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PIAUHY, or PIAUHI , a See also:north-eastern See also:state of See also:Brazil, bounded N. and W. by See also:Maranhao, E. by See also:Ceara, See also:Pernambuco and See also:Bahia, and S. by Bahia. It has a few See also:miles of See also:Atlantic See also:coast-See also:line on the N., and the Rio See also:Parnahyba forms the boundary line with Maranhao throughout its entire length. See also:Area, 116,523 sq. m.; pop. (1900), 334,328. See also:Part of the state on the Atlantic coast and along the See also:lower Parnahyba is See also:low, swampy and malarial. See also:South of this the See also:country rises gradually to a high See also:plateau with open See also:campos. This plateau region is watered by numerous tributaries of the Parnahyba, See also:chief of which are the Urussuhy, the Caninde and its tributary the Piauhy, the Gurgueia and its tributary the Parahim, which drains the large inland See also:lake of Parnagua, the Longa, and the Poty, which has its source in the state of Ceara. The Parnahyba is navigable for boats of 3 ft. See also:draught up to Nova See also:York, a few miles above the mouth of the Gurgueia, and could be made navigable up to the mouth of the Balsas. The See also:climate is hot and humid in the lowlands and along the lower Parnahyba, but in the uplands it is dry with high See also:sun temperatures and cool nights. The See also:principal See also:industry is stock-raising, which See also:dates from the first See also:settlement in 1674 by Domingos Affonso .Mafrense, who established here a large number of See also:cattle ranges. A secondary industry is the raising of goats, which are able to stand neglect and a scanty See also:food See also:supply. See also:Sheep have likewise been raised in Piauhy, but there is no See also:market for mutton and their See also:wool is not utilized.

The agricultural products are See also:

cotton, See also:sugar and See also:tobacco. Of food-stuffs the See also:people do not produce enough for their own See also:consumption. See also:Forest products include See also:rubber, carnauba See also:wax and dyewoods. The exports include hides, skins, rubber, wax, tobacco and cotton. The See also:capital is See also:Therezina, on the right See also:bank of the Parnahyba, 250 M. above Parnahyba (See also:town), with which it is connected by a line of See also:light-draught See also:river boats. The town dates from 1852, is attractively situated, and is regularly laid out with broad, straight streets See also:crossing each other at right angles. The See also:population of the municipio in 1890 was 31,523, which includes a large rural See also:district. Other towns, with their populations in 1890, are Oeiras (19,858), founded in 1718 under the name of Moxa; Amarante (15,525); Valenta (17,693); and Campo Maior (12,425), the figures given of population being those of the large districts (municipios) in which the towns are situated. PIAllA, properly an open square or See also:place in an See also:Italian town (Ital. piazza, from See also:Lat. platee, broad space, Gr. 7rMTvs, broad). These squares were usually surrounded with e, See also:colonnade or See also:arcade, and thus the word has been loosely applied to a covered walk or arcade along the front of a See also:building, and in See also:America, to the veranda of a See also:house. PIAllA ARMERINA, a See also:city of See also:Sicily, in the See also:province of See also:Caltanisetta, 39 M. by road E.S.E. from that town, and the same distance S. of the railway station of Assoro-Valguarnera, 43 M.

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Catania, situated 2360 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1001), 24,119. It has a 15th-See also:century See also:cathedral, with a See also:fine campanile, and some of the houses show See also:Norman or See also:Gothic See also:architecture. The See also:foundation of the town dates from the 11th century, and the See also:dialect is Lombard. See Mauceri in L'Arte (1906), 14. PIAllI, GIUSEPPE (1746-1826), Italian astronomer, was See also:born at See also:Ponte, in the See also:Valtellina, on the 16th of See also:July 1746. He entered the Theatine See also:Order in 1764, accepted the See also:chair of See also:mathematics in the See also:academy of See also:Palermo in 1780, and persuaded the See also:viceroy, See also:Prince Caramanico, to build an See also:observatory there. paint, from the parti-coloured See also:appearance of the See also:bird. It is en Picardie." See also:Clovis had his first capital at See also:Soissons Charlethis " pied " or See also:black and See also:white look of the See also:page that probably gave the name of See also:pica, " See also:pie " or " See also:pye," to the ordinal printed in black-See also:letter (see PIE), and thence to a See also:size of type in See also:printing coming next to " See also:English " (see See also:TYPOGRAPHY). The Gr. rciava and Lat. pica were used of a perverted craving for unnatural foods; and the word has been adopted in this sense in See also:modern medical terminology.

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