MILTON

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MILTON , a

borough

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the
place
- PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)
-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified
place
- PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)
, the
camp
- CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)
of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

of Northumberland county,

Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

, U.S.A., on the Susquehanna river at the mouth of Lime-

stone

Run, about 66 m. N. of Harrisburg. Pop. (189o), 5317; (1900), 6175 (166 foreign-born); (191o), 746o. It is served by the

Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

, and the Philadelphia &

Reading

READING

railways

RAILWAYS

, and is connected with Lewisburg and Watsontown by an electric line. Milton has an attractive public park, is in an agricultural region, and has various manufactures. It was founded in 1792, and incorporated as a

borough

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the
camp
- CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)
of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

in 1817. In 188o it was in

great

GREAT

part

PART

destroyed by

fire

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

.

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