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THORN

THORN, a town and fortress of the first rank in West Prussia, now in Poland, on the Vistula, 115 m. NW. of Warsaw; formerly a member of the HANSEATIC LEAGUE; was annexed by Prussia in 1815; the birthplace of Copernicus; carries on a brisk trade in corn and timber.


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