- A.
- Aa, rivers, various European countries.
- Aachen, (Aix-la-Chapelle, q.v.), town, Germany.
- Aalborg, town, Denmark.
- Aalen, town, Würtemberg.
- Aar, river, Switzerland.
- Aarau, town, Switzerland.
- Aard-vark, species of Edentata.
- Aargau, canton, Switzerland.
- Aarhuus, town, Denmark.
- Aaron, of Scripture.
- Aarssens, Francis van, Dutch diplomatist.
- Ababde, African tribe.
- Abaca, plant.
- Abacus, part of column and device for calculation.
- Abæ, town, Greece.
- Abakansk, town, Siberia.
- Abana, river, Syria.
- Abancay, town, Peru.
- Abandonment, in marine assurance.
- Abano, town, Italy.
- Abano, Pietro d’, Italian philosopher.
- Abaris, the Hyperborean.
- Abatement, in law and commerce.
- Abati, Niccolo, Italian painter.
- Abattoir, slaughter house.
- Abauzit, Firmin, French writer.
- Abb, town, Arabia.
- Abbadie, James, Protestant divine.
- Abbas I., the Great, shah of Persia.
- Abbas Mirza, prince of Persia.
- Abbassides, caliphs of Baghdad.
- Abbé, French title.
- Abbeokuta, town, West Africa.
- Abbess.
- Abbeville, town, France.
- Abbey.
- Abbiate Grasso, town, Italy.
- Abbon of Fleury, French writer.
- Abbot.
- Abbot, Charles, Lord Colchester.
- Abbot, George, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Abbot, George, the Puritan.
- Abbot, Robert, Puritan divine.
- Abbotsford.
- Abbotsford Club.
- Abbreviation, with list.
- Abbreviators, writers in papal chancery.
- Abdallatif, physician and traveller.
- Abd-el-Kader, Algerian emir.
- Abdera, town, Thrace.
- Abdera, town, ancient Spain.
- Abdication, with list.
- Abdomen, part of body.
- Abdominales, subdivision of fishes.
- Abduction, in law.
- Abdul Medjid, Turkish sultan.
- À Becket, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury.
- A’Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, English humorist.
- Abel, of Scripture.
- Abel, Karl Friedrich, German musician.
- Abel, Niels Henrik, Norwegian mathematician.
- Abel, Thomas, English divine.
- Abelard, Peter, scholastic philosopher.
- Abencerrages, Moorish family.
- Abenezra, Jewish writer.
- Abensberg, town, Bavaria.
- Aberavon, town, Wales.
- Aberconway, town, Wales.
- Abercrombie, John, Scottish physician and philosopher.
- Abercromby, David, Scottish physician and philosopher.
- Abercromby, James, speaker of the House of Commons.
- Abercromby, Patrick, Scottish writer.
- Abercromby, Sir Ralph, British General.
- Aberdare, town, Wales.
- Aberdeen, town, Scotland.
- Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
- Aberdeen, Fourth Earl of.
- Aberdour, village, Scotland.
- Aberfeldy, village, Scotland.
- Abergavenny, town, Monmouthshire, England.
- Abernethy, town, Scotland.
- Abernethy, John, Irish divine.
- Abernethy, John, English surgeon.
- Aberration, of light.
- Aberystwith, town, Wales.
- Abettor, in law.
- Abeyance, in law.
- Abgar, king of Edessa.
- Abiad, Bahr-el, river.
- Abies (See Fir).
- Abila, ancient town, Syria.
- Abildgaard, Nikolaj, Dutch painter.
- Abimelech, of Scripture.
- Abingdon, town, England.
- Abiogenesis, in biology.
- Abipones, Indian tribe.
- Abkhasia, district, Asiatic Russia.
- Ablution.
- Abner, of Scripture.
- Abo, province, Finland.
- Abolitionist (See slavery).
- Abomasum, fourth stomach of ruminants.
- Abomey, town, Dahomey, West Africa.
- Aborigines.
- Abortion, in midwifery.
- Aboukir, town, Egypt.
- Abrabanel, Isaac, Jewish statesman and writer.
- Abracadabra, charm.
- Abraham, Hebrew patriarch.
- Abraham a Sancta Clara.
- Abrantes, town, Portugal.
- Abrantes, Duke and Duchess of (Junot, q.v.).
- Abraxas, charm.
- Abruzzo, province, Italy.
- Absalom, of Scripture.
- Absalon, Danish statesman.
- Abscess, in surgery.
- Absinthe, liqueur.
- Absolute, in philosophy.
- Absolution.
- Absorption.
- Abstemii, religious sect.
- Abstraction, in philosophy.
- Absurdum, Reductio ad.
- Abu, sacred mountain, India.
- Abu-Bekr, caliph, successor of Mohammed.
- Abulfaragius, Gregorius, Arabian historian.
