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Áli Bándar, in Sindh, Lat. 24°, Long. 69° . . . . . . . . . . . . . على بندر Arab. Pers.
"Áli's harbour." Áli, sublime, one of the most usual Mussalmán names.
Anal. Ali-bágh, in Bengál, Lat. 22°, Long. 88°; Ali-gánj, in Hindostán, Lat. 28°, Long. 80°;
Ali-gárh, in Hindostán, Lat. 27°, Long. 78°; Ali-púr, in Bengál, Lat. 22°, Long. 88°;
Áli-púra, in Bándelkhánd, Lat. 25°, Long. 79°.

Allahabád, properly Iláh-ábád, in Hindostán, Lat. 25°, Long. 81° الٰه آباد Arab. Pers.
"God's town." The Hindu name of this town is Raj Preág, or the royal confluence, properly
sacrifice, oblation, in reference to the junction of the Ganges and the Jámna rivers. See Trivéni.

Álmóra, in Kámáon, Lat. 29°, Long. 79° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . المورد Hind.
Major Madden (Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII, p. 431) says the name is connected with
almóri (Rumex hastatus), a plant abounding in the environs.

Amarapúram, in Maissúr, Lat. 14°, Long. 77° . . . . . . . . . . . امرا پورم Hind.
"Town of the Immortals, or Gods." अमरापुरम् Sanskr.
Anal. Amar-kántak (Kántaka, congregation, or according to Lassen, summit), in Málva,
Lat. 22°, Long. 81°; Amar-kôt, in Sindh, Lat. 25°, Long. 69°; Amar-páttan, in Bándel-
khánd, Lat. 24°, Long. 80°; Amara-púra, in Bengál, Lat. 26°, Long. 86°, and the capital
of Bérma; Amar-tál, in Lower Bhután, Lat. 26°, Long. 92°.

Amáza gâ, a snow-peak in Bálti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75° . . . . . . Balti.
"Snow-peak of Amáza." A máza is the name of the castle of the Shígar Rájas; gâ is
the Tibetan word for ice.

Ámbagáû, in the Dékhan, Lat. 19°, Long. 75° . . . . . . . . . . . . امبه گانو Hind.
"The Mango-village."
Anal. Am-gáû, in Orissa, Lat. 19°, Long. 82°.

Amblangódde, in Ceylon, Lat. 7°, Long. 80° . . . . . . . . . . . Singhal.
"Village with a sarái." Ámblan, dharámsala, sarái, native resting-house; gódde,
village.

Amirgárh, in Rajvára, Lat. 25°, Long. 74° . . . . . . . . . . . . امیر گڑھ Arab. Hind.
"Lords fort." Amir, a prince, a lord, a grandee.
Anal. Amir-gánj, in Bengál, Lat. 22°, Long. 91°; Amir-pur, in Bándelkhánd, Lat. 26°,
Long. 79°.

Amrítsar, in the Pánjáb, Lat. 31°, Long. 75° . . . . . . . . . . . अमृतसर (Sanskr.) Hind.
"The lake of immortality." The name is connected with a large tank which Ram Das,
the 4th Gúru of the Sikhs, had made here in 1581. Ramdáspur, another name for
Amritsar, has now nearly disappeared.
According to Lassen, Ind. Alt., p. 98, it is Amrita-sára, literally = essence of ambrosia.
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