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ZEBEN, a town of Hungary, on the river Tarza or Torissa; 
25 miles north-north-west of Caschau. Population 2100. 
ZEB1D, a city of Arabia, once the capital of Yemen, and 
the seat of a most extensive trade: but since its port at 
Ghalefka has been choaked up, this has been transferred to 
Mocha, and Zebid has fallen into a state of great decay. It 
has even become an employment of the' people to sell the 
stones of the old edifices, for the purpose of being employed 
in new erections elsewhere. The old mosques and minarets 
still give to the place a magnificent appearance from a dis¬ 
tance; and it is still distinguished by an academy, much 
resorted to by the youth of Yemen, for the prosecution of 
such sciences as are cultivated among Musulmen; 52 miles 
north of Mocha. 
ZEBRA, s. An Indian ass, naturally striped. Mason .— 
The chiefs are generally clad in skins of lions, tygers, or 
zebras. Hatvkcsioorth. 
ZEBU ISLE, one of the Philippine islands, situated about 
the 123d and 124th degrees of east long It is 108 miles in 
length, by 24 in breadth. It was here that Magellan fell, in 
a skirmish with the natives, in 1521. 
ZE'CHIN, s. [From Zecha , a place in Venice where the 
mint is settled for coinage.] A gold coin worth about nine 
shillings sterling. 
ZED, s. The name of the letter z .—Thou whoreson .zed, 
thou unnecessary letter. Shakspeare. 
ZEDDAM, a village of the Netherlands, in Gelderland. 
Population 1800. 
ZEDLETZ, Old, a town of Bohemia; 5 miles north¬ 
west of Hayd. Population 900. 
ZE'DOARY. s. \_zedoaire, French.] A spicy plant, some¬ 
what like ginger in its leaves, but of a sweet scent.— If some 
infrequent passenger'crossed our streets, it was not without 
his medicated posie at his nose, and his zedoary or angelica 
in his mouth. Bp. Hall. 
ZEDROS, a river of New Granada, in the province of 
Choco, which rises in the province of Popayan, and falls into 
the Pacific ocean. 
ZEELST, a village of the Netherlands, in North Brabant, 
with 1000 inhabitants. 
ZEEVENBERGEN, a town of the Netherlands, province 
of Utrecht. Population 2800. 
ZEGGO, a town of Central Africa, south of the Niger, on 
the caravan route from Cadina to Ashantee. 
ZEGIIAMA, a town of Darfur; 60 miles north of Cobbe. 
ZEGEN, a poor village of Fezzan, on the southern border 
of the desert of Soudah; 65 miles north of Mourzouk. 
ZEGMA, a small town of Diarbekir, in Asiatic Turkey, 
situated on the Euphrates. 
ZEGZEG, a country and city of central Africa, situated 
to the eastward of Agadez. 
ZEHDEN, a town of the Prussian province of Branden¬ 
burg, on the river Mughtz; 46 miles east-north-east of Ber¬ 
lin. Population 1000. 
ZEHDEN1K, a town of the Prussian province of Bran¬ 
denburg. Here is a foundry for casting balls, bombs, and 
other milifary stores ; 33 miles north of Berlin. Population 
1600. 
ZEH1STA, a village of Germany, in Saxony; 3 miles 
south of Pima. 
ZEHREN, a village of Germany, in Saxony, on the Elbe; 
5 miles north-north-west of Meissen. 
ZE1BO, an island or rock in the Atlantic ocean, near the 
coast of Yucatan. 
ZEIDEN, a town of Transylvania, north-west of Cron- 
stadt. Population 3200. 
ZEIDLER, a village of Bohemia, in the circle of Leutme- 
ritz, on the borders of Lusatia. Population 1000. 
ZEILA, a seaport, capital of the kingdom of Adel, situated 
to the south of Abyssinia. It lies on the gulf of Aden, almost 
immediately beyond the straits of Babelmandel, and on a 
bay, great part of which is dry at low water. The inhabi¬ 
tants are Mahometans, and dependent upon Yemen. The 
place is the theatre of a considerable trade; and contains 
some good houses, though the greater part of the habi- 
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tations consist of poor cottages. Lat. 10. 45. N. lon°- 44 
20. E. 
ZEISELMAUER, a small towm of Germany, on the 
Danube; 11 miles north-north west of Vienna. 
