TRINIDAD  , a See also:

• TOWN

town near the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba; in See also:

• SANTA

Santa See also:

• CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

Clara See also:

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

Province, about 45 M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• CIENFUEGOS (originally FERNANDINA DE JAGUA)
• CIENFUEGOS, NICASIO ALVAREZ DE (1764–1809)

Cienfuegos. and 3 M. from its seaport, Casilda, which lies due south . Pop . (1907), 11,197 . There is a small See also:

• LOCAL

local railway, not connected (in 1909) with the central See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk See also:

• LINE

line of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . The See also:

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

city lies on the slope of La Vigia 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 (goo ft.) amid higher mountains, and on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Jayoba (See also:

• SAN

San Juan) See also:

• RIVER

river . The streets are narrow, broken and tortuous, and the See also:

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

general aspect of the town is See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval . There are some attractive buildings and a very See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market square . The fine scenery in the neighbourhood, and the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, which is possibly the healthiest in Cuba, make the See also:

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

place a favourite resort for natives and foreigners . Casilda (pop. in 1907, 1246) has a See also:

• LAND

land-locked, shallow 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; but Masio See also:

• BAY

Bay, a trifle farther distant, accommodates larger See also:

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

craft; and there are excellent deep-See also:

• WATER

water anchorages among the quays off the coast . The See also:

• MANATI (often anglicized as "manatee")

Manati river is navigable for about 7 M. inland, and is used as an outlet for See also:

• SUGAR

sugar and See also:

• MOLASSES

molasses crops . These and See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey are the See also:

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

chief exports; See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and various vegetables and fruits are of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor importance . Trinidad is one of the seven See also:

• ORIGINAL

original cities of Cuba established by Diego Velasquez .

It was founded in 1514 on the coast, but after being attacked by pirates was removed inland . It was thrice sacked by See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BUCCANEERS

buccaneers—in 1642, 16J4 and 1702; and in the following years, up to and for a 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 after the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht (1713), it maintained See also:

• SHIPS

ships and soldiers . Indeed, throughout the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it was on a continuous See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war footing against English corsairs, making See also:

• REPRISALS (Fr. represailles, from reprendre; Lat. reprehendere, to take back)

reprisals on See also:

• BRITISH

British ships and thriving at the same time on a large See also:

• CONTRABAND (Fr. contrebande, from contra, against, and bannum, Low Lat. for " proclamation ")

contraband See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade with See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica and other See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign colonies . In 1818 Casilda was opened to legal See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce under the See also:

• NATIONAL

national and foreign flags .