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See also:SAN FERNANDO , a seaport of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Cadiz, on the See also:Isla de See also:Leon, a rocky See also:island among the See also:salt marshes which See also:line the southern See also:shore of Cadiz See also:Bay. Pop. (1900), 29,635. San Fernando is one of the three See also:principal See also:naval ports of Spain; together with See also:Ferrol and See also:Cartagena it is governed by an See also:admiral who has the distinctive See also:title of See also:captain-See also:general. The See also:town is connected with Cadiz (4 m. N.W.) by a railway, and there is an electric See also:tramway from the See also:arsenal (in the suburb of La Carraca) to Cadiz. The principal buildings are See also:government workshops for the See also:navy, See also:barracks, a naval See also:academy, See also:observatory, See also:hospital, See also:bull-See also:ring and a handsome town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall. In the neighbourhood salt in largely produced and 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 is quarried; the manufactures include See also:spirits, See also:beer, See also:leather, See also:esparto fabrics, See also:soap, hats, sails and See also:ropes; and there is a large See also:iron-foundry.
San Fernando was probably a Carthaginian See also:settlement. On a 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 to the S. stood a See also:temple dedicated to the Tyrian See also:Hercules; to the E. is a See also:Roman See also:bridge, rebuilt in the 15th See also:century after partial demolition by the See also:Moors. The arsenal was founded in 1790. During the See also:Peninsular See also:War the See also:cortes met at San Fernando (181o), but the See also:present name of the town See also:dates only from 1813; it was previously known as Isla de Leon.
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