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SANCTI SPIRITUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 129 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SANCTI SPIRITUS , an old Cuban See also:

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

city in See also:

SANTA

Santa See also:

CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

Clara See also:

province, situated on a sandy See also:

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

plain in an See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of the Yayabo See also:

RIVER

river, which winds through the city. Pop. (1907) 17,440. It is connected by railway with Zaza del Medio, on the See also:

main railway See also:

LINE

line of the See also:

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

island, and with its See also:

PORT

port, Tunas de Zaza, 30 M. (by See also:

RAIL

rail) to the S. The See also:

hill called See also:

Pan de Azucar (See also:

SUGAR

Sugar-See also:

LOAF

loaf) is S.W. of the city. One See also:

church is said to be as old as the city, and others date from 1699, 1716, 1717, &c. The surrounding 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 is devoted principally to grazing. Sancti Spiritus was one of the seven cities founded by Diego Valasquez. Its See also:

settlement was ordered in 1514 and accomplished in 1516, and it is the fifth See also:

TOWN

town of the island in See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age. The See also:

PRESENT

present city is about two leagues from the See also:

ORIGINAL

original site (See also:

PUEBLO

Pueblo Viejo). In 1518, as a result of the See also:

war of the Comunidades of Castille, a mimic war See also:

broke out in Sancti Spiritus among its two See also:

SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score villagers.

The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was sacked by See also:

French and See also:

ENGLISH

English corsairs in 1719. Illicit See also:

trade with See also:

JAMAICA

Jamaica was the basis of See also:

LOCAL

local prosperity in the 18th See also:

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

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