI

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DISTRICT

district, Bombay . 'Pop . (rgor) 19,or8 . It was an

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early site of both Dutch and

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ENGLISH

English factories, and was formerly the

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PORT

port for communication with the garrisons in the

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SOUTHERN

Southern Mahratta

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COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . In the neighbourhood are the " Burnt Islands," with the Vengurla

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Rock lighthouse .

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