See also:

• MARACAIBO (sometimes MARACAYBO)

MARACAIBO (sometimes MARACAYBO)  , a See also:

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

city and seaport of See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela and See also:

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

capital of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Zulia (formerly See also:

• MARACAIBO (sometimes MARACAYBO)

Maracaibo), on the See also:

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

west See also:

• SHORE

shore of the broad channel or See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck which connects See also:

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

Lake Maracaibo with the Gulf of Venezuela, or Maracaibo, about 25 M. from the mouth of the channel opening into the latter . Pop . (1889), 34,284; (1905), 49,817; there is a considerable See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element in the vicinity . The best residential suburb, Haticos, extends along the lake shore toward the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . The city is provided with tramways, See also:

• TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone service and electric See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting, but the See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply and drainage are inferior . The most important buildings are the executive's See also:

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

residence. the legislative See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers, the municipal 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, the Baralt See also:

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

theatre, the See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, a See also:

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

hospital and six churches . The city also has a school of arts, a public library, and a 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 . In colonial times Maracaibo had a famous See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits' See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college (now gone) and was one of the educational centres of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• AMERICA

America; the city now has a See also:

• NATIONAL

national college and a nautical school . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding, and the manufacture of See also:

• SADDLERY

saddlery and other 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 products, bricks and See also:

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

tile, See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

rum, See also:

• BEER

beer, See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate and coco-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut oil . Maracaibo is chiefly known, however, as one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal commercial centres and See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping ports on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

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

coast of South America . The See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at the entrance to Maracaibo channel does not admit vessels See also:

• DRAWING

drawing more than 12 ft., but there is a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of 30 ft. inside and near the city . See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

Steam communication is maintained on the Catatumbo and Zulia See also:

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

rivers to Villamizar, and on the Escalante to See also:

• SANTA

Santa Cruz .

The principal exports from Maracaibo are See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, hides and skins, See also:

• CABINET

cabinet and dye-See also:

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

woods, See also:

• COCOA

cocoa, and See also:

• MANGROVE

mangrove bark, to which may be added See also:

• DIVIDIVI

dividivi, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• COPAIBA, or COPAIVA (from Brazilian cupauba)

copaiba, gamela and See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp See also:

• STRAW

straw for See also:

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

paper-making, and fruits . In 1906, 26% of the coffee exports was of Colombian origin . Maracaibo was founded in 1571 by Alonso See also:

• PACHECO, FRANCISCO (1571-1654)

Pacheco, who gave it the name Nueva See also:

• ZAMORA

Zamora . Up to 1668 the entrepbt for the inland settlements was a station named See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the lake, but the destruction of that station by pirates in that See also:

• YEAR

year transferred this valuable 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 to Maracaibo . The city did not figure actively in the See also:

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

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence until 1821 (See also:

• JAN

Jan . 28), when the See also:

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

province declared its independence and sought an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with See also:

• COLOMBIA

Colombia . This brought to an end the See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice between See also:

• BOLIVAR
• BOLIVAR, SIMON (1783-1830)

Bolivar and Morillo, and thenceforward the city experienced all the changing fortunes of war until its final See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by the revolutionists in 1823 .