See also:

• LOANDA (Sao Paulo de Loanda)

LOANDA (Sao Paulo de Loanda)  , a seaport of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, See also:

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

capital of the Portuguese See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ANGOLA

Angola, situated in 8° 48' S., 13° 7' E., on a See also:

• BAY

bay between the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers Bango and See also:

• KWANZA (COANZA or QtANZA)

Kwanza . The bay, protected from the surf by a See also:

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

long narrow See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, is backed by a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low sandy cliff which at its See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern end sweeps out with a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve and terminates in a bold point crowned by Fort See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

Miguel . The See also:

• DEPTH

depth of See also:

• WATER

water at the entrance to the bay is 20 fathoms or more . The bay has silted up considerably, but there is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good anchorage about 1 z m. from the See also:

• SHORE

shore in 7 to 14 ' believed to have been given in a lecture at Kazan in 1826, but fathoms, besides cranage See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation and a floating See also:

• DOCK

dock . Vessels 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 into lighters, and are rarely delayed on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather . A See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• TOWN

town lies on the See also:

• FORESHORE

foreshore, but the more important buildings—the 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 offices, the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor's See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, the See also:

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

palace of the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Angola, and the See also:

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

hospital—are situated on higher ground . Most of the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European houses are large 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 buildings of one See also:

• STOREY (equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock)

storey with red See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile See also:

• ROOFS

roofs . See also:

• LOANDA (Sao Paulo de Loanda)

Loanda possesses a meteorological See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory, public See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, tramways, See also:

• GAS

gas-See also:

• WORKS

works, statues to See also:

• SALVADOR, or SAN SALVADOR (Republica del Salvador)

Salvador Correia de Sa, who wrested Angola from the Dutch, and to Pedro Alexandrino, a former governor, and is the starting-point of the railway to Ambaca and Malanje . Loanda was founded in 1576, and except between 1640 and 164S, when it was occupied by the Dutch, has always been in Portuguese See also:

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

possession . It was for over two centuries the See also:

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

chief centre of the slave 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 between Portuguese West Africa and See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil . During that 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:

• TRAFFIC

traffic of the See also:

• PORT

port was of no small account, and after a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• GREAT

great depression consequent on the suppression of that trade, more legitimate See also:

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

commerce was. See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed . There is a See also:

• REGULAR

regular service of steamers between the port and See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon, See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool and See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg .

The town has some 15,000 inhabitants, including a larger European See also:

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

population than any other See also:

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

place on the west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Africa . It is connected by submarine cables with See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Africa . Fully See also:

• HALF

half the imports and export trade of Angola (q.v.) passes through Loanda .