- Abulfazl, Indian historian.
- Abulfeda, Ishmael, Arabic historian.
- Abulghazi-Bahadur, khan of Khiva.
- Abuna, title of the archbishop of Abyssinia.
- Abushehr, town, Persia.
- Abu-Simbel, Nubia.
- Abu-Teman, Arabian poet.
- Abydos, ancient town, Asia Minor.
- Abydos, ancient town, Egypt.
- Abyssinia.
- Acacia, genus of plants.
- Academy.
- Acadie, former name of Nova Scotia.
- Acalephæ, group of animals.
- Acanthocephala, parasitic worms.
- Acanthopterygii, order of fishes.
- Acanthus, genus of plants.
- Acapulco, town, Mexico.
- Acarnania, province, ancient Greece.
- Acarus, genus of arachnida.
- Acceleration, in dynamics.
- Accent, in language.
- Acceptance, in commerce.
- Accession.
- Accessory, in criminal law.
- Acciajuoli, Donato, Italian writer.
- Accident, in logic.
- Accius, poet of the 16th century.
- Accus, Lucius, Latin tragic poet.
- Acclamation.
- Acclimatisation.
- Accolade, in conferring knighthood.
- Accolti, Benedict, Tuscan lawyer.
- Accolti, Bernard, improvisatore.
- Accolti, Pietro, cardinal.
- Accommodation, in Biblical interpretation.
- Accommodation, in commerce.
- Accoramboni, Vittoria, Italian lady.
- Accordion, musical instrument.
- Accorso, Francis, Florentine lawyer.
- Accorso, Mariangelo, Neapolitan critic.
- Account, Stock Exchange term.
- Accountant.
- Accountant-General, Court of Chancery official.
- Accra, town, West Africa.
- Accrington, town, England.
- Accum, Frederick, chemist.
- Accumulator, electrical machine.
- Ace, on cards and dice.
- Acephala, section of molluscs.
- Acephali.
- Acer, genus of trees.
- Acerbi, Giuseppe, Italian traveller.
- Acernus, Polish poet.
- Acerra, incense box.
- Acerra, town, Italy.
- Acetic acid.
- Achaia, state, ancient Greece.
- Achan, of Scripture.
- Achard, Franz Carl, Prussian chemist.
- Acharius, Erik, Swedish botanist.
- Achates, friend of Æneas.
- Acheen, in Sumatra.
- Achelous, river, Greece.
- Achenwall, Gottfried, German writer.
- Acheron, in classical mythology.
- Achill, island, Ireland.
- Achilles, in Greek legend.
- Achilles Tatius, Greek writer.
- Achillini, Alexander, Italian anatomist.
- Áchín, state and town, Sumatra.
- Achmet, sultans of Turkey.
- Achray, lake, Scotland.
- Aci Reale, town, Sicily.
- Acid, in chemistry.
- Acidalius, Valens, German writer.
- Acinaces, Persian sword.
- Acis, in mythology.
- Ackermann, John Christian Gottlieb.
- Acœmetæ, order of monks.
- Acolyte, order of clergy.
- Aconcagua, province, Chili.
- Aconite, genus of plants.
- Acontius, jurist and theologian.
- Acorus, genus of plants.
- Acosta, Christoval d’, Portuguese naturalist.
- Acosta, Joseph d’, Spanish writer.
- Acosta, Uriel d’, Portuguese Jewish nobleman.
- Acotyledones, class of plants.
- Acoustics.
- Acqui, town, Italy.
- Acre, measure of surface.
- Acre, town, Syria.
- Acrobat.
- Acroceraunia, promontory, Greece.
- Acrogenæ, division of plants.
- Acrolith, in statuary.
- Acron, Sicilian physician.
- Acropolis, citadel, Athens.
- Acrostic.
- Act, in dramatic literature.
- Act, in law.
- Act of Parliament.
- Act of Sederunt, in Scots law.
- Acts of the Apostles.
- Acta Consistorii, Roman edicts.
- Acta Diurna, Roman gazette.
- Acta Senatus, minutes of the Roman Senate.
- Actæon, in mythology.
- Actian Games, at Rome.
- Actinia, genus of animals.
- Actinism, property of solar rays.
- Actinometer, thermometer for solar rays.
- Actinozoa, group of animals.
- Action, in law.
- Actium, in ancient geography.
- Acton, village, England.
- Acton, Sir John F. E., Neapolitan commander.
- Actuary.
- Acuña, Christoval d’, Spanish traveller.
- Acupressure, in surgery.
- Acupuncture, in surgery.
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- Adafudia, town, Western Africa.
- Adal, country, Eastern Africa.
- Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg.
- Adalbert, bishop of Prague.
- Adam, of Scripture.
- Adam of Bremen, ecclesiastical historian.
- Adam, Alexander, classical teacher.
- Adam, Melchior, German writer.
