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ALBAY , a See also:city and the See also:capital of the See also:province of Albay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, near an inlet on the W. See also:shore of the Gulf of Albay, 215 M. by See also:wagon-road S.E. of See also:Manila. Pop. (1903) 14,049; in See also:October 1907 the towns of Daraga (pop. 1903, 18,695) and Legaspi (pop. 1903, 9206) were merged with Albay, making its See also:total See also:population, on the basis of the 1903 See also:census, 41,950. Albay is one of the most important cities of the Philippine Islands. It is built on level ground near the S. See also:base of See also:Mount May6n, a beautiful volcanic See also:peak, 7916 ft. high, from which it is sheltered by the Linguin hills. The surrounding See also:country is one of the most important See also:hemp-producing districts in the See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip-pines; sinamay is See also:woven here, and large quantities of hemp are shipped from here to Manila. See also:Cocoa, See also:copra, See also:sugar and sweet potatoes are other important products of the See also:district. The See also:language is Bicol. The old See also:town, called Cagsaua, which stood a See also:short distance E.N.E. of the new, was completely destroyed by
an eruption of the See also:volcano in 1814 (about 1200 See also:people being killed), and the new town was almost entirely destroyed by the insurgents in See also:February 1900, an See also:ancient 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 of much beauty (in what was formerly Daraga) being See also:left See also:standing on an elevated site commanding a view of the surrounding country. The town was rebuilt on a larger See also:scale by Americans.
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