MATANZAS  , an important See also:

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

city of See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba, See also:

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

capital of Matanzas See also:

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

Province, situated on a large deep See also:

• BAY

bay on the N. See also:

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

coast, about 54 M . (by See also:

• RAIL

rail) E. of See also:

• HAVANA (the name is of aboriginal origin; Span. Habana or, more fully, San Cristobal de la Habana)

Havana . Pop . (1907), 36,009 . There are railway outlets W., S. and E., and Matanzas is served by See also:

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

steam-See also:

• SHIPS

ships to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York and by the coast steamers of the See also:

• HERRERA, FERNANDO DE (c. 1534-1597)
• HERRERA, FRANCISCO (1576-1656)

Herrera See also:

• LINE

Line . The bay, unlike all the other better harbours of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, has a broad mouth, 2 M. across, but there is See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good shelter against all winds except from the N.E . A See also:

• CORAL

coral See also:

• REEF (1)

reef lies across the entrance . Three See also:

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

rivers emptying into the bay—the See also:

• SAN

San Juan, Canimar and Yumuri—have deposited much silt, necessitating the use of lighters in loading and unloading large ships . The city is finely placed 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 bay, on a See also:

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

low, sloping See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain backed by wooded hills, over some of which the city itself has spread . The conical See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

Pan de Matanzas (1277 ft.) is a striking See also:

• LAND

land-See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark for sailors . The San Juan and Yumuri rivers See also:

• DIVIDE

divide Matanzas into three districts . The Teatro Esteban, See also:

• CASINO (diminutive of casa, a house)

Casino Espanol and 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 See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House are noteworthy among the buildings .

The broad Paseo de See also:

• MARTI, JUAN JOSE (157o?-1604)

Marti (See also:

• ALAMEDA

Alameda de Versalles, Paseo de See also:

• SANTA

Santa Cristina) extends along the edge of the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, and is perhaps the handsomest parkway and See also:

• BOULEVARD (a Fr. word, earlier boulevart, from Dutch or Ger. Bollwerk, cf. Eng. " bulwark ")

boulevard in Cuba . At one end is a statue of 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 VII., at the other a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to 63 Cubans executed by the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish Government as traitors for bearing arms in the cause of See also:

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

independence . A splendid military road continues the Paseo to the See also:

• CASTILLO

Castillo de San Serverino (built in 1694-1695, reconstructed in 1773 and following years) . There are two smaller forts, established in the 18th See also:

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

century . Near Matanzas are two of the most noted natural resorts of Cuba: the valley of the Yumuri, and the caves of Bellamar . Commanding the Yumuri Valley is the 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 called Cumbre, on which is the Hermitage of Monteserrate (1870), with a famous See also:

• SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine . Matanzas is the second See also:

• PORT

port of the island in See also:

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

commerce . See also:

• SUGAR

Sugar and See also:

• MOLASSES

molasses are the See also:

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

chief exports . The city is the chief outlet for the sugar product of the province, which, with the province of Santa See also:

• CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

Clara, produces two-thirds of the See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop of the island . There are many large warehouses, 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 distilleries, sugar-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and railway See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-shops . Matanzas is frequently mentioned in the See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals of the 16th and 17th centuries, when its bay was frequented by See also:

• BUCCANEERS

buccaneers; but the city was not laid out until 1693 . In the next See also:

• YEAR

year it received an See also:

• AYUNTAMIENTO

ayuntamiento (See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council) .

Its prosperity rapidly increased after the 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 See also:

• FREE

free commerce See also:

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

early in the 19th century . In 1815 it was made a See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department capital . The See also:

• MULATTO (Span. and Port. mulato, diminutive of mulo, Lat. mulus, a mule, used as denoting a hybrid origin)

mulatto poet, See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel de la Concepci6n See also:

• VALDES, JUAN DE (c. 1500-1541)

Valdes, known as Placido (1809-1844), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Matanzas, and was executed there for participation in the supposed See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy of negroes in 1844, which is one of the most famous episodes in Cuban See also:

• HISTORY

history . The hurricanes of 1844 and 1846 are the only other prominent See also:

• LOCAL

local events . See also:

• AMERICAN

American commercial See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence has always been particularly strong .