Afyonkarahisar Afyon Afiunk Arahissar Kara Hisar
AFYONKARAHISAR
[Afyon]
[
earlier:
Afiunk arahissar,
Kara Hisar;
Greek:
Nicopolis]
( Turkey)
City and capital of Afyonkarahisar province, 140 mi
SW of
| Afyonkarahisar | Turkey | Afyon | Afiunk | Arahissar | Kara | Hisar | travel
Agadez Agad S Agades
AGADEZ
[Agadès, Agades]
(Niger)
Town and capital of Agadez department, in the Air
Mountains, 450 mi NE of
Niamey.
Located on
| Agadez | Niger | Agad | Agades | travel
Agadir Santa Cruz
AGADIR
[
Portuguese:
Santa Cruz]
(Morocco)
City and port on the Atlantic Ocean, 130 mi SW of
Marrakech,
in Agadir province. Agadir
| Agadir | Morocco | Santa | Cruz | travel
Agartala India
AGARTALA
(India)
City in the western part of
Tripura,
on the Haroa
River, 100 km west of
Dhaka.
Agartala was part
| Agartala | India | travel
Al-Agheila Al Uqaylah El Agheila
AL-AGHEILA
[Al-'Uqaylah, El-Agheila]
(Libya)
Town in Benghazi province, near the Gulf of Sidra,
140 mi SW of
Benghazi.
During World War
| Agheila | Libya | Uqaylah | Agheila | travel
Agincourt Azincourt
AGINCOURT
[
French:
Azincourt]
(France)
Village in the Pas-de-Calais department, at the foot of
the Artois Hills, 44 mi N of
Amiens.
| Agincourt | France | Azincourt | travel
Agira Agyrium
AGIRA
[
Latin:
Agyrium]
(Italy)
Town in Enna province, central
Sicily,
15 mi ENE of
Enna.
Originally a town of the Siculi,
| Agira | Italy | Agyrium | travel
Agoo Philippines
AGOO
(Philippines)
Municipality in La Union province, on
Luzon,
21 mi
S of
San Fernando.
Among the oldest towns of the
| Agoo | Philippines | travel
Agra Akbarabad
AGRA
[
former:
Akbarabad]
(India)
City in
Uttar Pradesh,
on the
Jumna River,
120 mi
SSE of
New Delhi.
Conquered by the
| Agra | India | Akbarabad | travel
Agri Decumates
AGRI DECUMATES
(Germany)
Region of the
Roman Empire,
between the
Main
River,
the
Rhine River,
and the
Danube River,
now
within
| Agri | Decumates | Germany | travel
Agrigento Akragas Former
AGRIGENTO
[
Greek:
Akragas,
former:
Girgenti,
Latin:
Agrigentum]
(Italy)
City in S
Sicily,
overlooking the
Mediterranean
Sea,
57 mi SSE of
Palermo.
| Agrigento | Italy | Akragas | Former | travel
Aguascalientes Mexico
AGUASCALIENTES
(Mexico)
City and capital of Aguascalientes state, 270 mi NW
of
Mexico City.
Founded as a military outpost by the
| Aguascalientes | Mexico | travel
Ahmadnagar Ahmednagar
AHMADNAGAR
[Ahmednagar]
(India)
City in
Maharashtra
state, on the Sina River, 125
mi E of
Mumbai.
Founded in 1494 by Ahmad
| Ahmadnagar | India | Ahmednagar | travel
Ahvaz Ahwaz
AHVAZ
[Ahwaz]
(Iran)
City and capital of
Khuzestan
province, on the Karun
River, 70 mi N of
Khorramshahr.
An important
Arab
| Ahvaz | Iran | Ahwaz | travel
Ai Palestine
AI
(Palestine)
A city in ancient
Canaan,
W of
Jericho
where,
according to the Bible, Joshua defeated the Canaan-
ites c. 1200
| Palestine | travel
The Aigues-Mortes
THE AIGUES-MORTES
(France)
Walled medieval town in the Gard department,
Provence,
22 mi SSW of
Nîmes,
near the
Mediter-
ranean Sea.
Built
| The | Aigues | Mortes | France | travel
Ain Jalut Ayn Jalat
AIN JALUT
['Ayn Jalat]
(Israel)
Battlefield near
Nazareth.
On September 3, 1260,
the Mongols under Hulagu were severely defeated
here by
| Ain | Jalut | Israel | Ayn | Jalat | travel
Aintree England
AINTREE
(England)
Village 5 mi N of
Liverpool,
in
Merseyside.
The
Grand National steeplechase has been run here in
March annually
| Aintree | England | travel
Aire Aire Sur L Adour Atura
AIRE
[Aire-sur-l'Adour]
[
Former:
Atura;
Latin:
Vicus
Julii]
(France)
Town in the Landes department, 20 mi SE of
Mont-
de-Marsan.
In the Dark
| Aire | France | Aire | Sur | Adour | Atura | travel
Airolo Switzerland
AIROLO
(Switzerland)
Village in
Ticino,
canton at the southern end of the
St. Gotthard Pass, on the Ticino River, 25
| Airolo | Switzerland | travel
Aix-En-Provence Aquae Sextiae
AIX-EN-PROVENCE
[
Latin:
Aquae Sextiae]
(France)
Town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, 18 mi N
of
Marseilles.
It is located near thermal
| Aix | Provence | France | Aquae | Sextiae | travel
Aix-Les -Bains Aquae Gratianae
AIX-LES -BAINS
[
Latin:
Aquae Gratianae]
(France)
Town in the Savoie department, on the Lake of Bourget,
10 mi N of
Chambéry.
| Aix | Les | Bains | France | Aquae | Gratianae | travel
Aizawl Aijar
AIZAWL
[Aijar]
(India)
Capital city of northeastern Indian state of
Mizoram,
150 miles E of
Dhaka.
Aizawl was a part of
| Aizawl | India | Aijar | travel
Aizu-Wakamatsu
AIZU-WAKAMATSU
(Japan)
City in Fukushima prefecture, N
Honsh
u
,
115 mi N
of
Tokyo.
An important commercial and manufac-
turing center during the
| Aizu | Wakamatsu | Japan | travel
Ajanta India
AJANTA
(India)
Archaeological site in
Maharashtra
state, in the
Ajanta Hills, 65 mi NNE of
Aurangabad.
It is
famous for its
| Ajanta | India | travel
Ajarian Autonomous Republic Adjar Adzhar Adzharia Adzharistan
AJARIAN AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC
[Adjar, Adzhar,
Adzharia, Adzharistan]
(Georgia)
Autonomous republic of SW
Georgia,
on the
Black
Sea,
N of Turkey.
| Ajarian | Autonomous | Republic | Georgia | Adjar | Adzhar | Adzharia | Adzharistan | travel
Ajda Biyah Agedabia
AJDA BIYAH
[Agedabia]
(Libya)
Town in Benghazi province, near the Gulf of Sidra,
95 mi S of
Benghazi.
Colonized by Romans
| Ajda | Biyah | Libya | Agedabia | travel
Ajman Ajman
AJMAN
['Ajman]
(United Arab Emirates)
A sheikdom and city, smallest member of the United
Arab Emirates on the
Persian Gulf
NE
| Ajman | United | Arab | Emirates | Ajman | travel
Ajnadain Jannabatain
AJNADAIN
[Jannabatain]
(Israel)
Village SW of
Jerusalem.
In
a.d.
634 Theodoras,
brother of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius, was
| Ajnadain | Israel | Jannabatain | travel
Akhaltsikhe Georgia
AKHALTSIKHE
(Georgia)
Town in S Georgia, 65 mi E of
Batumi.
As part of the
Ottoman Empire,
it was the capital
| Akhaltsikhe | Georgia | travel