Alemtayo (beyond the R. Tagus) Aleutian Islands, the bold rocks Alexandria and Alexandretta, named after Alexander the Great Alexandria, in Cape Colony, in honour of Queen Victoria Alexandria, in Italy, after Pope Alexander III. Alhama, 100 Alleghany Mountains, from a tribe Alloa, the way to the sea Almaden, Ar. the mine Almanza, Ar. the plain Almanzor, Ar. victorious Almeida, Ar. the table Altona, called by the Hamburgians _All-zu-nah_, _i.e._ (all too near), in allusion to its vicinity to Hamburg Alyth, the ascent or slope America, named after the Florentine adventurer Amerigo-Vespucci Angora, anc. Ancyra Annam (the place of the South) Anstruther, 179 Antrim (at the elder trees) Antwerp, 208 Aoasta, Lat. _Augusta_ Apennine Mountains, 154 Appenzel, 4 Appleby, 37 Applecross, 3 Aranjues, Lat. _Ara Jovis_, the altar of Jove Aravali Mountain, the hill of strength Arbois, anc. _Arborosa_, the woody place Arbroath, 3 Archangel, named in honour of the Archangel Michael Archipelago, the chief sea Arcos, anc. _Argobriga_, the town on the bend Ardeche, now Ardoix, in France, from _ardoise_, slate Ardee, in Ireland, on the R. Dee, now the Nith Ardeen and Ardennes, 10, 11 Ardfert, 10 Ardrossan, 10 Argos, the plain Argyle, 150 Arles, Cel. _Ar-laeth_, the marshy land Armagh, _i.e._ _Ardmacha_, Macha’s height Armorica, 143 Arras, named from the _Atrebates_ Arthur Seat, in Edinburgh, Gael. _Ard-na-said_, _i.e._ the height of the arrows, meaning a convenient ground to shoot from Ascension Island, so named because discovered on Ascension Day Asperne, 11 Aspropotamo, Modern Grk. (the white river) Assouan, Ar. the opening at the mouth of the Nile Astrakan, named after a Tartar king Astura R., 199 Asturias, 12 Attica, Grk. the promontory Aubusson, 36 Auch, named after the _Ausci_, a tribe Auchinleck, 5 Auckland, 5 Audlem, 7 Augsburg, 35 Aurillac, supposed to have been named after the Emperor Aurelian Auriol, anc. _Auriolum_, the golden or magnificent Austerlitz, 151 Australia, the southern land Austria, 164 Autun, 69 Auvergne, the high country, 11 Ava, or Awa, named from _angwa_, a fish-pond Avignon, 14 Avranches, named from the _Abrincatui_ Awe, Loch, 2 Azores Isles, Port. the islands of hawks B Baalbec, 15 Babelmandeb Strait, 15 Bactria, Pers. the east country Badajos, corrupt. from Lat. _Pax Augusta_ Baden, 15 Baffin’s Bay, named in honour of the discoverer Bagdad, 16 Bahar, corrupt. from _Vihar_, a Buddhist monastery Bahia, Port. the bay, 16 Bahr-el-Abiad, 17 Bahrein, 17 Baikal, the rich sea Baireuth, 162