the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Encyclopedias
Austria
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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s a country of every variety of surface and scenery; is inhabited by peoples of different races and nationalities, speaking different languages, as many as 20, and composed of 50 different states, 5 of them kingdoms; occupies the centre of Europe, yet has free communication with the seas on all sides of it; is the third country for size in it; is divided by the Leitha, a tributary of the Danube, into Cis-Leithan on the W. and Trans-Leithan on the E.; has next to no coast-line; its chief seaport, Trieste; is watered by rivers, the Danube in chief, all of which have their mouths in other countries; has three zones of climate with corresponding zones of vegetation; is rich in minerals; is largely pastoral and agricultural, manufacturing chiefly in the W.; the capital Vienna, and the population over 40,000,000.
Public Domain.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Austria'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/austria.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
