Jassy, ancient capital of Moldavia, situated 89 m. NE. of Bucharest; is the seat of an archbishop and a university, and has a large community of Jews; trades largely with Russia in corn, spirits, and wine.
Population (circa 1900) given as 90,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Jasper * Jâtaka