PARANA  , a See also:

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

city and See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• ARGENTINA

Argentina, See also:

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

capital of the See also:

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

province of Entre Rios, and the see of a bishopric, situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Parana See also:

• RIVER

river, 410 M. by navigable channels (about 240 M. See also:

• DIRECT

direct) N.W. of Buenos Aires . Pop . (1895), 24,261; (1904, estimate), 27,000 . The city occupies a gently See also:

• ROLLING

rolling site 120 ft. above the river and about 2 M. from its See also:

• RIVERSIDE

riverside port of Bajada Grande, with which it is connected by railway, See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway and See also:

• HIGHWAY

highway . It is classed as a seaport, and ocean-going vessels of not over 12 ft. See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught can ascend to Bajada . There is also a daily See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry service across the river to See also:

• SANTA

Santa Fe (7 M. distant), which is connected by railway with See also:

• ROSARIO

Rosario and Buenos Aires . Parana is also the western See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of a provincial railway See also:

• SYSTEM

system, which connects with See also:

• CONCEPCION
• CONCEPCION, or VILLA CONCEPCION

Concepcion and See also:

• CONCORDIA
• CONCORDIA (mod. Concordia Sagittaria)

Concordia, on the See also:

• URUGUAY (officially the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, and long locally called the Banda Oriental, meaning the land on the eastern side of the river Uruguay, from which the country takes its name)

Uruguay river, and with other important towns of the province . The mean See also:

• ANNUAL

annual temperature is about 66° F. and the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is bracing and healthful . Its port of Bajada Grande, on the river See also:

• SHORE

shore below the bluffs, has the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom-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:

• FINE

fine See also:

• WHARF

wharf for the See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation of the Entre Rios railway and river See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft . Parana was founded in 1730 by colonists from Santa Fe and was at first known as Bajada (a landing See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place) . It was made the capital of the province by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Mansilla in 1821 (Concepcion had previously been the capital), but in 1861 General Urquiza restored 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 to Concepcion, where it remained until 1882, when Parana again became the capital . Parana was also the capital of the _Argentine See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation from 1852 to 186r .