Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross, a Monaghan market-town, 51 miles NW. of Dublin. Pop. 1879.

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon, the capital of County Leitrim, on the Shannon, 98 miles NW. of Dublin by rail. Pop. 1177.

Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir (Shure), a town of Tipperary and Waterford counties, on the navigable Suir, 14 miles E. of Clonmel, and 149 SW. of Dublin by rail. It has woollen, linen, and flax factories, and neighbouring slate-quarries. There are remains of a castle (1309) of the Butler family, a branch of which took the titles of Viscount and Earl of Carrick. A stone bridge connects it with the suburb of Carrickbeg in County Waterford. Pop. (1851) 7512; (1901) 5406.

Carriden

Carriden, a coast parish of Linlithgowshire, on the Firth of Forth, at the eastern termination of the Roman wall of Antonine.

Carrollton

Carrollton, since 1873 part of New Orleans.

Carron

Carron, a Stirlingshire village, on the river Carron, 2 miles NNW. of Falkirk. Its great ironworks (1760) till 1852 produced 'carronades,' etc, and now turn out stoves, grates, boilers, pipes, etc. Pop. 1942.

Carse

Carse, a Scottish term for low lands adjoining rivers, as the Carse of Gowrie, between Perth and Dundee, and the Carse of Forth, near Falkirk.

Carsebreck

Carsebreck, the great curling centre of Scotland, 11 miles NNE. of Stirling.

Carshalton

Carshalton, a Surrey urban district, 3 miles W. by S. of Croydon. Pop. 6746.

Carson City

Carson City, capital of Nevada state, U.S., near the foot of the Sierra Nevada, 178 miles ENE. of San Francisco. It has gold and silver mines, and a U.S. mint. Pop. 2100.

Carstairs

Carstairs', a village of Lanarkshire, 1 mile NW. from which is Carstairs Junction on the Caledonian Railway, 28 1/2 miles SW. of Edinburgh, and 31 ESE. of Glasgow. Pop. of village, 508; of Junction, 905.

Cart

Cart, a Renfrewshire feeder of the Clyde, formed by the confluence of the Black Cart (9 miles) and White Cart (18 1/2), the latter of which has been made navigable to Paisley (q.v.).

Carthage

Carthage, Cape, a headland of North Africa, jutting out into the Mediterranean, in 36° 52' N. lat., 10° 22' E. long., with traces of the ancient city of Carthage to the north of the Tunis lagoon.

Carthagena

Carthagena. See Cartagena.

Cartmel

Cartmel, a Lancashire market-town, 6 miles B. of Ulverston. It was the seat of an Augus-tinian priory (1188). Pop. 1084. See The Rural Deanery of Cartmel (1892).

Cartworth

Cartworth, a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 6 miles S. of Haddersfield. Pop. 1838.

Carupano

Carupano (Karoo'pano), a seaport of Venezuela, on the north coast of the peninsula of Paria, with a lighthouse and good roadstead. Pop. 12,389.

Carvin

Carvin (Karvang), or Carvin-Epinay, a town in the French dep. of Pas-de-Calais, 11 miles SSW. of Lille by rail. Pop. 6905.

Casablanca

Casablanca (Arab. Dar el Beida), a port of Morocco on the Atlantic, 162 miles SW. of Fez. Pop. 8500.

Casale

Casale (Kasah'leh), a city of north Italy, on the Po, 21 miles NNW. of Alessandria by rail. It has a cathedral, the Torre del grand' Orologio, some fine palazzi, and manufactures of silk. In 1474 it became the capital of the marquisate of Montferrat. Pop. of commune, 31,S00.