ZEISEN, an island of the Atlantic ocean, on the coast of 
New Granada, South America, and province of Carthagena. 
It is in the bay of Tolu, and lies farthest out of all the islands 
which form that bay. 
ZE1SKAM, a village of the Bavarian circle of the Rhine, 
near Spire. Population 1100. 
ZE1THAYN, a village of Saxony, on the Elbe; 24 miles 
north-west of Dresden. 
ZEITLARN, a large village of Bavaria, on the river 
Regen ; 5 miles north of Ratisbon. 
ZEITUN, Seitun, or Isdin, a town of Greece, in the 
sandgiacat of Egribos, at a small distance from the gulf of 
Zeitun. It is an open town, and contains 4000 inhabitants,, 
who export silk, cotton, and corn, and participate in the 
transit trade Irorn Larissa and Salonica, to the Morea. To 
the southward lies the famous pass of Thermopylae ; 48 miles 
south-by-east of Larissa. Lat. 39. 6. N. long. 22. 58. E. 
ZEITUN, a town in the island of Malta, which, though 
little known beyond the limits of the island, contains 3900 
inhabitants. 
ZEITZ, an ancient town of Prussian Saxony, on the Elsfer; 
16 miles east-soulh-east of Naumburg, and 67 west of Dresden. 
It contains 5400 inhabitants, and has some small manufac¬ 
tures of woollens, leather, and earthenware. It is surrounded 
with a wall, and contains a beautiful castle called Moritz- 
burg, formerly the residence of the princes of Saxe-Zeitz. 
ZELAND1A, a fort built by the Dutch, in the colony of 
Surinam, on the shore of the river. 
ZELANDY, a small island in the Eastern seas, near the 
west coast of Sumatra. Lat. 0. 53. N. long. 98. 14. E. 
ZELAYA, a town of Mexico, in the province of Val¬ 
ladolid. Its streets are strait, well proportioned, and regular; 
110 miles north-west of Mexico. Population 600. Lat. 2. 0. 
38. N. long. 100.30. W. 
ZELE, a town of the Netherlands, in East Flanders; 14 
miles east of Ghent. 
ZELECHOW, a town of Poland, 50 miles south-east of 
Warsaw, with 1000 inhabitants. 
ZELEH, a town of Asiatic Turkey, in the government of 
Sivas ; 21 miles west-south-west ofTocat. 
ZELENIN, a small island in the Frozen ocean, near the 
south-west coast of Nova Zembla. Lat. 70. 50. N. long. 
56. 24. E. 
ZELENOIKOLOK, a fortress of Asiatic Russia, in the 
government of Caucasus, on the Oural. 
ZELEZENSKAIA, a fortress of Asiatic Russia, in the 
government of Kolivan, on the eastern side of the Irtysch. 
ZELHEM, a village of the Netherlands, in Gelderland ; 
12 miles south-east of Zutphen. Population 2200. 
ZELL, or Celle, a city of Germany, in Hanover, at the 
confluence of the rivers Fuhse and Aller. It is surrounded 
with a mound and moat, but has suburbs on the outside; 
and the palace belonging to the royal family is surrounded 
by a separate wall and ditch. It has several charitable in¬ 
stitutions, an orphan-house, a lunatic-hospital, a poor-house; 
also a school of surgery, and a society of agriculture. It is, 
however, best known by its court of appeal for the Hanove¬ 
rian territory at large. Each province sends to this court two 
deputies, as assessors. The town is tolerably built, and has 
some trade; and the inhabitants, who are chiefly Lutherans, 
are in number about 8200. Zell was formerly the capital of 
a duchy belonging to a distinct branch of the house of Bruns¬ 
wick: on the extinction of this branch in 1705, their pos¬ 
sessions devolved to the elector. The ducal palace was the 
residence of the unfortunate Caroline Matilda, queen of 
Denmark, from 1772 till her death in 1775; and a monu¬ 
ment of Saxon marble is erected to her memory in the French 
garden; 21 miles north-north-east of Hanover, and 65 south 
of Hamburg. 
ZELL, a town of Germany, in Bavarian Franconia; 3 
miles north of Schweinfurt. Population 1000. 
ZELL, 
