MAYAGUEZ  , the third largest See also:

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

city of See also:

• PORTO

Porto Rico, a seaport, and 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 of the See also:

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

department of Mayaguez, on the See also:

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

west See also:

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

coast, at the mouth of Rio Yaguez, about 72 M . W. by S. of See also:

• SAN

San Juan . Pop. of the city (1899), 15,187, including 1381 negroes and 4711 of mixed races; (1910), 16, 591; of the municipal See also:

• DISTRICT

district, 35,700 (1899), of whom 2687 were negroes and 9933 were of mixed races . Mayaguez is connected by the See also:

• AMERICAN

American railroad of Porto Rico with San Juan and See also:

• PONCE

Ponce, and it is served regularly by steamboats from San Juan, Ponce and 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, although its 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 is not accessible to vessels See also:

• DRAWING

drawing more than 16 ft. of See also:

• WATER

water . It is situated at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of See also:

• LAS

Las Mesas mountains and commands picturesque views, The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is healthy and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good water is obtained from the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain region . From the See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping district along the water-front a thoroughfare leads to the See also:

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

main portion of the city, about , m. distant . There are four public squares, in one of which is a statue of See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus . Prominent among the public buildings are the City 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 (containing a public library), San See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio See also:

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

Hospital, See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic churches, a Presbyterian 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, the 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-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 and a See also:

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

theatre . The See also:

• UNITED

United States has an agricultural experiment station here, and the Insular Reform School is 1 m. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the city . See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

Coffee, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane and tropical fruits are grown in 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; and the business of the city consists chiefly in their export and the import of See also:

• FLOUR

flour . Among the manufactures are sugar, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate . Mayaguez was founded about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 18th See also:

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

century on the site of a See also:

• HAMLET

hamlet which was first settled about 1680 .

It was incorporated as a See also:

• TOWN

town in 1836, and became a city in 1873 . In 1841 it was nearly all destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire .