Trikhala, a town of Greece, in Thessaly, 40 miles W. of Larissa, is built on the slope of a hill, manufactures cotton and woollen stuffs, and has a large transit trade. The neighbouring plains, which are watered by the Salambria (anc. Peneus), are rich in fruits. Pop. (1896) 21,149. Trikhala, the Trikka of Homer, was celebrated for its temple of Æsculapius. It was ceded to Greece in 1881.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 294
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