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Aratus
Language; Encyclopedias
Native of Sicyon, in Greece, promoter of the Achaean League, in which he was thwarted by Philip of Macedon, was poisoned, it is said, by his order (271-213 B.C.); also a Greek poet, author of two ...
Araucania
Language; Encyclopedias
The country of the Araucos, in Chile, S. of Concepcion and N. of Valdivia, the Araucos being an Indian race long resistant but now subject to Chilian authority, and interesting as the only one that ...
Arbroath
Language; Encyclopedias
A thriving seaport and manufacturing town on the Forfarshire coast, 17 m. N. of Dundee, with the picturesque ruins of an extensive old abbey, of which Cardinal Beaton was the last abbot. It is the ...
Arcachon
Language; Encyclopedias
A popular watering-place, with a fine beach and a mild climate, favourable for invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints, 34 m. SW. of Bordeaux.
Arbela
Language; Encyclopedias
A town near Mosul, where Alexander the Great finally defeated Darius, 331 B.C.
Aranjuez
Language; Encyclopedias
A town 28 m. SE. of Madrid, long the spring resort of the Spanish Court.
Araucaria
Language; Encyclopedias
Tall conifer trees, natives of and confined to the southern hemisphere.
