ISMAILIA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, the central station on the See also:

• SUEZ

Suez See also:

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

Canal, on the N.W. See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

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

Lake Timsa, about 50 m. from the Mediterranean and the Red 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, and 93 M . N.E. of See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1907) 10,393 . It was laid out in 1863, in connexion with the construction of the canal, and is named after the See also:

• KHEDIVE

khedive See also:

• ISMAIL (1830-1895)

Ismail . It is divided into two quarters by the road leading from the landing-See also:

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

place to the railway station, and has numerous public offices, warehouses and other buildings, including a See also:

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

palace of the khedive, used as a See also:

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

hospital during the See also:

• BRITISH

British military operations in 1882, but subsequently allowed to fall into a dilapidated See also:

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

condition . The broad macadamized streets and See also:

• REGULAR

regular squares bordered with trees give the town an attractive See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance; and it has the See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage, a rare one in Egypt, of being surrounded on three sides by flourishing gardens . The Quai Mehemet See also:

• ALI

Ali, which lies along the canal for upwards of a mile, contains the chalet occupied by See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand de See also:

• LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE (1805-1894)

Lesseps during the See also:

• BUILDING

building of the canal . At the end of the See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay are the See also:

• WORKS

works for supplying See also:

• PORT

Port Said with See also:

• WATER

water . On the other See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the lake are the so-called Quarries of the Hyenas, from which the building material for the town was obtained .