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ZENGG (Hungarian, Zeng; Croatian, Senj; See also: free See also: town of Hungary, in the county of Lika-Krbava, Croatia-Slavonia, 34 M
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S.E. of Fiume, on the Adriatic See also: Sea
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Pop
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(1900) 3182
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Zengg lies at the entrance to a 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 harbour unsafe, although the See also: Austrian Lloyd steamers See also: call regularly
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Apart from the See also: cathedral of its See also: Roman 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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The captaincy of Zengg was established, in the 15th century, by See also: King
See also: Matthias See also: Corvinus of Hungary, as a check upon the See also: Turks; and subsequently, until 1617, the town became famous as the stronghold of the See also: Uskoks
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