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bet. Ad Nonum (11) and Elusio (9). Visconti. ADVicTORioi,AS,a town of Gallia Cispadana,

on Via ^Emilia, bet. Mutina (3) and Forum

Gallorum.

Adaca, a town of Palmyrene. Adada (Adadata, Odada), a town of Pisidia,

E. of Prostama. Ad/e, a town of jEolis Asiat., on Eleeatrius

sin., bet. Cyme and Hydra prom. (5). Adam, a town of Reuben, on the Jordan, in

Amoritis, Peraea, over against Jericho,

where the Jordan stayed its course for the

passage of the Israelites. Adamas fl., a r. of India i. Gangem, fall­ing into Gangeticus sin. N.e. of Mana fl.

Its banks produced diamonds, whence its

name. Bramni, or Soank. Adana, a city of Cilicia Campestris, on

Sarus fl., 30 m. above its mouth, founded

by Adanus the Phoenician, son of Uranus

and Terra. Adana.

Adana (Athane), i. q. Arabia Felicia Em­porium. Adanates, a people of the Alpes Cottise, E.

of the Mcdulli. Part of the Val de la

Maurienne. Adani ins., two islets of Arabia Felis, in

the Red Sea, N.w. of Muza. Adapera, a town of the Trocmi, Galatia,

bet. Eccobriga (24) and Tavium (24). Adari, a port of the Leanitffi, Arabia, on

Persicus sin., s. of Cheldone prom. Adarima, a town of Limyrica, India, E. of

Melinda. Adarin, a town of Ccele-Syria, 10m. N.e.

from Ad Medera. Adaristus, a town of Macedonia. Adasa, a town of Ephraim, 4 m. from Beth-

horon. Adata, I. Commagene, the local name of

Germanicia. II. of Cappadocia, in Sara-

vene prefecture. III. of Palmyrene, bet.

Tyba and Evaria. Adaugmadum, a town of the Bagigsetuli,

Libya, bet. Tillabari and Thabunagdi. Addaa, Babylonia, i. q. Is. Addua fl. (Abdua, Adouas), a r. of Gallia,

Transpad., rising in the Alpes Rhgetise, and

running through Larius lac., into the Pa-

dus, 6 m. w. of Cremona. Adda. Addyma, a town of Mauritania CEesariensis. Adeba, a town of the Ilercaones, Tarra-

conensis, on the Iberus, R. towards its

mouth. Amposta. Adeda, a town of the Cassanitse, in Arabia

Felix, on the Red Sea, s. of Mamala.

Attuie. Adei.lum, a town of the Contestani, Tarra-

conensis, W.n.w. of Centum.

Ades, I. a town of Cilicia Trachea, near Laertes. II. of Zeugitana, at the s.w. head of Carthaginens. sin. A colonia, Maxula. The locality of the first defeat of the Carthaginians by Regulus. Rhades.

Adesa fl. (^Edesa), a r. of Lycia, running by Choma.

Adiabas fl., i. q. Kaprus.

Adiabar.e, a people of Meroe, on the right bank of the Nile, next to Dode-caschoenai.

Adiabene, I. a name of Assyria. II. the chief of the six provinces of Assyria, on Lycus (Caprus) fl.

Adiabla, a town of Albania Asiatica.

Adida, a town of Judaea, towards Jeru­salem.

Adienus (Odintus), I. a r. of Pontus, fall­ing into the Euxine 7i m. N. from Ascu-ris fl. Mapourah. II. a town of Pontus, at the mouth of Adienus fl.

Adisamcm, a town of Taprobane, on the Ganges.

Adisathri, a people of India, on Adisa-thrus m.

Adisathrus m., m. of India i. Gangem, extending s.w.—N.e. from above Carura to about Nagaruris.

Admah (Adama), I, the easternmost of the four cities in the valley of Siddim that shared the fate of Sodom. II. a town of Perasa, on the shore of the Dead Sea, near the site of the earlier cognominal city.

Adonis fl., a r. of Phoenicia, rising in Liba-nus, and falling into the Mediterranean s. of Byblus. The red colour of its waters, caused by the nature of the soil, connected it with the fable of Adonis (Thammuz). Naftr Ibrahim.

Adopissus, a town of Lycaonia.

Adoraim (Dora), a town of Juda, s. of Thappuah.

Adoreus m., a ridge of Didymus m. in Phrygia Magna, towards the s. border of Galatia.

Adorsi, i. q. Aorsi.

Adrab.ecampi, a people of Germ. Mag., bet. the Marus and the Danube, contigu­ous to the Sudini and the Quadi.

Adraha (Edrei), I. a town of Auranitis, Syria, 24 m. y.w. from Bostra. Draa. it. of Arabia Petraea. III. of Libur-nia.

Adraist^e, a people of India i. Gangem, about Pimprama.

Adramit-e, a maritime people of Arabia Felix, s. of the Chatramotitce. Hadra-maut.

Adramyttexus sin., a gulf of

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