Broussa, a city in the extreme NW. of Asiatic Turkey, at the foot of Mt. Olympus, 12 m. from the Sea of Marmora; the capital of the Turkish empire till the taking of Constantinople in 1453; abounds in mosques, and is celebrated for its baths.
Population (circa 1900) given as 37,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Broughty Ferry * Broussais, Joseph Victor