- Adam, Robert, Scottish architect.
- Adam, William, Scottish politician.
- Adam’s Bridge, chain of sandbanks, Ceylon.
- Adam’s Peak, mountain, Ceylon.
- Adamawa, country, Central Africa.
- Adamites, heretical sect.
- Adamnan, Scottish saint and author.
- Adams, John, president of the United States.
- Adams, John Quincy, president of the United States.
- Adams, Richard, English divine.
- Adams, Samuel, American statesman.
- Adams, Thomas, English Puritan divine.
- Adamson, Patrick, archbishop of St Andrews.
- Adana, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Adanson, Michel, French naturalist.
- Adda, river, Italy.
- Adder, reptile.
- Addington, Henry, English prime minister.
- Addison, Joseph, English essayist and poet.
- Adel, country, Eastern Africa.
- Adelaar, Cort Sivartsen, naval commander.
- Adelaide, town, South Australia.
- Adelsberg, town, Austria.
- Adelung, Friedrich von, German philologist.
- Adelung, Johann Christoph, German philologist.
- Aden, town, Arabia.
- Aderno, town, Sicily.
- Adersbach Rocks, Germany.
- Adhesion, in physics.
- Adiaphorists.
- Adige, river, Austria and Italy.
- Adipocere.
- Adipose.
- Adirondack Mountains, New York, U.S.A.
- Adit, drainage tunnel in a mine.
- Adjudication, in law.
- Adjustment, in commerce.
- Adjutage, delivery tube for liquids.
- Adjutant, military officer.
- Adjutant, bird.
- Adjygurh, town, India.
- Administrator, in law.
- Admiral, naval officer.
- Admiralty, High Court of.
- Admiralty Charts.
- Admiralty Island, United States.
- Admiralty Islands, Pacific Ocean.
- Adolphus, John, English historian.
- Adolphus, John Leycester.
- Adonis, of Greek legend.
- Adonis, genus of plants.
- Adonis, river, Syria.
- Adoption Controversy (8th century).
- Adoption, in law.
- Adoration.
- Adour, river, France.
- Adowa, town, Abyssinia.
- Adra, town, Spain.
- Adrastus, in Greek legend.
- Adria, town, Italy.
- Adria, part of the Mediterranean.
- Adrian, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Adrian, Publius Ælius (Hadrian, q.v.), Roman emperor.
- Adrian, popes.
- Adrian, cardinal.
- Adriani, Giovanni Battista, Florentine historian.
- Adrianople, town, Turkey in Europe.
- Adriatic Sea.
- Adule, ancient town, Eastern Africa.
- Adullam, Cave of.
- Adulteration.
- Adultery.
- Advent, in the calendar.
- Advertisement.
- Advocate, legal pleader.
- Advocation, in Scots law.
- Advowson, in English law.
- Adytum, of temple.
- Æacus, in mythology.
- Ædile, Roman public officer.
- Ægades, islands, west of Sicily.
- Ægean Sea, Mediterranean.
- Ægeus, in Greek legend.
- Ægina, in mythology.
- Ægina, island, Greece.
- Ægineta, Paulus, Greek surgeon.
- Ægis, in mythology.
- Ægisthus, in Greek legend.
- Ægospotami, river, Thrace.
- Ælfric, old English writer.
- Ælia Capitolina, a name of Jerusalem.
- Ælianus, Claudius, Roman writer.
- Æmilius Paulus (Paulus, q.v.), Roman general.
- Æmilius, Paulus, Italian historian.
- Æneas, in classical legend.
- Æneas Silvius (Pius II., q.v.), pope.
- Æoliæ Insulæ, Mediterranean.
- Æolian Harp, musical instrument.
- Æolus, in mythology.
- Æon, space of time.
- Æpinus, Franz, German chemist.
- Æqui, ancient people, Italy.
- Ærarians, class of citizens, ancient Rome.
- Ærarium, Roman treasury.
- Aerated Waters.
- Aeroe, island, Denmark.
- Aerolite.
- Aeronautics.
- Ærtszen, Pieter, Dutch painter.
- Æs, metal, money.
- Æschines, Athenian philosopher.
- Æschines, Greek orator.
- Æschylus, Greek tragedian.
- Æsculapius, god of healing.
- Æsir, gods of the Northmen.
- Æsop, Greek fabulist.
- Æsop, Greek historian.
- Æsop, Clodius, Roman actor.
- Æsthetics.
- Aetion, Greek painter.
- Aetius, founder of Arian sect.
- Aetius, Greek physician.
- Aetius, Roman general.
- Ætna (Etna, q.v.), volcano, Sicily.
- Ætolia, province, Greece.
- Afanasief, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Russian writer.
- Afer, Domitius, Roman orator.
- Affidavit, in law.
- Affinity.
- Affinity, Chemical.
