Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ROSARIO

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 724 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: RON-SAC

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

ROSARIO , a See also:

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

city and See also:

RIVER

river See also:

PORT

port of See also:

ARGENTINA

Argentina, in the See also:

province of See also:

SANTA

Santa Fe, on the W. See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

PARANA

Parana, 186 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.W. of Buenos Aires. Pop. (1904, estimate) 120,000. It is accessible to ocean-going steamers of See also:

MEDIUM

medium See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught. The city stands on the eastern margin of the See also:

GREAT

great pampean See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, 65 to 75 ft. above the wide river-See also:

bed washed out by the Parana. It extends back a considerable distance from the river, and there are 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 residences and gardens of the better class along the See also:

LINE

line of the Central See also:

ARGENTINE

Argentine railway and northward toward See also:

SAN

San Lorenzo. The city is laid out with chessboard regularity, and the streets are paved (in great See also:

PART

part with cobble-stones), lighted with See also:

GAS

gas and See also:

ELECTRICITY

electricity, traversed by See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway lines, and provided with sewers and See also:

WATER

water mains. The See also:

BOULEVARD (a Fr. word, earlier boulevart, from Dutch or Ger. Bollwerk, cf. Eng. " bulwark ")

Boulevard El Santafecino is an attractive See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence See also:

street with See also:

double driveways separated by a See also:

STRIP

strip of See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden and bordered by See also:

FINE

fine shade trees. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief edifices of an See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character are the See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom See also:

house, See also:

POST

post See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, municipal See also:

hall and See also:

law courts. There is a large charity See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and the See also:

ENGLISH

English and See also:

German colonies maintain a well-equipped infirmary. The largest See also:

SUGAR

sugar refinery in Argentina is here, and there are See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills, breweries and some smaller manufactures. The city is chiefly commercial, being the See also:

SHIPPING

shipping port for a large part of See also:

NORTHERN

northern Argentina, among its exports being See also:

wheat, flour, baled See also:

hay, See also:

LINSEED

linseed, See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

corn, sugar, See also:

rum, 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, hides, meats, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, quebracho See also:

EXTRACT (from Lat. extrahere, to draw out)

The railway connexions are See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, including the Buenos Aires and Rosario and the Central Argentine lines to the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

capital, the Buenos Aires and Rosario line northward to See also:

Tucuman, where it connects with the See also:

government line to See also:

Salta, See also:

JUJUY

Jujuy and the Bolivian frontier, the Central Argentine line westward to See also:

Cordoba, with connexions at See also:

VILLA

Villa Maria for See also:

Mendoza and the Chilean frontier, and two narrow-See also:

GAUGE, or GAGE (Med. Lat. gauja, jaugia, Fr. jauge, perhaps connected with Fr. jale, a bowl, galon, gallon)

gauge lines, one See also:

RUNNING

running to Santa Fe and the other to Cordoba. The port of Rosario has hitherto consisted of a deep river anchorage and wooden wharves on the See also:

LOWER

lower bank for the See also:

ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation of steamers. Since 1902 See also:

WORK

work has been in progress under a See also:

contract with a See also:

French See also:

COMPANY

company for the construction of 12,697 ft. of quays, 23 M. of railway tracks along the quays to connect with the several See also:

RAILWAYS

railways entering the city, drawbridges, roadways, sheds, depots, elevator, offices, electric plant, fixed and movable See also:

CRANES (so called from the resemblance to the long neck of the bird, cf. Gr. 'y pavor, Fr. grue)

cranes, and other appliances, &c., for the handling of produce and merchandise. The See also:

trade of the port was officially valued at 21,276,672 Arg. See also:

gold dollars imports, and 68,503,231 gold dollars exports in 1905. Rosario was founded in 1730 by Francisco See also:

GODOY, ALVAREZ DE FARIA, RIOS SANCHEZ Y ZARZOSA, MANUEL DE (1767-1851)

Godoy, but it See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew so slowly that it was still a small See also:

VILLAGE

village up to the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. In 1854 See also:

General Justo Jose de Urquiza, then at the See also:

head of the, Argentine See also:

CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation, made it the port of the ten inland provinces then at See also:

war with Buenos Aires, and in 1857 imposed See also:

DIFFERENTIAL

differential duties on the cargoes of vessels first breaking bulk at the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern port. This gave Rosarioa start, and its trade and See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population have grown since then with great rapidity.

End of Article: ROSARIO

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.

Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
ROSAMOND

[next]
ROSARY (Lat. rosarium)