Figueira, a watering-place in the Portuguese province of Beira, at the mouth of the Mondego, 23 miles W. by S. of Coimbra. Its harbour is excellent, but difficult of access. Pop. 4470.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 615
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