- Affirmation, in place of oath.
- Affre, Denis Auguste, archbishop of Paris.
- Afghânistân.
- Afghan Turkestan.
- Afium-Kara-Hissar, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Afragola, town, Italy.
- Afranius, Lucius, Latin poet.
- Afranius, Lucius, Latin consul.
- Africa.
- Africanus, Julius, church historian.
- Afzelius, Adam, Swedish naturalist.
- Afzelius, Arwid August, Swedish historian.
- Aga, Turkish title.
- Agades, town, Central Africa.
- Agamemnon, in Greek legend.
- Agape, love feast.
- Agapetus, Byzantine writer.
- Agarde, Arthur, English antiquary.
- Agasias, Greek sculptor.
- Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph, naturalist.
- Agate, stone.
- Agatharchides, Greek grammarian.
- Agatharchus, Greek painter.
- Agathias, Greek historian and poet.
- Agatho, Greek tragedian.
- Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse.
- Agde, town, France.
- Age.
- Ageladas, Greek sculptor.
- Agelnoth, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Agen, town, France.
- Agent, in diplomacy, commerce, and law.
- Agesilaus, king of Sparta.
- Aggregation, States of, in physics.
- Aghrim, Ireland, Battle of (1691).
- Agincourt, Battle of (1415).
- Agio, in commerce.
- Agis, kings of Sparta.
- Agistment, Tithe of.
- Agnano, lake, Italy.
- Agnates, in Roman law.
- Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, Italian mathematician.
- Agnesi, Maria Teresa, Italian musician.
- Agnoetæ, heretical sect.
- Agnolo, Baccio d’, Florentine sculptor.
- Agnone, town, Italy.
- Agnus Dei.
- Agobard, archbishop of Lyons.
- Agonalia, Roman festivals.
- Agonic Lines, in magnetism.
- Agonotheta, superintendent of Greek games.
- Agora, Greek market place.
- Agoranomoi, Greek magistrates.
- Agordo, town, Italy.
- Agosta, town, Sicily.
- Agostini, Leonardo, Italian antiquary.
- Agostino and Agnolo Da Siena, Italian architects.
- Agostino, Paolo, Italian musician.
- Agouti, genus of rodent mammals.
- Agra, division and district, North-Western Provinces, India.
- Agram, town, Austria.
- Agrarian Laws, Roman.
- Agreda, town, Spain.
- Agricola, Cnæus Julius, Roman general.
- Agricola, Christoph Ludwig, German painter.
- Agricola, Georg, German mineralogist.
- Agricola, Johann Friedrich, German musician.
- Agricola, Johannes, German Reformer.
- Agricola, Rodolphus, German scholar.
- Agriculture.
- Agrigentum, ancient town, Sicily.
- Agrionia, Greek festival.
- Agrippa, Herod, king of Judæa.
- Agrippa, Herod, II., king of Chalcis.
- Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, Roman general.
- Agrippa, Henry Cornelius, German philosopher.
- Agrippina, wife of Germanicus.
- Agrippina, mother of Nero.
- Agroteras Thusia, Greek festival.
- Agtelek, village and cave, Hungary.
- Agua, Volcano de, Central America.
- Aguado, Alexander Maria, Jewish banker.
- Aguas Calientes, town, Mexico.
- Aguilar, Grace, English authoress.
- Aguilar de la Frontera, town, Spain.
- Aguillon, François d’, mathematician.
- Aguirra, Josef Saenz d’, Spanish writer.
- Agulhas, Cape, South Africa.
- Ahab, king of Israel.
- Ahala, Roman family.
- Ahanta, territory, Gold Coast, Africa.
- Ahasuerus, king of Persia.
- Ahaz, king of Judah.
- Ahaziah, king of Israel.
- Ahaziah, king of Israel.
- Ahenobarbus, Roman family.
- Ahithophel, of Scripture.
- Ahmadabad, district and town, British India.
- Ahmadnagar, district and town, British India.
- Ahmed Shah, Afghan ruler.
- Ahriman, Zoroastrian principle of evil.
- Ahwaz, town, Persia.
- Ai, three-toed sloth.
- Aidan, ancient Scottish king.
- Aidan, St, bishop of Lindisfarne.
- Aide-de-Camp, military officer.
- Aidin, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Aids, feudal tribute.
- Aikin, John, English writer.
- Aikin, Lucy, English writer.
- Aikman, William, Scottish portrait painter.
- Ailred, English historian.
- Ailsa Craig, rock, Firth of Clyde.
- Ain, department, France.
- Ainad, town, Arabia.
- Ainmuller, Maximilian Emmanuel, German glass-painter.
- Ainos, tribe, Japan.
- Ainsworth, Henry, English divine.
- Ainsworth, Robert, author of Latin Dictionary.
- Aintab, town, Syria.
- Air.
- Air-Engine.
- Air-Gun.
