TAYABAS  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

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

province of Tayabas, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 8 m . N. of See also:

• LUCENA

Lucena, the See also:

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

capital . Pop. of the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality (1903) 14,740 . Tayabas is picturesquely situated on the slopes of the See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano Banajao, and commands a magnificent view of the surrounding 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, which is extremely fertile, and is planted in See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice and coco-nuts . Its See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, although cool, is very unhealthy, See also:

• MALIGNANT (Lat. malignus, evil-disposed, from maligenus)

malignant malarial fevers causing a high See also:

• DEATH

death-See also:

• RATE

rate . It has a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of large See also:

• SIZE

size and massive construction . During the revolt of 1896 a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison occupying these buildings withstood a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of fifty-eight days, at the end of which See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it was forced to surrender by lack of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food . Tagalog and Bicol are the See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages spoken . Until 1901 Tayabas was the capital of the province .