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SUSA (Biblical, Shushan)

SUSA (Fr. Sousse)

SUSANNAH MARIA CIBBER (1714-1766)

EARLS OF SUSSEX

KINGDOM OF SUSSEX (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)

3RD EARL OF THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE] SUSSEX (c. 1525-1583)

EARLS AND DUKES OF SUTHERLAND

SUTHERLANDSHIRE

SUTRI (anc. Sutrium)

SUTTEE (an English corruption of Sanskrit sail, " good woman " or true " wife ")

BARONESS VON BERTHA SUTTNER (1843- )

SUTTON COLDFIELD

SIR RICHARD SUTTON (d. c. 1524)

THOMAS SUTTON (c. 1532—1611)

SUYUTI [Abu-1 Fadhl'Abd ur-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Jalal ud-Din us-Suyuti] (1445–1505)

HANS SVANE [or SVANING] (16o6–1668)

JOHANN SEVERIN SVENDSEN (184o– )

JOHAN SVERDRUP (1816--1892)

SWAHILI (Wa-Swahili, i.e. coast people, from the Arabic sail, coast)

SWALLOW (A. S. swalewe, Icel. svala, Du. zwaluw, Ger. Schwalbe)

JAN SWAMMERDAM (1637-168o)

SWAN (A. S. swan and swan, Icel. svanr, Du. zwaart, Ger. Schwan)

SWAN PASHA (1515-1596)

JOHN MACALLAN SWAN (1847-1910)

SIR JOSEPH WILSON SWAN (1828– )

ANNA SWANWICK (1813-1899)

OLOF SWARTZ (1760-1818)

SWATOW (also Shan`tow)

SWAZILAND (native name Pungwane)

SWEARING (O. Eng. swerian, to swear, originally to speak aloud, cf. andswerian, to answer, Ger. schworen, Dan. svaerge, &c., all from root sorer-, to make a sound, cf. " swarm," properly the buzzing of bees, Lat. susurrus)

SWEATING SYSTEM

SWEDEN [Sverige]

NORWAY AND SWEDEN

SWEDENBORG (or SWEDBERG), EMANUEL (1688-1772)

MADAME SWETCHINE (1782—1857)

JONATHAN SWIFT (1667—1745)

SWIMMING (from " swim," A.S. swimman, the root being common in Teutonic languages)

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE (1837–1909)

DAVID SWING (1830-1894)

SWINTON AND PENDLEBURY

SWITHUN (or SWITHIN), ST (d. 862)

SWOLD (or SWOLD), BATTLE OF

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

CATHERINE SWYNFORD (c. 1350-.14.03)

SYAGRIUS (d. 487)

HEINRICH VON SYBEL (1817-1895)

SYCOPHANT (Gr. aveoOv'rns)

CHARLES EDWARD SYDENHAM

THOMAS SYDENHAM (1624-1689)

FRIEDRICH SYLBURG (1536-1596)

SYLLABUS (from Gr. auXXa 43aveuv, to take together, cf. " syllable ")

SYLLOGISM (Gr. ovAAoytvµos, from en', and Xb-yor, an argument resulting from combination, i.e. of premises)

SYLT (probably from the O. Fris. Silendi, i.e. sealand)

JAMES SYLVESTER

JOSHUA SYLVESTER (1563–1618)

SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

JAMES SYME (1799–1870)

SYMEON METAPHRASTES

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)

WILLIAM SAMUEL SYMONDS (1818-1887)

GEORGE JAMES SYMONS (1838-1900)

SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM

SYMPHONIA (Gr. o-vµcfrmvla)

SYMPHONIC POEM (Symphonische Dichtung, Tondichtung, Pobme symphonique, &c.)

SYMPHOSIUS, or SYMPOSIUS

SYMPOSIUM (Gr. avyr6cnov, a drinking party, from avµirivecv, to drink together, abv, with, and 7rivecv, to drink, root 7ro, cf. Lat. potare, to drink, poculum, cup)

SYNAGOGUE (avvaywyii)

UNITED SYNAGOGUE

SYNANTHY (Gr. aim, with, and avOos, a flower)

SYNAXARIUM (Gr. ovvaE&pcov, from ovv&yew, to bring together)

SYNCOPE (Gr. vvyKO7n , a cutting up or short, from Kbirrew, to cut)

SYNCRETISM (Gr. o'vyKprlrurw51, from aim and Kep&vvv,uc, mingle or blend, or, according to Plutarch, from en, and Kprlri'ecv, to combine against a common enemy after the manner of the cities of Crete)

SYNDIC (Late Lat. syndicus, Gr. vivv&aos, one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative, crap, with, and Sirc77, justice)

