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LEFT LILLE 485 LIMERICK ington in 1896 for that purpose. On the annexation of Hawaii to the United States, in 1898, she returned to the is- land. She revisited the United States in the winter of 1901-1902 to press her claims for indemnity on the crown lands. Died Nov. 11, 1918. See Hawaii. LILLE (Flemish Ryssel), a manufac- turing town and fortress of France, chief town of the department of Nord, situ- ated on a subtributary of the Scheldt, in a fertile district. Lille derives its name from the castle, around which it origin- ally arose, in the midst of marshes, called L'Isle. It was founded early in the 11th century by the counts of Flanders. From 1305 it was mortgaged to France, but passed to Burgundy in 1365. Louis XIV. conquered the town in 1667, and, though it was recaptured by Marlborough and Prince Eugene in 1708, the Aus- trians restored it in 1713. In 1792 it successfully resisted the determined at- tacks of the Austrians. In 1914 Allied forces of England, France and Belgium fought the Germans for possession of the town, which changed hands several times. The Germans finally won and held it, exacting a large money tribute from the town for ransom. Pop. about 220,000. LIMA, a city and county-seat of Allen CO., 0.; on the Ottawa river and on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, the Erie, the Lake Erie and Western, and several other railroads; 71 miles N. of Dayton. It is the trade center of the Lima oil field, a region embracing six counties; and has several large railroad shops, and manufactories of cars, loco- motives, machinery, and petroleum re- fineries. Pop. (1910) 30,508; (1920) 41,326. LIMA, the capital of Peru; at the foot of granitic hills; 7 miles from Cal- lao, its port on the Pacific, on the Rimac river. It is regularly built, and many of the streets have a stream of water running down the center. The numerous domes and spires give Lima a fine ap- pearance from a distance, but the houses are mostly of unburnt brick. Among the public buildings and institutions the cathedral, the convent of San Francisco, the exhibition palace, and the university with its national library and museum, deserve special mention. The manufac- tures are unimportant, but there is a considerable import and export trade through the port of Callao. The climate is very agreeable, but the locality is sub- ject to earthquakes, the most destructive having been that of 1746. Lima was founded in 1535 by Pizarro, and called Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings). In January, 1881, Lima capitulated to the Chileans, who occupied it for up- ward of two years. Pop. about 143,000. LIMASOL, the chief seaport of Cy- prus. It has no harbor, but there is a large trade, chiefly with France, in wine and carobs. Limasol is the only place in Cyprus where English troops are per- manently quartered — some in the town and 300 more three miles inland. Pop. about 10,000. Cyprus was administered by Great Britain until 1915, when the island was annexed by that power. LIMA WOOD, the name of the dye- wood also called Pernambuco wood and Nicaragiia wood. LIMBURG, a territory on the Meuse; between the provinces of Liege and Brabant; was created a countship soon after its annexation by the (Jerman king (870). In 1839 it was divided, the lands to the W. of the Meuse remaining with Belgium, while a long narrow strip on the E. side of the river was constituted the Dutch province of Limburg. The well-known Limburg cheese is made at the little town of Limburg, the former capital of the duchy. Pop. about 285,000. LIMERICK, capital of Limerick co., Ireland, at the head of the estuary of the Shannon; 120 miles S. W. of Dublin. The town consists of English Town, the original English settlement made in the reign of King John, on King's Island; Irish Town, which lies immediately to the S., on the left bank of the river, and Newtown-Pery, to the S. of Irish Town, the newest and handsomest part of the city, dating from 1769. There are few objects of interest except the Protestant cathedral of St. Mary, founded in 1180, and rebuilt in 1490; the Roman Catholic cathedral, a Gothic structure erected in 1860; and the fine bridges across the Shannon. Pop. about 26,000. LIMERICK, an inland county of Ire- land, in the ancient kingdom of Munster, bounded N. by the river Shannon, E. by Tipperary, S. by Cork, and W. by Kerry. It is level, with the pictui^esque Galtees in the S. E., and toward the Kerry bound- ary, a circular amphitheater of hills. Boats ply up the Shannon as far as Limerick, and the salmon fisheries are important. The picturesque river Maigne, rising in the Galtees, traverses the mountains and flows into the Shan- non. There are fourteen baronies in the county. The dioceses are those of Cashel, Killaloe, and Limerick. The area is 680,842 acres; capital, Limerick. Pon. about 140,000.