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JULIA, a Dutch contralto.
Born in Holland in 1881, she first received instruction on the violin, and as a on the vic violin, and as a little girl appeared in the various cities of Holland in recitals. At fifteen years of age she entered the conservatory at Amsterdam to have her voice trained, and completed her studies in voice culture at Berlin. In 1901 she made her début as a singer in Magdeburg, and later gained great popularity throughout Germany by her singing of the German and Italian folk-songs. From 1902-1912 she toured the Continent and achieved a striking success everywhere. In 1913 she made her first tour of America, which was later followed by other tours.
CUMÆ, a very ancient city of Italy in Campania, the oldest colony of the Greeks in Italy, founded about 1030 B. C.
Italy, founded about 1030 в. C. by colonists from Chalcis, in Euboea, and , in Eubea, and from Cyme in Asia Minor. It founded Naples (Neapolis), and in Sicily Zancle or Messina. In 520 B. C. Cumæ was . In 520 B. C. Cume was taken by the Campanians, and came with them under the power of Rome (345 B. c.). It was destroyed A. D. 1207, and a few ruins only now exist.
CUMANÁ, a town of the Venezuelan state of Sucre, on the Manzanares, a mile above its mouth, where the port of Puerto Sucre lies on the Gulf of Cariaco.
It has a national college, and some export trade, but is chiefly of interest as the oldest European town on the South American mainland, having been founded by Christopher Columbus's son Diego as New Toledo in 1521. It has suffered much from earthquakes, and was almost entirely destroyed in 1853. Pop. about 15,000.