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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 910 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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YECLA , a See also:

TOWN

town of E . See also:

Spain, in the extreme N. of the See also:

province of See also:

MURCIA

Murcia, on the Yecla-See also:

Villena railway; it is situated on the W. slope of See also:

MONTE

Monte See also:

CASTILLO

Castillo, which rises above the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

ARROYO (O. Sp. arrogio, Lat. arrogium, a rivulet or stream)

Arroyo del Jua . Pop . (19oo) 18,743 . The chiefbuildings are a See also:

HALF

half-ruined citadel, a See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church with a pillared Corinthian See also:

FACADE

facade, and a town See also:

hall See also:

STANDING

standing in a See also:

FINE

fine arcaded square . Yecla has a thriving See also:

trade in the See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, oil, See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

ESPARTO, or SPANISH GRASS

esparto grass produced in the surrounding See also:

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)

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