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Y Y A 
YUX, s. [yeox, Saxon : sometimes pronounced yex, and 
yox or yokes. See Yex.] The hiccough. 
YUY, a river of South America, in the province of Buenos 
Ayres, which runs from south-east to north-west, and enters 
the Uruguay. 
YU-YANG, a town of Corea. 
Y-YANG, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Honan. 
Z A B ZAC 
rj IS found in the Saxon alphabets, set down by Grain- 
marians, but is read in no word originally Teutonic: 
its sound is uniformly that of an hard S. No word of English 
original begins with Z. 
ZAAB, a district of Algiers, in Africa, lying immediately 
south of the province of Constantina, and consisting of a 
narrow tract of land, under the Atlas. It formed anciently 
part of the Mauritania Sitifensis, and the Roman masonry 
may be traced all over it. 
ZAANDAM, or Saardam, a town of the Netherlands, 
in North Holland, on the Zaan, near its junction with the Y. 
It consists properly of two great villages, called East and 
West Zaandam, containing together 10,700 inhabitants. 
The houses are for the most part of wood. They are curi¬ 
ously painted on the outside; and many of them are sur¬ 
rounded with sections of canals ; so that, with their gardens, 
they have each the appearance of a petty island. 7’he town 
carries on an active trade, particularly in timber, train-oil, 
tar, and similar articles. Its manufactures of ropes, tobacco, 
and paper, are extensive; but the most important branch of 
its industry is, and has long been, ship-building. At one 
period, in the flourishing days of Holland, it was reckoned 
among the greatest magazines of mercantile naval stores in 
the world. It was here that the czar Peter the Great, under 
the name of Peter Michailov, studied the art of ship-building. 
The house which he occupied is still pointed out; 5 miles 
north-by-west of Amsterdam. 
ZAANDYX, a town of the Netherlands, in North Hol¬ 
land, with 1500 inhabitants. 
Z AB, a village of Irak Arabi, on the Euphrates; 65 miles 
west-south-west of Bagdad. 
ZAB, a river of Kurdistan, formed by the confluence of 
a multitude of small brooks, in the mountainous country to 
the east of the Tigris. About 150 miles north of Bagdad, on 
the road to Mosul, it falls into the Altun su, or golden water ; 
and the united streams afterwards reach the Tigris. 
ZAB, Great, a considerable river of Kurdistan, which 
rises in the mountains of Solymania. It flows, first west, 
then north, and after receiving several tributaries, falls into 
the Tigris, about 40 miles below Mosul. It is so deep, as 
only to be fordable during the summer months. 
ZABALETAS, a settlement of New Granada, in the pro¬ 
vince of Antioquia. 
ZABBAR, a town of the island of Malta, finely situated 
between Cottonera and Zeittone. Around it are raised very 
fine wheat, Indian corn, two sorts of cotton, one while, the 
other of a dark nankeen colour, and a quantity of the small 
purple figs, on which, with coarse brown bread, the natives 
chiefly live. Population 2400. 
ZABELTITZ, a village of Germany, in Saxony; 12 
miles north of Meissen, with a beautiful palace, belonging to 
the royal family. 
ZABER, a river of the west of Germany, in Wirtemberg, 
which joins the Neckar near Laufen. 
ZABIN, a small town of Russian Lithuania, in the go¬ 
vernment of Minsk ; 30 miles north-east of Minsk. 
ZABLUTOW, a town of Russian Lithuania, in the pro¬ 
vince of Bialystok; 11 miles south-east of Bialystok. Po¬ 
pulation 1400. 
ZABNO, a market town of Austrian Poland, on the river 
Donajec; 10 miles north-north-west of Tarnow. 
ZABOLA, or Sabola, a petty town of Transylvania, in 
the country of the Szeklers. It has salt mines in the neigh¬ 
bourhood, and is ten miles north of Cronstadt. 
ZABOROWO, a town of Prussian Poland, on the bor¬ 
ders of Silesia; 22 miles east-north-east of Gros Glo^au 
Population 1000. 
ZABULISTAN, the ancient name of a province of Hin- 
dostan, now included in Afghanistan, and which comprised 
the districts of Cabul, Ghizne, and part of Lumghan. The 
city of Ghizne was its capital. 
ZAC A, a village of Egypt, near the frontier of Syria; 17 
miles north-east of El Arish. 
ZAC ACHE, a settlement of Mexico, in the intendancy of 
Oaxaca, containing 400 Indian families. 
ZACAN, a settlement of Mexico, in the iutendancy of 
Mexico, containing 333 Indian families. 
ZACAPUASTLA, a settlement of Mexico, in the inten¬ 
dancy of Mexico, containing 500 Indian families, and 40 
of Spaniards and mulattoes. 
ZACATECAS, one of the provinces into which Mexico 
is now divided. This province is a mountainous and arid 
tract, with a rigorous climate, and is singularly ill peopled. 
It is bounded on the north by Durango, on the east by San 
Luis Potosi, on the south by the province of Guanaxuato, 
and on the west by that of Guadalaxara. Its greatest length 
is 85 leagues, and its greatest breadth, from Sombrerete to 
the Real de Ramos, 51 leagues. Zacatecas is nearly of the 
same extent as Switzerland, which it resembles in many 
respects. The relative population is hardly equal to that of 
Sweden. The table land, which forms the centre, of the 
province of Zacatecas, rises to more than 6500 feet above 
the level of the sea. This province is famous for its mines, 
which are very rich. The mine of the Veia Negra de Som¬ 
brerete exhibited an example of the greatest wealth of any 
seam yet discovered in the two hemispheres. According to 
the latest enumeration, the inhabitants of the province 
amounted to 153,000. The extent of its surface is 2353 
square leagues; and there are consequently 65 inhabitants to 
each square league. 
ZACATECAS, the capital of the above province, situated 
about 120 miles north of Guadalaxara, and 240 north-west of 
Mexico. It is, after Guanaxuato, the most celebrated mining 
place in New Spain, and contains at least 33,000 inhabi¬ 
tants. It consists chiefly of one street, in a deep passage, 
between high rocks, crowned with cottages. 
ZACATEPEC, a settlement of Mexico, containing 156 
Indian families, and 46 Spanish. 
ZACATULA, or Sacatula, a small seaport, situated on 
the eastern coast of Mexico, on a river of the same name. 
It lies on the frontiers of Valladolid ; 150 miles south-west 
of Valladolid. 
ZACATULA, a river of Mexico, which has its rise in the 
cordillera of Anahuac, and discharges itself into the Pa¬ 
cific. 
ZACATZAN, a town of Mexico, containing 300 Spa¬ 
nish, and 700 Indian families; 35 leagues east-north-east of 
Mexico. 
ZACCHIA (Paolo), an eminent physician, was born at 
Rome in 1585, and in the progress of life was distinguished 
by his learning, and by his skill in music, painting, poetry, 
and eloquence, as well as in the more appropriate sciences 
relating to his own profession. He was physician to pope 
Innocent X., and celebrated among his contemporaries by 
various 
