Yunnan
the capital, is in the S. E., and is a busy and prosperous town, with large copper factories, and manufactures of silks and carpets. Pop. 200,000.
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Single-source entries: Y (10)
These 5 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Yunnan, Yusuf, Yuthia.
Yusuf
or YUSSUF, ABU AMRU ( yös öf), an Arabic historian; born in Cordova, in 976. He was profoundly he versed in the traditions of the Oriental be indifferent Mussulman countries. He wrote: " Behedjet-Almodjalisyn," a tales about Mahomet, etc.; "Tamhyd," a commentary on one of the chief Mussulman works of religious and civil law; "History of the Opinions and Doctrines 1791. of the Principal Mussulman Sects"; "History of the Wars Against the Christians"; etc. He died in Xativa, in 1070.
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Yuthia
or AYODHYA, the former capital of Siam; 40 miles N. of Bangkok; is almost encircled by the Méinan, whose fisheries furnish the town its principal pal employment. The German Mandelslohe in the 15th, and Portuguese Mendez Pinto in the 16th centuries, describe the marvels of this "Venice of the but 1768 it was razed to the ground by the King of Ava, and of its famous structures there only remains the "Golden Mountain," a neighboring pyramid 400 feet high, with a gilded colossal statue of Buddha. The modern town is the summer residence of many Bangkok merchants, and has an estimated population of 40,000, including many Chinese and Burmese.
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Yverdon
or YVER- DUN, a pleasant Swiss town of 6,300 ins habitants in the Canton de Vaud; at the S. end of the Lake of Neufchâtel; 20 miles N. of Lausanne. The old castle, built in 1135, was used by PESTALOZZI (q. v.) as an educational institute; and is now occupied by municipal schools, a library, and museum. There is a sulphur bath less than a mile out of the town.
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Yvetot
an old town of France; in the department of Seine- Inférieure; 24 miles N. N. W. of Rouen. There are manufactures of linen, cotton, calico, and a trade in cattle and agricultural produce. The court and jail occupy the site of a Bernardine monastery (1650-1781). Pop. 7,007. The town and territory of Yvetot was long a semisovereign principality, and the Lord of Yvetot was popularly styled "King of Yvetot." This singular dignity was formally abrogated in 1681, but the people of Yvetot retained some privileges till the Revolution. Pop. about 8,000. Béwell-known song, "The King of well-k ranger's Yvetot " ( 1812), translated by Thackeray, was a satire on Napoleon.
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