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ACCRA , a See also:port on the Gulf of See also:Guinea in 50 31' N., o° 12' W., since 1876 See also:capital of the See also:British See also:Gold See also:Coast See also:colony. See also:Population about 20,000, including some 150 Europeans. Accra is about 8o m. E. of Cape Coast (q.v.), the former capital of the colony. The name is derived from the See also:Fanti word Nkran (an See also:- ANT
- ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u
ant), by which designation the tribe inhabiting the surrounding See also:district was formerly known. The See also:town See also:grew up around three forts established in See also:close proximity—St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James (British), Crevecceur (Dutch) and Christiansborg (Danish). The last named was ceded to See also:Britain in 185o, Crevecceur not till 1871. Fort St James is now used as a See also:signal station, lighthouse and See also:prison. Accra preserves the distinctions of James Town, Ussher Town and Christiansborg, indicative of its tripartite origin. Ussher Town represents Crevecceur, the fort being renamed after H. T. Ussher, See also:administrator of the Gold Coast (1867-1872).
The See also:sea frontage extends about three See also:miles; there is, however, no See also:harbour, and steamers have to See also:lie about a mile out, goods and passengers being landed in surf boats. The streets formerly consisted largely of mud hovels, but since a See also:great See also:fire in 1894, which destroyed large parts of James Town and Ussher Town, more substantial. buildings have been erected. Christiansborg, the finest of the three forts, is the See also:official See also:residence of the See also:governor of the colony. Westwards of the landing-See also:place, where is the customs See also:house, lies James Town. Beyond the fort are various public buildings leading to Otoo See also:Street, the See also:main thoroughfare, which runs two miles in a straight See also:line to Christiansborg. This street contains a See also:fine See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone 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 built in 1895 for the use of the See also:Anglican community, a See also:branch of the See also:Bank of British See also:West See also:Africa, See also:telegraph offices and the establishments of the See also:principal trading firms. In Victoriaborg, a suburb of Ussher Town, are the residences of the principal officials, and here a racecourse has been laid out. (Accra is almost the only point along the Gold Coast where horses thrive.) Behind the town is See also:rolling grass See also:land, which gives place to the See also:highlands of Aquapim and Akim. At Aburi in the Aquapim hills, 26 m. N. by E. of Accra, are the See also:government See also:sanatorium and botanical gardens.
Accra, the first town in the Gold Coast colony to be raised (See also:July 1, 1896) to the See also:rank of a See also:municipality, is governed by a town See also:council with See also:power to raise and spend See also:money. The council consists in equal proportions of nominated and elected members, no racial distinctions being made.
Accra is connected by See also:cable with See also:Europe and See also:South Africa, and is the sea See also:terminus of a railway serving the districts N.E., where are flourishing See also:cocoa plantations.
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