See also:

• GOLETTA [LA GOULETTE]

GOLETTA [LA GOULETTE]  , a See also:

• TOWN

town on the Gulf of See also:

• TUNIS

Tunis in 36° 5o' N . Io° 19' E., a little See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the ruins of See also:

• CARTHAGE
• CARTHAGE (Phoenician Kart-hadshat, " New City "; Gr. Kapxn5c; v, Lat. Carthago or Carchedon)
• CARTHAGE, SYNODS OF

Carthage, and on the See also:

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

north See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• SHIP

ship See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal which traverses the shallow See also:

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

Lake of Tunis and leads to the See also:

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

city of that name . Built on the narrow See also:

• STRIP

strip of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand which separates the lake from the gulf, See also:

• GOLETTA [LA GOULETTE]

Goletta is defended by a fort and See also:

• BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery . The town contains a summer See also:

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

palace of the See also:

• BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig)

bey, the old seraglio, See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal and See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom-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, and many villas, gardens and See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure resorts, Goletta being a favourite See also:

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

place for 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-bathing . A See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short canal, from which the name of the town is derived (Arab . Halk-el-See also:

• WAD

Wad, " See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat of the canal "), 40 ft. broad and 82 ft. deep, divides the town and affords communication between the ship canal and a See also:

• DOCK

dock or See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin, 1082 ft. See also:

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

long and 541 ft. broad . An electric See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway which runs along the north See also:

• BANK

bank of the ship canal connects Goletta with the city of Tunis (q.v.) . Pop . (1907) about 5000, mostly See also:

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

Jews and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian fishermen . Beyond Cape Carthage, 5 M . N. of Goletta, is La Marsa, a summer resort overlooking the sea . The bey has a palace here, and the See also:

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

French See also:

• RESIDENT

resident-See also:

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

general, the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul, other officials, and many Tunisians have 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-houses, surrounded by groves of See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive trees .

Before the opening of the ship canal in 1893 Goletta, as the See also:

• PORT

port of Tunis, was a place of considerable importance . The basin at the Goletta end of the canal now serves as a subsidiary See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour to that of Tunis . The most stirring events in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the town are connected with the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of the See also:

• BARBARY

Barbary states . Khair-ed-Din See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa having made himself See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of Tunis and its port, Goletta was attacked in 1535 by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V., who seized the pirate's See also:

• FLEET

fleet, which was sheltered in the small canal, his arsenal, and 300 See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon . The See also:

• TURKS

Turks regained See also:

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

possession in 1574 .