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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LUSSIN , a small- See also:

island in the Adriatic See also:Sea, in the Gulf of Quarnero, forming together with the adjacent islands of See also:Veglia and See also:Cherso an administrative See also:district in the See also:Austrian crownland of See also:Istria. Pop. (1900) 11,615. The island is 24 M. in length, is of an See also:average breadth of 1.64 m., being little more than 300 yds. wide at its narrowest point, and has an See also:area of 29 sq. m. The See also:chief See also:town and See also:principal See also:harbour is Lussinpiccolo (pop. 7207), which is the most important trading centre in the Quarnero See also:group. The town has become a favourite See also:winter resort, its See also:climate resembling that of See also:Nice. To the See also:south-See also:east of it is Lussingrande (pop. 2349), with an old Venetian See also:palace and a See also:shipbuilding See also:wharf. The island was first peopled at the end of the 14th See also:century. Its inhabitants are renowned See also:seamen.

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