TERCEIRA  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, belonging to See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, and forming See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• AZORES (Acores), or WESTERN ISLANDS

Azores See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago . Pop . (1900) 48,770; See also:

• AREA

area, 224 sq. m . Terceira, i.e . " the third," was so called as being the third island of the archipelago to be discovered by the Portuguese . From its central position it was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long the seat of See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, but its See also:

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

capital, See also:

• ANGRA, or ANGRA

Angra (q.v.) or Angra do Heroismo (pop . 10,788), has lost much of its commercial importance . The other See also:

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

chief towns are Ribeirinha (3090), and Praia da See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria (3236) . Unlike the neighbouring islands, Terceira exhibits few extensive traces of volcanic See also:

• ACTION

action; and the summits of its mountains are generally level . It abounds in See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle; but the wines are inferior, and fruits are raised merely for See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption .