Lencoran, a Russian seaport on the Caspian Sea, 130 miles S. of Baku. In the vicinity are celebrated sulphur-springs. Pop. 5540. It was surrendered to Russia by Persia in 1813. Excavations carried on here in 1890 yielded important prehistoric remains.
Lencoran
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 574
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