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Alma
Language; Encyclopedias
A river in the Crimea, half-way between Eupatoria and Sebastopol, where the allied English, French, and Turkish armies defeated the Russians under Prince Menschikoff, Sept. 20, 1854.
Ailsa Craig
Language; Encyclopedias
A rocky islet of Ayrshire, 10 m. NW. of Girvan, 2 m. in circumference, which rises abruptly out of the sea at the mouth of the Firth of Clyde to a height of 1114 ft.
Adige
Language; Encyclopedias
A river of Italy, which rises in the Rhetian Alps and falls into the Adriatic after a course of 250 m.; subject to sudden swellings and overflowings.
Achill
Language; Encyclopedias
A rocky, boggy island, sparsely inhabited, off W. coast of Ireland, co. Mayo, with a bold headland 2222 ft. high.
Agouti
Language; Encyclopedias
A rodent, native of Brazil, Paraguay, and Guiana; very destructive to roots and sugar-canes.
Acheron
Language; Encyclopedias
A river in the underworld; the name of several rivers in Greece more or less suggestive of it.
Adour
Language; Encyclopedias
A river of France, rising in the Pyrenees and falling into the Bay of Biscay.
