PHILIPPEVILLE  , a seaport of See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria, See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

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

department of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine, and 54 M . N. by E. of that See also:

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

city, on the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Stora, in 36° 53' N . 6° 54' E . It is connected by railway with Constantine, Batna and See also:

• BISKRA

Biskra . The town derives its importance from being the See also:

• PORT

port of Constantine . 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 See also:

• WORKS

works, with every See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel in port, having been destroyed by a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm in 1878, a more commodious harbour was built, at a cost of about £r,2oo,000 . From Cape Skikda, on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east a See also:

• MOLE
• MOLE, LOUIS MATHIEU, COMTE (1781—1855)
• MOLE, MATHIEU (1584—1656)

mole or See also:

• BREAKWATER

breakwater projects 4592 ft. to the W.N.W., while from See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

Chateau Vert on the See also:

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

west another mole runs out 1312 ft. to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, leaving an entrance to the port about 656 ft. wide . The protected See also:

• AREA

area comprises an See also:

• OUTER

outer and an inner See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin . The See also:

• DEPTH

depth of See also:

• WATER

water at the entrance is about 33 ft., along-See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side the quays about 20 ft . The quays are faced with blocks of See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble brought from the quarries at Filfila, 16 m. distant . Pop . (1906), of the town 16,539, of the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune 26,050, of the arrondissement, which includes 12 communes, 147,607 .

Philippeville occupies the site of successive Phoenician and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman cities . By the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, under whom it attained a high See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of prosperity, it was named Rusicada . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the town ceased to be inhabited . The site was See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased from the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs by See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal Valee in 1838 for £6 . Some parts of the Roman See also:

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

theatre remain, but the stones of the See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre, which stood without the walls of the See also:

• MODERN

modern town, and which the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French found in an almost perfect state of preservation, were used by them for See also:

• BUILDING

building purposes, and the railway was cut through the site . On a 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 above the town are the Roman reservoirs, which have been restored and still See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply the town with water . They are fed by a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal from the See also:

• WADI

Wadi Beni Meleh . The Roman See also:

• BATHS

baths, in the centre of the modern town, serve as cellars for military stores .