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Alais
Language; Encyclopedias
A town at the foot of the Cévennes, in the centre of a mining district; once the stronghold of French Protestantism.
Aix
Language; Encyclopedias
A town, the ancient capital of Provence, 20 m. N. of Marseilles, the seat of an archbishop and a university; founded by the Romans 123 B.C.; near it Marius defeated the Teutons.
Afridis
Language; Encyclopedias
A treacherous tribe of eight clans, often at war with each other, in a mountainous region on the North-Western frontier of India W. of Peshawar.
Ahasuerus
Language; Encyclopedias
A traditionary figure known as the Wandering Jew; also the name of several kings of Persia.
Aligarh
Language; Encyclopedias
A town with a fort between Agra and Delhi, the garrison of which mutinied in 1857.
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