Av'ola (Abolla), a seaport town on the east coast of Sicily, 13 miles SW. of Syracuse. It was destroyed by earthquake in 1693, but afterwards rebuilt. The famous honey of Hybla comes from this neighbourhood. There is tunny-fishing, a sugar-refinery, and some trade in agricultural produce. Pop. 12,286.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 614
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