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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 927 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GIBARA, or JIBARA

GIBARA, or JIBARA (once " Punta del Yarey " and " Yarey de Gibara "), a See also:

north-See also:

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

coast See also:

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

city of See also:

ORIENTE, OR LA REGION ORIENTALE

Oriente See also:

Province, See also:

CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba, 8o m. N.W. of See also:

SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago de Cuba. Pop. (1907) 617o.' It is served by railway to the S.S.W., to See also:

HOLGUIN

Holguin and Cacocum (where it connects with the See also:

main See also:

LINE

line between Santiago and See also:

HAVANA (the name is of aboriginal origin; Span. Habana or, more fully, San Cristobal de la Habana)

Havana), and is a See also:

PORT

port of See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for the See also:

AMERICAN

American Munson Line. It lies on a circular 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, about 1 m. in See also:

DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, which, though open to the N., affords See also:

FAIR

fair shelter. At the entrance to the harbour is See also:

SAN

San Fernando, an old fort (1817), and the city is very See also:

QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint in See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance. At the back of the city are three See also:

stone-topped hills, Silla, See also:

Pan and Tabla, reputed to be those referred to by See also:

Columbus in his See also:

journal of his first voyage. Enclosing the See also:

TOWN

town is a stone See also:

wall, built by the Spaniards as a See also:

defence against attack during the See also:

REBELLION

rebellion of 1868-1878. Gibara is the port of Holguin. It exports See also:

CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

cedar, rnahogany, See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

SUGAR

sugar, See also:

TORTOISE

tortoise-See also:

shell, See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

corn, 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 products, coco-nuts and bananas; and is the centre of the See also:

BANANA

banana See also:

trade with the See also:

UNITED

United States. Gibara is an old See also:

settlement, but it did not rise above the status of a See also:

PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty See also:

VILLAGE

village until after 1817; its importance See also:

DATES

dates from the opening of the port to See also:

commerce in 1827.

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