- Air-Pump.
- Air, country, Central Africa.
- Airay, Henry, Puritan divine.
- Airdrie, town, Scotland.
- Aire, river, England.
- Aire, town, Pas-de-Calais, France.
- Aire, town, Landes, France.
- Aisle, in architecture.
- Aisne, department, France.
- Aiton, William, British botanist.
- Aitzema, Leon van, Dutch historian.
- Aix, town, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.
- Aix, town, Savoie, France.
- Aix-la-Chapelle, town, Rhenish Prussia.
- Ajaccio, town, Corsica.
- Ajan, in Greek legend.
- Ajax, in Greek legend.
- Ajax Oileus, in Greek legend.
- Ajeho, town, Manchuria.
- Ajmir, or Ajmere, district and town, India.
- Ajuruoca, town, Brazil.
- Akabah, Gulf of, Red Sea.
- Akbar, the Great, emperor of Delhi.
- Aken, town, Prussia.
- Akenside, Mark, English poet.
- Akerblad, Jan David, Swedish Orientalist.
- Akerman, town, Russia.
- Akerman, John Yonge, English numismatist.
- Akhalzikh, town, Transcaucasia, Russia.
- Akhissar, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Akhtyrka, town, Russia.
- Akiba, Ben Joseph, rabbi.
- Akola, district and town, British India.
- Akron, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Ak-su, town, Chinese Turkestan.
- Akyab, district and town, British Barmah.
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- Alabama, State, U.S.A.
- Alabaster, mineral.
- Alabaster, William, English writer.
- Alacranes, islands, Gulf of Mexico.
- Alagoas, province, Brazil.
- Alain de Lille, theologian.
- Alais, town, France.
- Alajuela, town, Costa Rica.
- Alamanni, Luigi, Italian poet.
- Alamos, Los, town, Mexico.
- Alamos de Barrientos, Balthazar, Spanish philologist.
- Alan, William, cardinal.
- Aland Islands, Gulf of Bothnia.
- Alani, Eastern tribes.
- Alarcon, Hernando de, Spanish navigator.
- Alarcon y Mendoza, Juan Ruiz de, Spanish dramatist.
- Alaric, king of the West Goths.
- Alaric II., king of the Goths.
- Alasco, John, Polish theologian.
- Ala-Shehr, town, Asia Minor.
- Alaska, Territory, U.S.A.
- Alatri, town, Itay.
- Alava, province, Spain.
- Alava, Miguel Ricardo d’, Spanish general.
- Alay, Turkish ceremony.
- Alb, ecclesiastical vestment.
- Alba, town, Italy.
- Alba Longa, ancient town, Italy.
- Albacete, province, Spain.
- Alban, St, British martyr.
- Albani, Francesco, Italian painter.
- Albania, province, Turkey in Europe.
- Albania, ancient country, Asia.
- Albano, town and lake, Italy.
- Albany, town New York, U.S.A.
- Albany, Louisa of Stolberg, countess of.
- Albategni, Arabian astronomer.
- Albatross, bird.
- Albay, town, Philippines.
- Alberoni, Giulio, cardinal and Spanish minister.
- Albert, dukes of Austria.
- Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenberg.
- Albert, first duke of Prussia.
- Albert, cardinal, elector of Mainz.
- Albert, prince consort, of England.
- Albert Nyanza, lake, Africa.
- Alberti, Leon Battista, Italian architect.
- Albertrandy, John Christian, Polish historian.
- Albertus Magnus, scholastic philosopher.
- Albi, town, France.
- Albigenses, religious sect.
- Albino, person abnormally white.
- Albinus, Bernard Siegfried, anatomist.
- Albinus, Flaccus (Alcuin, q.v.), learned ecclesiastic.
- Alboin, king of the Lombards.
- Albornoz, Spanish cardinal.
- Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg, musician.
- Albuera, village, Spain.
- Albufera de Valencia, lagoon, Spain.
- Album.
- Albumazar, Arabian astronomer.
- Albumen.
- Albuquerque, town, Spain.
- Albuquerque, Alphonso d’, Portuguese governor of India.
- Alcæus, Greek poet.
- Alcaics, in poetry.
- Alcaide, Spanish officer.
- Alcala de Guadaira, town, Spain.
- Alcala de Henares, town, Spain.
- Alcala la Real, town, Spain.
- Alcalde, Spanish official.
- Alcamenes, Greek sculptor.
- Alcamo, town, Sicily.
- Alcantara, town, Spain.
- Alcantara, seaport, Brazil.
- Alcantara, Knights of.
- Alcaraz, town, Spain.
- Alcavala, Spanish tax.
- Alcazar de San Juan, town, Spain.
- Alcazar Kebir, town, Morocco.
- Alcester, town, England.
- Alcestis, in Greek legend.
- Alchemy.
- Alciati, Andrea.
