Corfu, the most northerly of the Ionian Islands and the largest, 40 m. long, from 4 to 18 broad; was under the protection of Britain, 1815-64; has since belonged to Greece; has a capital (79) of the same name.
Population (circa 1900) given as 78,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Corfe Castle * Corin`na