SYNECHISM (from Gr. vvveXis, continuous, from crap, ex'ty, to hold together)

SYNEDRIUM (avvibptov)

SYNESIUS (c. 373-c. 414)

SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

SYNOD OF ANCYRA

SYNODS OF ANTIOCH

SYNTHESIS (Gr. a6vOeacs, from avvrcBivac, to put together)

SYRA, or SYROS (anc. E6pos, perhaps Homeric lapin}, a Greek island in the middle of the Cyclades, which in the 19th century became the commercial centre of the Archipelago, and is also the residence of the nomarch of the Cyclades and the seat of the centr

SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

SYRIAC LANGUAGE

SYRINGE (Gr. ovpryE, reed, pipe)

SYRINX (ovpryE)

SYRUP (0. Fr. ysserop, mod. sirop, Span. xarope, for axarope, Arab. al, the, and sharab, drink; cf. Sherbet " and " Shrub ")

SYRYENIANS (also Sirianian, Syrjenian, Zyrenian, Zirianian, Zyrian and Zirian)

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE

SYSTYLE (Gr. Quv, together with, and vriAos, a column)

SYZYGY (Gr. vu( uyia, a yoking together, from clv, together, and root yoke)

SZABADKA (Ger. Maria-Theresiopel)

LADISLAS SZALAY (1813-1864)

COUNT ISTVAN SZECHENYI (1791-186o)

SZEGED (Ger., Szegedin)

SZEKESFEHERVAR (Ger., Stuhlweissenburg, Lat., Alba Regalis or Alba Regia)

SZEKLERS, or SZEKELS (Szekely, Lat. Siculi)

EDE SZIGLIGETI (1814—1878)

SZOMBATHELY (Ger., Steinamanger)

COUNT EDUARD FRANZ JOSEPH VON TAAFFE

TABARI [Abu Ja'far Mahommed ibn Jarir ut-Tabari] (838-923)

TABARIN (Fr. tabard, Ital. tabarrino, a small cloak)

TABERNACLE (Lat. tabernaculum, a hut, tent)

FEAST OF TABERNACLES

TABLINUM (or tabulinum, from tabula, board, picture)

TABOO (also written tapu and tabu)

TABULAR VIEW OF

TABULARIUM (tabula, board, picture, also archives, records)

TACHEOMETRY (from Gr. raxbr, quick; µETpov, a measure)

TACHYLYTES, or TACHYLITES (from Gr. Taxbs, swift, Xbew, to dissolve, meaning " easily fused," though some have erroneously interpreted it as " easily soluble in acids ")

CORNELIUS TACITUS (c. 55-120)

MARCUS CLAUDIUS TACITUS

TACTICS (Gr. TaeTOc*, sc. TEXvnI, from TavQecv, to arrange in order of battle)

STARNINA ANDREA DI FIRENZE GIOVANNI DA MILANO SPINELLO ARETINO AGNOLO GADDI ANDREA ORCAGNA BERNARDO DADDI MASO DI BANCO STEFANO TADDEO GADDI

TAEL (Malay tail, tahil, weight, probably connected with Hind. Zola, weight)

TAENIA (Gr. Tatyla, ribbon, fillet)

TAFILALT, or TAFILET (i.e. " The Country of the Filali," as its inhabitants are called, because descended from the Arabian tribe of Hill, settled here in the 11th century)

LORADO TAFT (186o— )

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857— )

GASPARO TAGLIACOZZI (1546-1599)

MARIA TAGLIONI (1804-1884)

TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)

TAILLE (from Fr. tailler, to cut or divide; late Lat. taliare, said to come from talia, talea)

HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE (1828-1893)

TAIREN, or DAIREN (Russian Dalny)

ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL TAIT (1811-1882)

ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT (1819-1905)

PETER GUTHRIE TAIT (1831-1901)

TAJIK, or PARSIWAN

TAKHTSINGJI (1858-1896)

TALAVERA DE LA REINA

TALBOT (FAMILY)

1ST BARON CHARLES TALBOT TALBOT OF HENSOL (1685–1737)

MARY ANNE TALBOT (1778-1808)

WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800–1877)

TALCAHUANO, or TALCAGUANO

TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

SIR THOMAS NOON TALFOURD (1795-1854)

TALLAGE (med. Lat. tallagium, Fr. lailage, from late Lat. talare, taleare, Fr. tallier, to cut, classical Lat. talea, a cutting, slip; cf. " tally " and the French taille, q.v.)

