Tyrol, a crownland of Austria; lies between Bavaria (N.) and Italy (S. and W.); traversed by three ranges of the Alps and by the rivers Inn and Adige; it is famed for the beauty of its scenery; inhabited by Catholic Germans and Italians; sheep-farming, mining, and forest, fruit, and wine cultivation are the chief industries; capital Innsbruck (q.v.).
Population (circa 1900) given as 929,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Tyre * Tyrone