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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 515 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

SOUTH See also:
PORTLAND
PORTLAND, EARL OF
PORTLAND, ISLE OF
PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK
PORTLAND , a See also:

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

city of See also:

Cumberland See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

Maine, U.S.A., on Casco See also:

Bay, an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of which separates it from Portland, with which it is connected by a See also:

ferry and four See also:

bridges. Pop. (1900) 6287 (763 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (r91o) 7471. South Portland is served by the See also:

Boston & Maine railway. It is the seat of the See also:

State (Reform) School for Boys. At See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring Point is Fort Preble, established in 1808 and now a See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery statiosl; and at Portland See also:

Head is Fort See also:

Williams. The city has See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel-See also:

ROLLING

rolling See also:

mills, See also:

CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car shops of the Boston & Maine railway, and See also:

SHIP

ship-See also:

BUILDING

building interests, and manufactures marine hardware and See also:

VARNISH

varnish. South Portland was See also:

PART

part of the old See also:

TOWN

town of Cape See also:

Elizabeth (pop. in 1900, 887) until See also:

March 1895; the legislature granted it a city See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1895, which was not accepted by the town until See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1898.

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