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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 154 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CORINTO , a seaport on the Pacific See also:

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

coast of See also:

NICARAGUA

Nicaragua, in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

CHINANDEGA, or CHINENDEGA

Chinandega, built on the small See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Asserradores or Corinto, at the entrance to Realejo See also:

BAY

Bay, 65 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.W. of See also:

MANAGUA

Managua. Pop. (1900) about 3000. The See also:

TOWN

town, which was founded in 1849, and first came into prominence as a See also:

PORT

port in 1863, has a spacious and sheltered 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, the best in Nicaragua. It possesses no docks or wharves, and vessels See also:

ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor some 500 yds. off-See also:

SHORE

shore to load or See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo by means of lighters. On the mainland is the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of a railway to See also:

Leon, Managua and other commercial centres. See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

Coffee, See also:

gold, See also:

MAHOGANY

mahogany, See also:

RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber 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 are largely exported; and more than See also:

HALF

half the See also:

FOREIGN

foreign See also:

trade of Nicaragua passes through this port, which has completely superseded the roadstead of Realejo, now partly filled with sandbanks, but from 1550 to 185o the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal seaport of the 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. About 450 ocean-going See also:

SHIPS

ships, of some 450,000 tons, annually enter the port. Most of, the foreign vessels are owned in See also:

Germany or the See also:

UNITED

United States. The See also:

COASTING

coasting trade is restricted to Nicaraguan boats.

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