See also:

• JASSY (Iafit)

JASSY (Iafit)  , also written JASH, JASCHI and YASSY, 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:

• JASSY (Iafit)

Jassy, See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania; situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Bahlui, an affluent of the Jijia, about to m . W. of the Pruth and the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian frontier . Pop . (190o), 78,067 . Jassy communicates by See also:

• RAIL

rail with See also:

• GALATZ (Galalii)

Galatz on the See also:

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

Danube, See also:

• KISHINEV (Kishlanow of the Moldavians)

Kishinev in See also:

• BESSARABIA

Bessarabia, and See also:

• CZERNOWITZ (Rum. Cernautzi)

Czernowitz in Bukowina . The surrounding 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 is one of uplands and See also:

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

woods, among which rise the monasteries of Cetatuia, Frumoasa, and Galata with its See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs, the See also:

• WATER

water-cure See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of Rapide and the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary of Socola . Jassy itself stands pleasantly amid See also:

• VINE

vine-yards and gardens, partly on two hills, partly in the hollowbetween . Its See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive houses of See also:

• TIMBER

timber and See also:

• PLASTER

plaster were mostly swept away after 186o, when See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick or See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone came into See also:

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

general use, and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good streets were cut among the network of narrow, insanitary lanes . Jassy is the seat of the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan of See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia, and of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop . Synagogues and churches abound . The two See also:

• OLDEST

oldest churches date from the reign of 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 Great (1458–1504); perhaps the finest, however, are the 17th-See also:

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

century metropolitan, St Spiridion and Trei Erarchi, the last a curious example of See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• ART

art, erected in 1639 or 1640 by See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil the See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

Wolf, and adorned with countless gilded carvings on its See also:

• OUTER

outer walls and twin towers . The St Spiridion See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

Foundation (due to the liberality of See also:

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

Prince See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory Ghika in 1727, and avail-able for the sick of all countries and See also:

• CREEDS (Lat. credo, I believe), or CONFESSIONS OF FAITH

creeds) has an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual income of over £8o,000, and maintains hospitals and churches in several towns of Moldavia, besides the See also:

• BATHS

baths at Slanic in See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia .

The See also:

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

main See also:

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

hospital in Jassy is a large See also:

• BUILDING

building, and possesses a maternity institution, a midwifery school, a chemical See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute, an inoculating establishment, &c . A society of physicians and naturalists has existed in Jassy since the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the 19th century, and a number of See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals are published . Besides the university, founded by Prince See also:

• CUZA (or CouzA), ALEXANDER JOHN [Alexandru Joan] (1820-1873)

Cuza in 1864, with faculties of literature, See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, there are a military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy and See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of art, See also:

• MUSIC

music and See also:

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

commerce; a museum, a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall and a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre; the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state library, where the See also:

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

chief records of Rumanian See also:

• HISTORY

history are preserved; an See also:

• APPEAL

appeal 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, a chamber of commerce and several See also:

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

banks . The See also:

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

city is the headquarters of the 4th See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps . It has an active 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 in See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum, 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, metals, timber, cereals, See also:

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

fruit, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, preserved See also:

• MEAT

meat, textiles, clothing, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, cardboard and cigarette See also:

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

paper . The inscription by which the existence of a Jassiorum See also:

• MUNICIPIUM (Lat. munus, a duty or privilege, capere, to take)

municipium 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 Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire is sought to be proved, lies open to See also:

• GRAVE

grave suspicion; but the city is mentioned as early as the 14th century, and probably does derive its name from the Jassians, or Jazygians, who accompanied the Cumanian invaders . It was often visited by the Moldavian court . About 1564, Prince See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Lapusneanu, after whom one of the chief streets is named, See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose Jassy for the Moldavian capital, instead of Suceava (now See also:

• SUCZAWA (Rumanian, Suceava)

Suczawa, in Bukowina) . It was already famous as a centre of culture . Between 1561 and 1563 an excellent school and a Lutheran 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 were founded by the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek adventurer, See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob Basilicus (see RUMANIA: History) . In 1643 the first printed See also:

• BOOK

book published in Moldavia was issued from a See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press established by Basil the Wolf . He also founded a school,the first in which the See also:

• MOTHER

mother-See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue took the See also:

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

place of Greek .

Jassy was burned by the See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars in 1513, by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks in 1538, and by the Russians in 1686 . By the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace of Jassy the second Russo-See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

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

War was brought to a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close in 1792 . A Greek insurrection under See also:

• YPSILANTI
• YPSILANTI, or HYPSILANTI

Ypsilanti in 1821 led to the storming of the city by the Turks in 1822 . In 1844 there was a severe conflagration . For the loss caused to the city in 1861 by the removal of the seat of 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 to See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest the constituent See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly voted £148,150, to be paid in ten annual instalments, but no See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment was ever made .