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See also:PARAHYBA (PARAHYBA DO NORTE) , a See also:city and See also:port of See also:Brazil, See also:capital of Parahyba See also:state, on the right See also:bank of the Parahyba do Norte See also:river, 11 m. above its mouth and 65 m. N. of See also:Recife. Pop. (189o), 18,645, including several suburbs and Cabedello; (1908, estimate), 30,000. Parahyba is the starting-point of the See also:Conde d'Eu railway, now a See also:part of the See also:Great Western of Brazil See also:system, which includes a See also:main See also:line to Independencia, where it connects with the See also:Natal & Nova Cruz line of Rio Grande do Norte, and a See also:branch to Cabedello. The entrance to the Parahyba do Norte River being obstructed bya 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:reef and See also:sand bars, only vessels See also:drawing less than 14 ft. can effect an entrance. The " Varadouro," as the See also:lower part of the city is called, is built on the margin of the river and is devoted principally to See also:commerce. Behind this is a See also:low 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 on whose See also:northern slope and broad See also:summit the upper city is built, and a See also:tramway line runs to the suburb of Trincheira. There are some See also:good public buildings, including the See also:parish 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 (See also:matrix) of N.S. das Neves, the old Franciscan See also:convent and church, the See also:government See also:palace, and the See also:treasury. There are a normal school, a See also:lyceum, a See also:national gymnasium, and a school for marine apprentices. Parahyba was founded in 1585. It was called Frederickstadt by the Dutch, who occupied the Franciscan convent as a government See also:house, and Felippea in See also:honour of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Spain when the Dutch were expelled. Its See also:original name was resumed on the separation (164o) of See also:Portugal and her colonies from See also:Spanish See also:rule.
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