Elizabeth City
a city of North Carolina, the county-seat of Pasquotank co. It is on the Norfolk and Southern and the Virginia and Carolina Coast railroads and on the Pasquotank river. It has an important trade in cotton, lumber, and oysters. Its industries include saw mills, shingle factories, cotton and hosiery mills, flour mills, iron works, shipbuilding yards, brick wo works, carriage factories, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,412; (1920) 8,925.
ELIZABETH FARNESE (far-na'se), Queen of Spain, daughter of Edward II., Prince of Parma; born in 1692. On becoming the second wife of Philip V. she surprised those who had counseled the marriage by assuming the practical headship of the kingdom; her ambition and that of her mi minister, Alberoni, disturbed the whole of Europe. She died in 1766.