Leghorn, a flourishing Italian seaport, on the W. coast, 60 m. from Florence; is a fine city, with broad streets and many canals; its exports include wine, silk, oil, marble, and straw hats; it imports spirits, sugar, and machinery; it does a large and increasing coasting trade, and manufactures coral ornaments; its prosperity dates from the 15th century; it was a free port till 1868.
Population (circa 1900) given as 106,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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