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THEREZINA , a See also:city of See also:Brazil, See also:capital of the See also:state of See also:Piauhy, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Parnahyba See also:river, about 220 M. from its mouth. Pop. (1890) 21,620; for (he See also:commune or municipio, 31,523; (1906, estimated), 25,000. It is prettily situated on an open See also:plain and is laid out regularly with broad straight streets with seven large squares. Among its public buildings are the See also:government See also:palace, the legislative and municipal 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, the " Quatro de Setembro " See also:theatre, Misericordia See also:hospital, public See also:market, sanitation and public See also:works, See also:building, courts, See also:police headquarters, See also:barracks, &c. The See also:town is characteristically Portuguese in See also:appearance, its buildings being one or two stories in height, plastered and frequently coloured outside, with large rooms, thick walls, and See also:tile See also:roofs to ensure coolness. There is one See also:lyceum, or high school, with about 400 students, in addition to its See also:primary See also:schools. Its manufacturing See also:industries include a See also:cotton See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill, foundry, and See also:soap-works. A steamboat service, with three small boats, maintains See also:regular communication with Parnahyba, near the mouth of the river, besides which there are a number of See also:independent See also:freight-carrying boats. Therezina was founded in 1852, its site being originally called Chapada de See also:Corisco, and was named in See also:honour of the empress, Dona Thereza See also:Christina.' It was made the capital of Piauhy in See also:succession to Oeiras.
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