Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

YALTA

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 901 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: YAK-ZYM

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

YALTA , a seaport of See also:

Russia, in the See also:

GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

TAURIDA

Taurida, on the S. See also:

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

coast of the See also:

CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea, at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the Yaila Mountains, 32 M . S. of See also:

SIMFEROPOL

Simferopol . Pop . 13,269 . It is the Galita or Jalila of the Arab geographers . Its roadstead is open, and the See also:

ANNUAL

annual mean temperature is 56.5° F . The See also:

TOWN

town is a See also:

FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion-able summer resort .

End of Article: YALTA

[back]
YALE UNIVERSITY

[next]
YAM

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.

Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.