TALLBOY (partly a translation and partly a corruption of the French hautbois)

SIEUR DES REAUX GEDEON TALLEMANT (1619—1692)

JEAN LAMBERT TALLIEN (1767-1820)

TALLIS (TALLYS, TALYS, or TALLISIUS), THOMAS (c. 1515-1585)

TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

FRANCOIS JOSEPH TALMA (1763-1826)

THOMAS DE WITT TALMAGE (1832-1902)

TALUKDAR (Hind. from taluk, district, and dar, holding)

TALUS (Lat. for the " ankle-bone ")

JACOB BEN MEIR TAM (1100-1171)

TAMATAVE (called by the natives Tbamdsina)

MANUEL TAMAYO Y BAUS (1829-1898)

TAMBOUR (Fr. for " drum " )

TAMBOURINE (Fr. tambour de Basque; Ger. baskische Trommel, Tambourin, or Schellen-trommel)

TAMBURELLO (called in Piedmont Tabasso)

TANCRED (d. 1112)

TANCRED (d. 1194)

JAMES NAPPER TANDY (174o—18o3)

ROGER BROOKE TANEY (1777—1864)

TANGA (" the sail ")

TANGANYIKA (a name said by V. L. Cameron to signify a " mixing-place ")

TANGIER (locally TANJAH)

SIR RICHARD TANGYE (1833-1906)

TANISTRY (from Gaelic Lana, lordship)

TANNA (Aramaic, " teacher ")

ROBERT TANNAHILL (1774-181o)

HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859- )

THOMAS TANNER (1674-1735)

TANNHAUSER, or TANHUSER

TANNIN, or TANNIC ACID

atomic weight 181•o TANTALUM [symbol Ta (0=16)]

TANTIA TOPI (c. 1819-1859)

TAORMINA (ancient Tauromenium)

TAPER (probably of Celtic origin, cf. Irish tapar, Welsh tampr, taper, torch)

TAPIOCA (a native Brazilian word)

VISCOUNTS AND BARONS TARA

TARAFA ['Amr ibn ul- 'Abd ul-Bakri] (6th cent.)

TARAI, or TERAI (i.e. " moist land ")

TARANTO (anc. Tarentum, q.v.)

EDMUND C TARBELL

TARBUSH (Arab tarbush)

GABRIEL TARDE (1843–1904)

TARENTUM (Gr. rapas)

GUI JEAN BAPTISTE TARGET (1733-1807)

TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

TARIJA, or TARIXA

TARKANI, or TARKALANRI

SIR BANASTRE TARLETON (1754-1833)

RICHARD TARLTON (d. 1588)

TARN (O. Eng. tame, Scand. tjarn, tjdrn, horn, &c.)

JAN [called MAGNUS] TARNOWSKI (1488-1561)

TARPAULIN, or TARPAULING (as if tarpalling, from tar, and palling, a covering, Lat. palla, a mantle)

TARQUINII (mod. Corneto Tarquinia, q.v.)

LUCIUS TARQUINIUS PRISCUS

LUCIUS TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS

TARRAGONA (anc. Tarraco)

TARRING AND FEATHERING

TARSUS (mod. Tersous)

TARTAGLIA, or TARTALEA, NICCOLO (c. 1506—1559)

TARTAN (from F. tiretaine, " linsie-wolsie," Sp. tiritana, a kind of woollen cloth, perhaps so called from its thinness and lightness, cf. Sp. tiritar, to tremble with cold)

TARTARIC ACID (dihydroxy-succinic acid), C4H6O6

GIUSEPPE TARTINI (1692–1770)

TASHKENT, or TASHKEND

ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN (c. 1603-1659)

TORQUATO TASSO (1544-1595)

ALESSANDRO TASSONI (1565-1635)

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

JAMSETJI NASARWANJI TATA (1839-1904)

TATAR PAZARJIK, or TATAR BAZARDJIK

TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

JAMES TATE (1771-1843)

NAHUM TATE (1652-1715)

RALPH TATE (1840-1901)

BART SIR HENRY TATE

TATIAN (2nd cent. A.D.)

TATRA MOUNTAINS (Hungarian Tarczal)

TATTA, or TIIATO

JOSIAH TATTNALL (1795-1871)

TATTOOING (Tahitian, tatu, from ta, mark)

JOHANN TAULER (c. 1300—1361)

BARON HENRY LABOUCHERE TAUNTON (1798–1869)

NICOLAUS TAURELLUS (1547-1606)

TAURUS (" the Bull ")

HANS TAUSEN (1494-1561)

FRANK WILLIAM TAUSSIG (1859 )

BARONESS VON JEMIMA TAUTPHOEUS (1807-1893)

JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER (1605-1689)