Riouw, capital of the island of Bintang (q.v.) and headquarters of a Dutch residency comprising Bintang, the Lingga islands, and other groups between the extremity of Malacca and the coast of Sumatra.
Riouw
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 732
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