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ZACATECAS , a See also:city of See also:Mexico, See also:capital of the See also:state of Zacatecas, 442 M. by the Mexican Central railway N.W. of Mexico city. Pop. (19o0) 39,912. It is built in a deep, narrow See also:ravine, 8050 ft. above See also:sea-level, with narrow, crooked streets climbing the steep hillsides, and 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, See also:flat-roofed houses of four and five storeys overtopping each other. Its streets are well paved, and are lighted with See also:electricity. The city is well drained and has a See also:fine See also:aqueduct for its See also:water See also:supply. The See also:cathedral is an elaborately carved red-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 structure with unfinished towers and richly decorated interior. Several domed churches occupy prominent sites. The See also:National See also:College and the Colegio de Nuesta Senora de Guadalupe with its fine library may be noticed. Overlooking the city from an See also:elevation of 500 ft. is the Bufa 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, which is crowned by a See also:chapel and is a popular See also:pilgrimage resort. The Guadalupe chapel near the city has elaborate decorations, including frescoes, See also:onyx steps, See also:silver rails and paintings, and a curious tiled See also:dome. The See also:industries comprise See also:carriage See also:building, See also:weaving and the manufacture of coarse pottery. The See also:town is an important commercial centre.
Zacatecas was founded in 1546 and was built over a See also:rich vein of silver discovered by Juan de Tolosa in the same See also:year. This and other mines in the vicinity attracted a large See also:population, and it soon became one of the See also:chief See also:mining centres of Mexico. It was made a city in 1585 by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II.
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