BLIDA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of, See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers, 32 M. by railway S.W. from Algiers, on the See also:

• LINE

line to See also:

• ORAN (Arabic Wahran, i.e. ravine)

Oran . Pop . (1906) 16,866 . It lies surrounded with orchards and gardens, 63o ft. above the 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, at the See also:

• BASE

base of the Little See also:

• ATLAS

Atlas, on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern edge of the fertile See also:

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

plain of the Metija, and the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• WAD

Wad-el-Kebir affluent of the Chiffa .. The abundant See also:

• WATER

water of this stream provides See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power for large See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and several factories, and also supplies the town, with its numerous fountains and irrigated gardens . Blida is surrounded by a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of considerable extent, pierced by six See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates, and is further defended by Fort Mimieh, crowning a steep See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on the See also:

• LEFT

left bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river . The See also:

• PRESENT

present town, See also:

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

French in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, has well-built See also:

• MODERN

modern streets with many arcades, and See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers among its buildings several mosques and churches, extensive See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks and a large military See also:

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

hospital . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal square, the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place d'Armes, is surrounded by arcaded houses and shaded by trees . The centre of a fertile See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and a See also:

• POST

post on one of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main routes in the 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, Blida has a flourishing 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, chiefly in oranges and See also:

• FLOUR

flour . The See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange groves contain over 5o,000 trees, and in See also:

• APRIL

April the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air for See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round is laden with the See also:

• SCENT

scent of the orange blossoms . In the public gardens is a See also:

• GROUP

group of magnificent See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive trees . The products of the neighbouring See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

cork trees and See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

cedar groves are a source of See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue to the town .

In the vicinity are the villages of J,oinville and See also:

• MONTPENSIER, ANNE MARIE LOUISE
• MONTPENSIER, COUNTS AND DUKES OF

Montpensier, which owe their origin to military camps established by See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal Valee in 1838; and on the road to See also:

• MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)

Medea are the tombs of the See also:

• MARABOUT (the French form of the Arab. murdbit, " one who pickets his horse on a hostile frontier "; cf. Portug.marabute; Span. morabito)

marabout Mahommed-el-Kebir, who died in 158o, and his two sons . Blida, i.e. boleida, diminutive of the Arab word belad, See also:

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

city, occupies the site of a military station in the 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 of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, but the present town appears to date from the 16th See also:

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

century . A See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque was built by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of Khair-ed-din See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa, and under the See also:

• TURKS

Turks the town was of some importance . In 1825 it was nearly destroyed by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake, but was speedily rebuilt on a site about a mile distant from the ruins . It was not till 1838 that it was finally held by the French, though they had been in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time eight years before . In April 1go6 it was chosen as the place of detention of Behanzin, the ex-See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• DAHOMEY (Fr. Dahome)

Dahomey, who died in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December of that See also:

• YEAR

year . Blida is the See also:

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

chief town of a See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune of the same name, having ('co6) a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of 33,332 .