Pirano, a seaport of Austria, on a promontory on the south side of the Gulf of Trieste and 12 miles SW. of the city of Trieste. It has two harbours, an old castle, and manufactures of soap, glass, &c., with neighbouring salt-works. Pop. 9419.
Pirano
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 194
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