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VACZ (Ger. Waitzen)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 837 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VACZ (Ger. Waitzen)

VACZ (Ger. Waitzen) , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Hungary, in the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun, 20 M. N. of See also:

BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (rgoo) 16,563. It is situated on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, at the point where this See also:

RIVER

river takes its See also:

SOUTHERN

southern course, and at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the Nagyszal (Ger. Waitzenberg), on the outskirts of the Carpathians. It is the seat of a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic bishopric, founded in the Ilth See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and contains a beautiful See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, built in 1761-1777, after the See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of St See also:

Peter's at See also:

Rome. Amongst other buildings are the episcopal See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, with a museum of Roman and See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval antiquities, several convents, and the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

DEAF

deaf and dumb See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. There are large vineyards in the neighbouring hilly See also:

DISTRICT

district, and the exportation of grapes is extensively carried on. Vacz was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of two victories gained by the Austrians against the See also:

TURKS

Turks, one in 1597 and the other in 1684. VADE-MECUM, a Latin phrase meaning literally " come with me " (Dade, imperative of vaderc, to go or come; cum, with; me, abl. of ego, I), and used in See also:

French, See also:

SPANISH

Spanish and See also:

ENGLISH

English for something that a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person is in the See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of constantly taking about with him, especially a See also:

BOOK

book of the nature of a handy See also:

GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide or See also:

WORK

work of reference.

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