MIAGAO  , a See also:

• TOWN

town on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

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

coast of the See also:

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

province of Iloilo, See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Panay, Philippine Islands, about 25 M . W.S.W. of the town of Iloilo, the See also:

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

capital . Pop . (1903), 20,656; in the same See also:

• YEAR

year the neighbouring town of See also:

• SAN

San Joaquin (pop . 1903, 14,333) was incorporated with Miagao . It has a cool and healthful See also:

• CLIMATE

climate . The neighbouring 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 is hilly and sterile, but produces sibucao in considerable quantities . The See also:

• WEAVING

weaving of fabrics of aback (Musa textilis), or See also:

• MANILA

Manila See also:

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

hemp, and pineapple fibre is the most important See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . The See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language is Panay-Visayan .