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ed at the foot of a mountain. 20 m. W. N. W. of
Lerana.
Medina, a county of Ohio. Pop. 7,500. A
town of the same name is the capital.
Medina del Campo, a town of Spain, province
of Leon, in a country abounding with corn and
wine, 23 m. S. S. VV. of Valladolid.
Medina del Rio Seco, a decayed town of Leon,
near the Sequillo, 25 m. N. W. of Valladolid and
56. S. S. E. of Leon.
Medina Sidonia, a town of Spain, in Andalusia,
with a castle, 24 m. S. E. of Cadiz, and 60 S. of
Seville.
Mediterranean, a sea between Asia, Africa, and
Europe, communicating with the Atlantic Ocean
by the strait of Gibraltar, and with the Black Sea
by the strait of GalhDoli, the sea of Marmora, and
the strait of Constantinople. Ifr is of very great
extent, but its tides are inconsiderable, and a con-
stant current sets in from the Atlantic through
the strait of Gibraltar. It contains many islands,
several of them large, as Majorca, Minorca, Cor-
sica, Sardinia, Sicily, Candia, Cyprus, &c. The
eastern part of it, bordering on Asia, is sometimes
called the Levant Sea.
Medway, a river of England, which rises in Ash-
down Forest, in Sussex; entering Kent, it flows
by Tunbridge and Maidstone, and thence to Roch-
ester ; below7 which, at Chatham, is a station for
the royal navy. Dividing into two branches, the
western one enters the Thames, between the
isles of Grain and Sheppey,and is defended by the
fort at Sheerness. The eastern branch, called
the E. Swale, passes by Queenborough and Mil-
ton, and enters the German Ocean below Fever-
sham. The tide flows up nearly to Maidstone
and the river is navigable to Tunbridge.
Medway, ph. Norfolk Co. Mass. 25 m. S. W.
Boston. Pop. 1,766.
Medwi, a town of Sweden, in Gothland, much
frequented on account of its waters, which are
vitriolic and sulphureous. The lodging houses
form one street of uniform wooden buildings,
painted red. It stands near the lake Wetter, 3 m.
from Wadstena.
Meelah, a town of Algiers, province of Constan-
tina, surrounded by gardens producing abundance
of herbs and excellent fruit, particularly pome-
granates. It is 14 m. N. W. of Constantina.
Megara, a town of Greece, in the isthmus of
Corinth, formerly very large, but now inconsid-
erable. It has some fine remains of antiquity.
20 m. W. of Athens.
Megen, a town of the Netherlands, in N. Bra-
bant ; seated on the Meuse, 15 m. W. S. W. of
Nimeguen.
Me ana. See Burrampooter.
Meherrin, a river of Virginia which runs into
N. Carolina, and uniting with the Nottaway forms
the Chowan.
Mehun, a town ofFrance, department of Cher.
Here are the ruins of a castle built by Charles
VII. as a place of retirement; and here he starved
himself, in the dread of being poisoned by his son,
afterwards Louis XI. It is seated on the Yevre,
10 m. N. W. of Bourges.
Mehwas, a district of Guzerat, Hindoostan, in-
habited by a race of marauders who live by
plunder.
Meigs, a county of Ohio. Pop. 6,159. Chester
is the capital. There are townships of this name
in Muskingum, Adams and Morgan Cos. Ohio.
Meigsville, p.v. Randolph Co. Va., p.v. Jack-
son Co. Ten. |
Meinou, a small island in the middle laRe of
Constance, which produces excellent wine. 5 m
N. W. of Constance.
Meinungen, a principality of Germany, in Sax-
ony, forming the territory of the duke of Saxe-
Meinungen, comprising an area of 448 sq. m.,
with 56,000 inhabitants.
Meinungen, the capital of the foregoing princi-
pality, with a fine castle, a lyceum, a council
house, &c. The principal manufacture is black
crape. It is situate amongst mountains, on the
river Werra, 16 m. N. V?. of Hildburghausen and
21 N. of Schweinfurt. Long. 10. 43. E., lat. 50.
38. N.
Meissen, or Misnia, a circle of Saxony, formerly
a margraviate. Part of it was ceded to Prussia in
1815 ; but it has still an area of 1,600 sq. m., with
298,000 inhabitants. It is a fine country, produc-
ing corn,,wine, metals, and all the conveniences
of life; and is situate on both sides of the Elbe,
having Bohemia on the S., and Prussian Saxony
on the N.
Meissen, the capital of the foregoing circle,
with a castle and a famous manufacture of porce-
lain. The cathedral is the burial place of the
Saxon princes to the year 1539. The bridge over
the Elbe, burnt down by the Prussians in 1757,
has been replaced Vy another of a very handsome
construction. M/issen is seated on the rivulet
Meisse, at its junction with the Elbe, 12 m. N. N.
W. of Dresden. Long. 13. 31. E., lat. 51. 11.
N.
Meissenkeim, a town of Bavaria, in a district
of the same name, situate on the Gian, 34 m. N
by E. of Deux Ponts and 30 W. S. W. of
Mentz.
Mellassa, a town of Asiatic Turkey, in Natolia
situate on a fertile plain, near a mountain abound
ing in white marble. It was anciently a city,
adorned with many public buildings, especially
temples ; and is still a large place, but the houses
are mean. 80 m. S. of Smyrna. Long. 27. 50
E., lat. 37. 15 N.
Melazzo See. Milazzo.
Melboum, a considerable village m Derbyshire,
Eng. 8 m. S. by E. of Derby. Here are a church,
four meeting-houses, and the vestiges of an an
cient castle in which t(ie duke of Bourbon was
confined after the battle of Agincourt. The in
habitants are chiefly employed in the manufacture
of worsted stockings and a peculiar kind of silk
flowered shawls.
Melbourne, a township in Buckingham Co.
L, C.
Melek, a town of Austria, with a benedictine
abbey on a high rock, near the Danube. 10 m. W.
of St. Polten.
Melcombe Regis, a town in Dorsetshire, Eng.
It has a good market-place, and a town hall in
which the corporation of Weymouth, and Mel-
combe transact business. It is seated at the month
of the river Wey, opposite to Weymouth, with
which it communicates by an elegant bridge
127 m. W. S. W. of London. See Weymouth.
Meldert, a town ofthe Netherlands, in Brabant.
10 m. S. E. of Louvain.
Mddorf, a town of Denmark, in Holstein, seat-
ed near the mouth of the Miele, 50 m. N. W.
of Hamburgh.
Mddrum, a town of Scotland, in Aberdeen
shire, 17 m. N. N. W. of Aberdeen.
Mdji, a town of Naples, in Basilicata, and a
bishop’s see, with a castle on a rock, 20 m. N. N
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