- Alcibiades, Greek leader.
- Alcinous, Greek philosopher.
- Alcinous, of Greek mythology.
- Alciphron, Greek letter-writer.
- Alcira, town, Spain.
- Alcman, Alexandrian critic.
- Alcmene, mother of Hercules.
- Alcock, John, English bishop.
- Alcohol.
- Alcoy, town, Spain.
- Alcudia, Duke of, Spanish statesman.
- Alcuin, early English ecclesiastic.
- Alcyonius, Petrus, Italian classical scholar.
- Aldan, river, Siberia.
- Aldan Mountains, Siberia.
- Aldborough, town, Suffolk, England.
- Aldeburgh, town, England.
- Aldegrever, Heinrich, German painter.
- Alder, tree.
- Alderman.
- Alderney, Channel Islands, England.
- Aldershott Camp, town and camp, England.
- Aldhelm, St, early English writer.
- Aldine Press ([[Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Manutius|See Manutius).
- Aldini, Giovanni, Italian physicist.
- Aldred, archbishop of York.
- Aldrich, Dr Henry, English writer.
- Aldrovandi, Ulisse, Italian naturalist.
- Aldstone, town, England.
- Ale.
- Ale-Conner, assize officer.
- Aleandro, Girolamo, cardinal.
- Aleman, Louis, cardinal.
- Alemanni, German tribe.
- Alembic, for distillation.
- Alemtejo, province, Portugal.
- Alençon, town, France.
- Alenio, Giulio, Jesuit missionary.
- Aleppo, town, Syria.
- Ales, Alexander, Scottish Reformer.
- Alessandri, Alessandro, Italian jurisconsult.
- Alessandria, province and town, Italy.
- Alessi, Galeazzo, Italian architect.
- Aleutian Islands.
- Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia.
- Alexander of Aphrodisias, Peripatetic philosopher.
- Alexander of Hales, theologian and philosopher.
- Alexander of Tralles, Byzantine physician.
- Alexander Balas, king of Syria.
- Alexander Jannæus, king of the Jews.
- Alexander Severus (Severus, q.v.).
- Alexander, popes.
- Alexander I., king of Scotland.
- Alexander II., of Scotland.
- Alexander III., of Scotland.
- Alexander I., czar of Russia.
- Alexander Jaroslawitz Nevski, Saint.
- Alexander, Archibald, American divine.
- Alexander, Joseph Addison, American divine.
- Alexander, Sir William, earl of Stirling, Scottish poet.
- Alexandretta (See Scanderoon), town, Asia Minor.
- Alexandria, town, Egypt.
- Alexandria, town, Scotland.
- Alexandria, town, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Alexandrian Manuscript.
- Alexandrian School.
- Alexandrine Verse.
- Alexis, Greek poet.
- Alexius I., Comnenus, Byzantine emperor.
- Alfani, Domenico, Italian painter.
- Al-Farabi, Arabian philosopher.
- Alfieri, Vittorio, Italian poet.
- Alford, Henry, dean of Canterbury.
- Alfred the Great, English king.
- Algæ, order of plants.
- Algardi, Alessandro, Italian author.
- Algarotti, Francesco, Italian author.
- Algarve, province, Portugal.
- Algau, district, Bavaria.
- Al-Gazali, Arabian philosopher.
- Algebra.
- Algeciras, town, Spain.
- Alger of Liége, French author.
- Algeria, country, Africa.
- Alghero, town, Sardinia.
- Algiers, town, Algeria.
- Algoa Bay, Cape Colony.
- Alhama, town, Granada, Spain.
- Alhama, town, Murcia, Spain.
- Alhambra, palace, Granada, Spain.
- Alhazen, Arabian mathematician.
- Ali, caliph.
- Ali Bey, sultan of Egypt.
- Ali Pasha, ruler of Albania.
- Alias, in law.
- Alibi, in law.
- Alicante, province and town, Spain.
- Alicata, town, Sicily.
- Alicudi (See Lipari Islands), Mediterranean.
- Alien, in law.
- Aligarh, district, British India.
- Aliment, in Scots law.
- Alimony, in English law.
- Alison, Archibald, Scottish divine.
- Alison, Sir Archibald, historian.
- Alizarin, colouring matter.
- Alkali, in chemistry.
- Alkaloids, in chemistry.
- Alkanet, plant.
- Al-Kindi, Arabian philosopher.
- Alkmaar, town, Netherlands.
- Alkmaar, Heinrik von, German satirist.
- All-Saints Day.
- Allah, Arabian name of God.
- Allahabad, division, district, and town, British India.
- Allamand, Jean Nicolas Sebastian, natural philosopher.
- Allan, David, Scottish painter.
- Allan, Sir William, Scottish painter.
- Alleghany Mountains, U.S.A.
- Alleghany, river, U.S.A.
