See also:

• LOJA (formerly written Loxa)

LOJA (formerly written Loxa)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada, on the Granada-See also:

• ALGECIRAS, or ALGEZIRAS

Algeciras railway . Pop . (1900) 19,143 . The narrow and irregular streets of See also:

• LOJA (formerly written Loxa)

Loja See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind up the sides of a steep See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill surmounted by a Moorish citadel; many of the older buildings, including a See also:

• FINE

fine Moorish See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, were destroyed by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1884, although two churches of the See also:

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

early 16th See also:

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

century remained intact . An See also:

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

iron bridge spans the See also:

• RIVER

river Genii, which flows past the town on the See also:

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

north, forcing a passage through the mountains which encircle the fertile and beautiful See also:

• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA
• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1503-1536)

Vega of Granada . This passage would have afforded easy See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the territory still held by the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors in the last See also:

• HALF

half of the 15th century, had not Loja been strongly fortified; and the See also:

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

place was thus of See also:

• GREAT

great military importance, ranking with the neighbouring town of Alhama as one of the keys of Granada . Its manufactures consist chiefly of coarse woollens See also:

• SILK

silk, See also:

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

paper and 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 . 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 is obtained in the neighbourhood . Loja, which, has sometimes been identified with the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Ilipula, or with the Lacibi (Lacibis) of See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny and See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, first clearly emerges in the Arab See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles of the See also:

• YEAR

year 89o . It was taken 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 III. in 1226, but was soon afterwards abandoned, and was not finally recaptured until the 28th of May, 1486, when it surrendered to Ferdinand and See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella after a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege .