NOVELDA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of E . See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• ALICANTE

Alicante; on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Vinalop6, and on the railway from See also:

• MADRID

Madrid to Alicante . Pop . (1900) 11,388 . The 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 around is See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and fertile, producing much See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

• DATES

dates, oranges, oil, See also:

• SAFFRON (Arab. za'faran)

saffron and aniseed . In the town there are tanneries, and manufactures of See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate and See also:

• SOAP

soap . The See also:

• WOMEN

women make See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace . In the neighbouring See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Salinetas de Elda there are warm See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur and saline See also:

• BATHS

baths .