NEW COMPOSTELLA, a town of North America, in New Spain, and province of Xalisco, built in 1531. It
Compound It is seated near the South Sea. W. Long. 110. 12. N. Lat. 21. 0.
Compound. COMPOUND, in a general sense, an appellation given to whatever is composed or made up of different things; thus we say, a compound word, compound sound, compound taste, &c.—Compound differs from complex, and stands opposed to simple. See COMPLEX and SIMPLE.