See also:

• BELIZE, or BALIZE

BELIZE, or BALIZE  , the See also:

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

capital and See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal seaport of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• HONDURAS

Honduras, on the Caribbean 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, in 17° 29' N. and 88° W . Pop . (1904) 9969 . See also:

• BELIZE, or BALIZE

Belize occupies both See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• RIVER

river Belize, at its mouth . Its houses are generally built of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, with high See also:

• ROOFS

roofs and wide verandahs shaded by cocoanut or See also:

• CABBAGE

cabbage palms . The principal buildings are the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, in the centre of the See also:

• TOWN

town, See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government house, at the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern end, Fort See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, towards the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, the British See also:

• BANK

bank of Honduras, the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent, and the Wesleyan 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, which is the largest and handsomest of all . See also:

• MANGROVE

Mangrove swamps surround the town and epidemics of See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera, yellow See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever and other tropical diseases have been frequent; but the unhealthiness of the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is mitigated to some extent by the high tides which See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the marshes, and the invigorating breezes which See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow in from the sea . Belize is connected by See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph and See also:

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

telephone with the other See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief towns of British Honduras, but there is no railway, and communication even by road is defective . The exports are See also:

• MAHOGANY

mahogany, See also:

• ROSEWOOD

rosewood, See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

cedar, See also:

• LOGWOOD (so called from the form in which it is imported)

logwood and other See also:

• CABINET

cabinet-See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods and dye-woods, with cocoanuts, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• SARSAPARILLA

sarsaparilla, See also:

• TORTOISESHELL

tortoiseshell, deerskins, turtles and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, especially bananas . Breadstuffs, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton fabrics and hardware are imported . Belize probably derives its name from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French balise, " a See also:

• BEACON (from the O. Eng. beacn, a sign, cf. " beckon," another form of the same word)

beacon,'.' as no doubt some See also:

• SIGNAL

signal or See also:

• LIGHT

light was raised here for the guidance of the See also:

• BUCCANEERS

buccaneers who once infested this region . See also:

• LOCAL

Local tradition connects the name with that of See also:

• WALLIS, JOHN (1616-1703)

Wallis or See also:

• WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823— )
• WALLACE, LEWIS [LEW] (1827—1905)
• WALLACE, SIR RICHARD
• WALLACE, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1270-1305)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1768-1843)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1844-1897)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM VINCENT (1814-1865)

Wallace, a Scottish buccaneer, who, in 1638, settled, with a party of logwood cutters, on St George's Cay, a small See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island off the town .

In the 18th See also:

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

century the names Wallis and Belize were used interchangeably for the town, the river and the whole 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 . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of Belize is inextricably See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound up with that of the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of British Honduras (q. v.) .