Carniola
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Grandsons purports to be the story, as told to Adamic himself, of three third-generation U. S.-Slovenes from Carniola.
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In Jugoslavia, especially in his little native province of Carniola, Adamic was almost a national hero.
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Austria proper was left to his eldest son Maximilian, Tirol to the archduke Ferdinand; and Styria with Carinthia and Carniola to the archduke Charles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
Hepatic cinnabar is an impure variety from Idria in Carniola, in which the cinnabar is mixed with bituminous and earthy matter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
Engel, the good old steward, was soon after dismissed from office, and retired, with the fruits of faithful service, to his native town in Carniola.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
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