NIKSHICH (also written N1xsHITCH and NIKSHrTI; Croatian, Nik.fic)

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NIKSHICH (also written N1xsHITCH and NIKSHrTI; Croatian, Nik.fic) , a town of Montenegro, lying in a flat plain enclosed by lofty mountains on the north-west, and watered by the river Zeta. Pop. (1900) about 3500. Owing to the prevalence of floods, a

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

viaduct, a

gift

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut.
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

from

Russia

RUSSIA
RUSSIA (Rossiya)

, was raised between the town and the

mountain

road which leads to Podgoritsa, 6o m. S.E. Nikshich consists of a

mass

of white houses, dominated by the belfry and the

pale

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
pag- of pangere, to fix; "
pole
" is from the same original source)

yellow cupola of its

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

, another

gift

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

from

Russia

RUSSIA
RUSSIA (Rossiya)

. This building is chiefly Byzantine in style, and, though hardly beautiful, is the most impressive and by far the largest of Montenegrin churches. Close by stands a barrack-like royal palace; and a little beyond the town are the ruins of an old castle. As Nikshich possesses a brewery and a clothmill, besides being the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

mart of Western Montenegro for timber, hides, farm-produce and livestock, it ranks second in commercial importance to Podgoritsa. About 12 M. S.E. is the celebrated shrine of Ostrog (see MONTENEGRO). Nikshich was included in the Turkish province of Herzegovina until 1876, in which year it was stormed by the Montenegrins, led by Prince Nicholas in person. In 1878 the Montenegrin possession was ratified by the treaty of Berlin.

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