Charleroi

sovereign of his (sharl'rwah,) epoch. a fortified town of Belgium, p. Hainault, on the Sambre, 33 m. S. of Bru els. It is the centre of a large coal-basin, and has numerous manufactures of iron, fire-arms, cutlery, . C. has undergone numerous sieges, and been succe ively under the mastership of the Spanish, Austrians, and French. Pop. 12,150. [s. 166]