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See also:ZENGG (Hungarian, Zeng; Croatian, Senj; See also:Italian, Segna)
, a royal See also:free See also:town of See also:Hungary, in the See also:county of Lika-Krbava, Croatia-Slavonia, 34 M
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S.E. of See also:Fiume, on the Adriatic See also:Sea
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Pop
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(1900) 3182
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See also:Zengg lies at the entrance to a See also:long cleft among the Velebit Mountains, down which the See also:bora, or N.N.E. See also:wind, sweeps with such violence as often to render the See also:harbour unsafe, although the See also:Austrian See also:Lloyd steamers See also:call regularly
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Apart from the See also:cathedral of its See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop, a gymnasium, and some See also:ancient fortifications, the town contains little of See also:interest
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It carries on a small See also:trade in See also:tobacco, See also:fish and See also:salt
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The See also:island of See also:Veglia faces the town and the See also:port of See also:San Giorgio lies 5 M
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S
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The captaincy of Zengg was established, in the 15th See also:century, by See also: |
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