Limasol

Limasol, or LIMASSOL (Gr. Lemissou), the chief seaport of Cyprus. It has no harbour, but the water is not so shallow as at Larnaka; and there is a large trade, chiefly with France, in wine and carobs. Limasol is the only place in Cyprus where English troops are permanently quartered—some in the town and 300 three miles inland. Pop. (1878) 6000; (1890) nearly 10,000.