- Allegheny, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Allegiance, in law.
- Allegory.
- Allegri, Antonio (Corregio, q.v.), painter.
- Allegri, Gregorio, Italian musician.
- Alleine, Joseph, English divine.
- Alleine, Richard, English divine.
- Allen, Bog of, Ireland.
- Allen, John, political writer.
- Allen, Thomas, English mathematician.
- Allentown, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Allestry, Richard, English Royalist.
- Alleyn, Edward, founder of Dulwich College, London.
- Alliance.
- Allier, department and river, France.
- Alligator, reptile.
- Alliteration.
- Allix, Pierre, French divine.
- Alloa, town, Scotland.
- Allodium, in land tenure.
- Allori, Alessandro, Italian painter.
- Allori, Cristofano, Italian painter.
- Allotropy, in chemistry.
- Alloxan, in chemistry.
- Alloy, in assaying.
- Allston, Washington, American painter and poet.
- Alluvium, land made up of sediment.
- Alma, river, Russia.
- Almaden, town, Spain.
- Almagest, Ptolemy’s astronomical work.
- Almagro, town, Spain.
- Almagro, Diego d’, Spanish commander.
- Almali, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Al-Mamun, caliph.
- Almanac.
- Almansa, town, Spain.
- Alme, singing girls of Egypt.
- Almeida, town, Portugal.
- Almeida, Francisco de, viceroy of Portuguese India.
- Almeria, province and town, Spain.
- Almohades, Mohammedan dynasty.
- Almon, John, political writer and publisher.
- Almond, tree and fruit.
- Almondbury, town, England.
- Almoner, ecclesiastical office.
- Almora, town, India.
- Almoravides, Mohammedan dynasty.
- Almqvist, Karl Jonas Ludwig, Swedish writer.
- Almug Tree, of Scripture.
- Almunecar, town, Spain.
- Alnwick, town, England.
- Aloe, plant.
- Aloidæ, in Greek legend.
- Alompra, Burmese king.
- Alost, town, Belgium.
- Alpaca, wool-bearing animal.
- Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan.
- Alpes, three departments (Basses, Hautes, Maritimes), France.
- Alpha and Omega.
- Alphabet.
- Alpheus, father of the apostle James.
- Alphonso, kings in the Spanish peninsula.
- Alphonsus a Sancta Maria, Spanish historian.
- Alpini, Prospero, Italian physician and botanist.
- Alps.
- Alpujarras, district, Spain.
- Alredus, early English historian.
- Alresford, New, town, England.
- Alsace, province, Germany.
- Alsen, island, Schleswig-Holstein.
- Alsop, Vincent, Puritan divine.
- Alsted, Johann Heinkich, German author.
- Alston, Charles, Scottish botanist.
- Alstroemer, Jonas, Swedish industrial reformer.
- Alt, river, Transylvania.
- Altai Mountains, Siberia.
- Altamura, town, Italy.
- Altar.
- Altdorf, town, Switzerland.
- Altdorfer, Albrecht, German painter.
- Altenburg.
- Alten Oetting, town, Bavaria.
- Altenstein, castle, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany.
- Altin, lake, Siberia.
- Alting, Heinrich, German theologian.
- Alting, Jacob, German theologian.
- Alton, town, England.
- Alton, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Altona, town, Schleswig-Holstein.
- Altoona, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Alto-Rilievo, in sculpture.
- Altringham, town, England.
- Alum, chemical salt.
- Alumbagh, enclosure, Lucknow.
- Aluminium, chemical element.
- Aluta (Alt, q.v.), an affluent of the Danube.
- Alva, village, Scotland.
- Alva, Duke of, Spanish general.
- Alvarado, Pedro de, Spanish discoverer.
- Alvarez, Francisco, Portuguese traveller.
- Alvarez, José, Spanish sculptor.
- Alvarez, Manuel, Spanish sculptor.
- Alwar, state, India.
- Alypius, Greek writer on music.
- Alypius of Antioch, geographer.
- Alyth, town, Scotland.
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- Amadeus V., of Savoy.
- Amadeus VIII., duke of Savoy.
- Amadis of Gaul, Spanish romance.
- Amadou, fungus.
- Amager, island, Denmark.
- Amalasontha, daughter of Theodoric.
- Amalekites, of Scripture.
- Amalfi, town, Italy.
- Amalgam, mercurial alloy.
- Amalia, Anna, duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
- Amalric, king of Jerusalem.
- Amalteo, Italian family.
- Amalteo, Pomponio, Venetian painter.
- Amara Sinha, Sanskrit writer.
- Amaranth.
- Amarapura, town, Burma.
- Amasia, town, Turkey in Asia.
- Amasis, king of Egypt.
- Amat, Felix, Spanish historian.
- Amati, family of violin makers.
- Amatitlan, lake and town, Guatemala.
