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SANTO DOMINGO , the See also:capital of the See also:republic of the same name, in the See also:island of See also:Haiti, See also:West Indies. Pop. about 25,000. It is situated on the S. See also:coast, at the mouth of the See also:river Ozama. Founded in 1496, it is the See also:oldest existing See also:settlement of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white men in the New See also:World, and perhaps the most perfect example of a See also:Spanish colonial See also:town of the 16th See also:century. It is surrounded by See also:ancient walls with bastions. The streets are straight, narrow,and intersect at right angles. The massive houses are built of 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 with coloured walls pierced with huge doors and windows. The See also:cathedral, in the Spanish See also:Renaissance See also:style, See also:dates from 1512, and contains the reputed See also:tomb of See also:Columbus (q.v.). The See also:cell in which he and his See also:brother were confined by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of Bobadilla is still shown in the old fortress. The See also:city is the seat of an See also:archbishop. It has a small and rather poor See also:harbour, but the river is navigable for 4 M. from its mouth. The See also:climate is healthy and cool.
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