See also:

• BRAILA (in Rumanian Braila, formerly IBRAILA)

BRAILA (in Rumanian Braila, formerly IBRAILA)  , the See also:

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

capital of the See also:

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

department of See also:

• BRAILA (in Rumanian Braila, formerly IBRAILA)

Braila, See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania; situated amid See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and dreary 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 on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, about too m. from its mouth at See also:

• SULINA

Sulina . Pop . (1900) 58,392, including xo,811 See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews . Southward, the Danube encircles a vast fen, tenanted only by waterfowl and herds of See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• SWINE

swine, while the See also:

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

plain which extends to the See also:

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

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and east only grows fertile at some distance inland . Braila itself is plainly built on a bank rising about 50 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; but partly on a narrow See also:

• STRIP

strip of ground which separates this bank from the See also:

• WATER

water's edge . Along the See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest of the bank a public See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park is laid out, commanding a view of the desolate See also:

• DOBRUDJA (Bulgarian Dobritch, Rumanian Dobrogea)

Dobrudja hills, across the river . On the landward See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, Braila has the shape of a See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

crescent, the See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve of its See also:

• OUTER

outer streets following the See also:

• LINE

line of the old fortifications, dismantled in 1829 . Few houses, among the older quarters, exceed two storeys in height, but the See also:

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

main streets are paved, and there is a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of filtered water . A wide See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

avenue, the Strada Bulivardului, divides the See also:

• TOWN

town proper from the suburbs . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal 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, among many, is the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael, a large, ungainly See also:

• BUILDING

building of See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone . Electric tramways intersect the town, and are continued for 3 M. to Lacul Sarat (See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

Salt See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake), where there are See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs and mud-See also:

• BATHS

baths, owned by the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, which contain over 45% of salt, See also:

• IODINE (symbol I, atomic weight '26.92)

iodine and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur, are among the strongest of their See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe; and are of high repute, being annually visited by more than a thousand patients .

Braila is the seat of a chamber of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce . It is the See also:

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

chief See also:

• PORT

port of entry for See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia, and the headquarters of the See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain 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; for, besides its advantageous position on the river, it is connected with the central Walachian See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways by a line to See also:

• BUZEU

Buzeu, and with the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian and Moldavian systems by a line to See also:

• GALATZ (Galalii)

Galatz . Quays, where See also:

• SHIPS

ships See also:

• DRAWING

drawing 15 ft. of water can See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge, line the river front; and there are large docks, grain See also:

• ELEVATORS, LIFTS

elevators and See also:

• WARE

ware-houses, besides See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper See also:

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

mills, roperies, and See also:

• SOAP

soap and See also:

• CANDLE (Lat. candela, from candere, to glow)

candle See also:

• WORKS

works . Over 20 steamers, maintained by the state, ply between Braila and See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam . Among the vessels of all nations, the See also:

• BRITISH

British are first in See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers and See also:

• TONNAGE

tonnage, the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek second . Grain and See also:

• TIMBER

timber See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the chief articles of export; textiles, machinery, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron goods and See also:

• COAL

coal being most largely imported . Many events connected with the See also:

• HISTORY

history of Walachia took See also:

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

place in the neighbourhood of Braila . In 1475 See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen the See also:

• GREAT

Great, having dethroned the See also:

• VOIVODE (also Vaivode, Vayvode, Wayvode, &c., Med. Gr. oe 68os)

voivode Radu, burned the town . In 1573 another Moldavian See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince took the See also:

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

city by See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm, and massacred the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison . In 1659 it was again burned by the Walachian prince Mircea, and for 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 the See also:

• TURKS

Turks were expelled, but afterwards returned . In the latter See also:

• PART

part of the 18th See also:

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

century Braila was several times captured by the Russians, and in 1770 it was burned . By the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest (1812) the Turks retained the right of garrisoning Braila .

In 1828 it was gallantly defended by Soliman See also:

• PASHA

Pasha, who, after holding out from the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of May until the end of See also:

• JUNE

June, was allowed to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march out with the honours of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . At the peace of See also:

• ADRIANOPLE
• ADRIANOPLE (anc. Hadrianopolis; Turk. Edirne, or Edreneh; Slay. Odrin)

Adrianople (1829) the place was definitely assigned to Walachia; but before giving it up, the See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke Michael of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia razed the citadel, and in this ruinous See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition it was handed over to the Walachians . Braila was the spot chosen by the Russian See also:

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

general See also:

• GORCHAKOV, or GORTCHAKOEF

Gorchakov for See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the Danube with his See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in 1854 . On the See also:

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

banks of the Danube, a little above the city, are some remains of the piles of a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge said by a very doubtful tradition to have been built by See also:

• DARIUS (Pers. Darayavaush; Old Test. Daryavesh)

Darius (c . 500 B.C.) .