- Amaurosis, disease of the eye.
- Amaxichi, town, Ionian Islands.
- Amazon, river, South America.
- Amazons, female warriors.
- Ambala, division, district, and town, British India.
- Ambarvalia, Roman festival.
- Ambassador.
- Ambato, town, Ecuador.
- Amber.
- Amberg, town, Bavaria.
- Ambergris, concretion in sperm whale.
- Ambert, town, France.
- Ambleside, town, England.
- Ambleteuse, town, France.
- Ambo, reading desk.
- Amboise, town, France.
- Amboyna, island and town, Moluccas.
- Ambracia, ancient town, Epirus.
- Ambrose of Alexandria.
- Ambrose, St, bishop of Milan.
- Ambrose, Isaac, Puritan divine.
- Ambrosius, Aurelianus, leader of the Britons.
- Ambulance.
- Amelot de la Houssaye, Abraham N., French writer.
- Amelotte, Denis, French writer.
- Amentiferæ, division of plants.
- America.
- American Literature.
- Amerigo Vespucci (See Vespucci).
- Amersfoort, town, Holland.
- Amersham, town, England.
- Ames, Fisher, American statesman and author.
- Ames, Joseph, English writer.
- Ames, William, Puritan divine and moralist.
- Amesbury, town, England.
- Amethyst, precious stone.
- Amherst, district and town, British Burmah.
- Amherst, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Amherst, Earl.
- Amhurst, Nicholas, English writer.
- Amianthus, mineral.
- Amici, Giovanni Battista, Italian optician.
- Amiens, town, France.
- Amiot, Joseph, Jesuit missionary.
- Amlwch, town, Wales.
- Amman, Johann Conrad, Swiss physician.
- Amman, Jost, Swiss wood-engraver.
- Amman, Paul, German physician and botanist.
- Ammanati, Bartolomeo, Florentine architect.
- Ammianus, Marcellinus, Roman historian.
- Ammirato, Scipio, Italian historian.
- Ammon, Egyptian divinity.
- Ammon, Christoph Friedrich von, German theologian.
- Ammonia, in chemistry.
- Ammoniac, Sal, chemical salt.
- Ammoniacum, resinous exudation.
- Ammonites, of Scripture.
- Ammonius Lithotomus, surgeon of Alexandria.
- Ammonius Saccas, founder of Alexandrian school of Neoplatonism.
- Ammunition.
- Amnesty.
- Amol, town, Persia.
- Amontons, Guillaume, French physicist.
- Amoor, Amour, or Amur, river, Eastern Asia.
- Amorites, of Scripture.
- Amorphism, in chemistry and mineralogy.
- Amoy, town, China.
- Ampère, André-Marie, French scientist.
- Ampère, Jean-Jacques-Antoine, French writer.
- Amphiaraus, in Greek mythology.
- Amphibia, class of vertibrate animals.
- Amphictyony, Greek religious confederation.
- Amphion, in Greek mythology.
- Amphioxus, genus of fishes.
- Amphipolis, town, Macedonia.
- Amphisbæna, genus of lizards.
- Amphitheatre.
- Amphitrite, in Greek legend.
- Amphora, ancient vessel.
- Amplitude, in astronomy.
- Ampthill, town, England.
- Ampulla, ancient vessel.
- Amraoti, district and town, India.
- Amritsar, district and town, India.
- Amru-Ibn-El-Ass, Moslem conqueror of Egypt.
- Amru-El-Kais, Arabian poet.
- Amsancti Vallis, Italy.
- Amsdorf, Nicolaus, Reformer.
- Amsler, Samuel, engraver.
- Amsterdam, capital of Holland.
- Amsterdam, island, Indian Ocean.
- Amulet, charm.
- Amurath I., Turkish sultan.
- Amurath II., sultan.
- Amurath III., sultan.
- Amurath IV., sultan.
- Amwell, village, England.
- Amymone, in Greek legend.
- Amyot, Jacques, French bishop and writer.
- Amyraut, Moses, French theologian.
- Ana.
- Anabaptists, religious sect.
- Anabasis, Xenophon’s work.
- Anacharsis, Scythian philosopher.
- Anachronism.
- Anacoluthon, grammatical incongruity.
- Anaconda, snake.
- Anacreon, Greek poet.
- Anadyomene, epithet of Aphrodite.
- Anadyr, gulf and river, Siberia.
- Anæsthesia, in medicine.
- Anagni, town, Italy.
- Anagram, transposition of letters.
- Anahuac, plateau, Mexico.
- Analogy, logical process.
- Analogy, in comparative anatomy.
- Analysis.
- Analytic Judgments.
- Anam, kingdom, Cochin China.
- Anastasius I., emperor of Constantinople.
- Anastasius II., emperor of Constantinople.
- Anathema.
- Anatolia, division, Asiatic Turkey.
- Anatomy.
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