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TIPASA . (1) A See also:town and See also:commune on the See also:coast of See also:Algeria, in the See also:department of See also:Algiers, 3o m. W. of the See also:capital. Pop.of the commune (1906), 2725. The See also:modern town, founded in 1857, is remarkable chiefly for its pleasant situation and sandy See also:beach. The roadstead is exposed to the N.E. arid N.W. There is a See also:mole about 90 ft. See also:long and anchorage in six fathoms. A considerable See also:trade is done. The See also:Roman See also:city of Tipasa was built on three small hills which overlooked the See also:sea. Of the houses, most of which stood on the central 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, no traces re-See also:main; but there are ruins of three churches—the See also:Great See also:Basilica and the Basilica See also:Alexander on the western hill, and the Basilica of St Salsa on the eastern hill—two cemeteries, the See also:baths, See also:theatre, See also:amphitheatre and See also:nymphaeum. The See also:line of the See also:ram-parts can be distinctly traced and at the See also:foot of the eastern hill the remains of the See also:ancient See also:harbour. The basilicas are surrounded by cemeteries, which are full of coffins, all 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 and covered with mosaics. The basilica of St Salsa, which has been excavated by S. Gsell, consists of a See also:nave and two aisles, and still contains a See also:mosaic. The Great Basilica served for centuries as a See also:quarry, but it is still possible to make out the See also:plan of the See also:building, which was divided into seven aisles. Under the See also:foundations of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church are tombs hewn out of the solid See also:rock. Of these one is circular, with a See also:diameter of 6o ft. and space for 24 coffins.
Tipasa was founded by the Phoenicians, was made a Roman military See also:colony by the See also:emperor See also:Claudius, and afterwards became a See also:municipium. Commercially it was of considerable importance, but it was not distinguished in See also:art or learning. See also:Christianity was See also:early introduced, and in the third See also:century Tipasa was a See also:bishop's see. Most of the inhabitants continued heathens until, according to the See also:legend, Salsa, a See also:Christian See also:maiden, threw the See also:head of their See also:serpent idol into the sea, whereupon the enraged populace stoned her to See also:death. The See also:body, miraculously recovered from the sea, was buried, on the hill above the harbour, in a small See also:chapel which gave See also:place subsequently to the stately basilica. Salsa's martyrdom took place in the 4th century. In 484 the Vandal See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king Huneric (477–484) sent an Arian bishop to Tipasa; whereupon a large number of the in-habitants fled to See also:Spain, while many of the See also:remainder were cruelly persecuted. After this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the city disappears from See also:history; and, whether or not its ruin was caused by the See also:Arabs, they seem to have made no See also:settlement there.
(2) Another town which in Roman times was called Tipasa is in the department of See also:Constantine, Algeria, 55 M. due See also:south of See also:Bona, 3140 ft. above the sea; it is now called Tifesh. The See also:chief ruin is that of an extensive fortress, the walls of which are 9 ft. thick.
TIP-See also:CAT (also called Cat and Cat and See also:Dog), a pastime which consists in tapping with a stick a See also:short See also:billet of See also:wood with sharpened ends upon one of these ends, so that it jumps in the See also:air, and then hitting it to the greatest possible distance. There are many varieties of the See also:game, but in the most See also:common the See also:batter, having placed the billet, or cat, in a small circle on the ground, tips it into the air and hits it to a distance. His opponent then offers him a certain number of points, based upon his estimate of the number of hops or jumps necessary to See also:cover the distance. If the batter thinks the distance underestimated he is at See also:liberty to decline the offer and measure the distance in jumps, and See also:score the number made, The game is one or more hundreds.
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