DAGUPAN

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DAGUPAN , a town and the most important commercial centre of the province of Pangasinan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on a branch-; of the Agno river near its entrance into the Gulf of Lingayen, 120 M. by rail N.N.W. of Manila. Pop. (1903), 20,357. It is served by the Manila & Dagupan railway. Dagupan has a healthy climate. It is the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

point of exportation for a very rich province, which produces

sugar

SUGAR

, indigo, Indian corn,

copra

COPRA (a Spanish and Portuguese adaptation of the Malay kopperah, and Hindustani khopra, the coco-nut)

, and especially

rice

. There are several

rice

mills here. Salt is an important export, being manufactured in salt water swamps and marshes throughout the province of Pangasinan (whose name, from asin, " salt," means " the place where salt is produced "). In these. marshes grows the nipa palm, from which a liquor is distilledthere are a number of small distilleries here. Dagupan has a small shipyard in which sailing vessels and steam launches
are constructed. The principal language is Pangasinan. DAHABEAH (also spelt dahabiya, dahabiyeh, dahabeeyah,
&c.), an Arabic word (variously derived from dahab, gold, and dahab, one of the forms of the verb to go) for a native passenger boat used on the Nile. The typical form is that of a barge-like

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

-boat provided with sails, resembling the painted galleys represented on the tombs of the Pharaohs. Similar state

barges

BARGES

were used by the Mahommedan rulers of

Egypt

EGYPT

, and from the circumstance that these vessels were ornamented with gilding is attributed the usual derivation of the name from gold. Before the introduction of steamers dahabeahs were generally used by travellers ascending the Nile, and they are still the favourite means of travelling for the leisured and wealthy classes. The modern dahabeah is often made of iron, draws about 2 ft. of water, and is provided with one very large and one small sail. According to size it provides

accommodation

ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

for from two to a dozen passengers. Steam dahabeahs are also built to meet the
requirements of tourists.

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