See also:

• ASUNCION (NUESTRA SENORA DE LA ASUNCION)

ASUNCION (NUESTRA SENORA DE LA ASUNCION)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• PARAGUAY

Paraguay, and See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Paraguay See also:

• RIVER

river in 25° 16' 04" S., 570 42' 40" W., and 970 M. above Buenos Aires . Pop . (est. in moo) 52,000 . The port is connected with Buenos Aires and See also:

• MONTEVIDEO, SAN FELIPE Y SANTIAGO DE

Montevideo by See also:

• REGULAR

regular lines of river steamers, which are its only means of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade communication with the See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• WORLD

world, and with the inland See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• VILLA

Villa' Rica . (95 m.) by a railway worked by an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COMPANY

company . The city faces upon a See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve in the river bank forming what is called the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• ASUNCION (NUESTRA SENORA DE LA ASUNCION)

Asuncion, and is built on a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low sandy See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, rising to See also:

• PRETTY

pretty hillsides overlooking the bay and the low, wooded See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of the See also:

• CHACO

Chaco on the opposite See also:

• SHORE

shore . The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation is only 253 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Asuncion is laid out on a regular See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit for which is largely due to See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

Dictator See also:

• FRANCIA (c. 1450-1517)
• FRANCIA, JOSE GASPAR RODRIGUEZ (c. 1757-1840)

Francia; the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal streets are paved and lighted by See also:

• GAS

gas and See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity; and See also:

• TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone and See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street-See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car services are maintained . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is 'hot but healthful, the mean See also:

• ANNUAL

annual temperature being about, 72° F . The, city is the seat of a bishopric dating from 1547, and contains a large number of religious edifices . It has a See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and public library, but no.See also:

• GREAT

great progress in See also:

• EDUCATION

education has been made . The most prominent edifice in the city is the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace begun by the younger See also:

• LOPEZ, CARLOS ANTONIO (1790-1862)

Lopez, which is now occupied by a bank .

There are some business edifices and residences of considerable architectural merit, but the greater See also:

• PART

part are small: and inconspicuous, a See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the residences being thatched, mud-walled cabins . Considerable progress was made during the last two decades of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, however, notwithstanding misgovernment and the extreme poverty of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . Asuncion was founded by Ayolas in 1535, and is the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest permanent See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement on the La See also:

• PLATA, RIO DE LA, or RIVER PLATE

Plata . It was for a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the seat of Spanish See also:

• RULE

rule in this region, and later the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter struggle between the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church authorities and See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits . Sodas after the See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence in 1811, the city See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under the despotic rule of Dr Francia, and then under that of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder and younger • Lopez, through which its development was greatly impeded . It was captured and plundered by the Brazilians in 1869, and has been the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of several revolutionary outbreaks since then, one of which (1905) resulted in a See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade of several months' duration . (A . J .