Amboyna
AMBOINA, APON, or THAU, most important the of the Moluccas or Spice Islands belonging to the Dutch, lies S. W. of Ceram, and N. W. of Banda. Area, 265 square miles. Population about 40,000, nearly a third Mohammedans. A bay runs into the island lengthy lengthwise , forming two peninsulas, the northern called Hitu, and the southern Leitimor. Amboyna is and mountainous, well watered, fertile, le, healthy. Clove, sago, mango, and cocoanut trees are abundant, also fine timber for cabinet work. The Dutch took Amboyna from the Portuguese in 1605. The British settlement was destroyed by the Dutch in the terrible Amboyna massacre of 1623, for which, in 1654, Cromwell exacted compensation. The British held the island, 1796-1802. It finally became Dutch in 1814. Amboyna, capital of the Dutch Moluccas, is situated on the N. W. shore of Leitimor, on the Bay of Amboyna, and has a good roadstead. The government buildings are in Fort Victoria.
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Ambracia
A city of Epirus, the residence of King Pyrrhus . Augustus, after the battle of Actium, called it Nicopolis. Lord Byron thus alludes to it in the second canto of "Childe Harold": "Ambracia's gulf behold, where once was lost A world for woman, lovely, harmless thing! In yonder rippling bay, their naval host Did many a Roman chief and Asian king To doubtful conflict, certain slaughter bring." 2026 Editor's Note: Ambracia was founded by the Corinthians in 625 BC and occupied the site of modern Arta, Greece. Contrary to the text above, Augustus founded the separate victory city of Nicopolis across the gulf after the Battle of Actium; he did not rename Ambracia. The Ambracian Gulf , which Lord Byron evokes, is now one of the National Parks of Greece due to its ecological importance. (Ed: BR 2026-06-27)
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Ambridge
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Beaver co., about 16 miles N. W. of Pittsburgh. It is on the Pennsylvania railroad and the Ohio river. It is an important nt industrial center having having manufactures of bridges, metal moldings, and tubes. Pop. (1910) 5,205; (1920) 12,730.
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Ambriz
a seaport and region in the Portuguese colony of Angola, on the coast of Old Guinea, at the mouth of the Loje. The official name is Oporto do Ambriz or Mbrish. It has a number of factories and a trade in India rubber, coffee, and palm oil. Its former trade in ivory is now transferred to Nokki and other places on the Kongo.
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Amduscias
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) Grand Duke of Hades. He has, according to Wierius (q.v.), the form of a unicorn, but when evoked, appears in human shape. He gives concerts, at the command of men, where one hears the sound of all the musical instruments but can see nothing. It is said that the trees themselves incline to his voice. He commands twentynine legions.
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Ameba
a term applied to a protozoön which perpetually changes its form. It is classed under the rhizopoda. It is among the simplest living beings known, and might be described almost as an animated mass of perfectly transparent moving matter. The ameba diffluens is sometimes called, from its incessant changes of form, the proteus.
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Amen
a Hebrew word of asseveration, equivalent to "Yea," "Truly," which has been commonly adopted in the forms of Christian worship. In Jewish synagogues, the "Amen" is pronounced by the congregation at the conclusion of the benediction given at parting. Among the early Christians, the prayer offered by the presbyter was concluded by the word "Amen," uttered by the whole congregation (cf. I Cor. xiv: 16). According to Tertullian, none but the faithful were permitted to join in the response. In the Greek Church, this word was pronounced after the name of each person of the Trinity; and, at the close of the baptismal formula, the people responded. At the conclusion of prayer, it signifies (according to the English Church Cathechism) "So be it"; after the repetition of the creed, "So is it." The Roman Catholic version of the New Testament (Rheims 1582), substitutes "Amen" for the "Verily" of our authorized version, it being the word used in the original Greek. The Mohammedans also use this word in their service.
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Amendment
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Amendment
in law, the correction of any mistake discovered in a writ or process. In legislative proceedings, a clause, sentence, or paragraph para propo proposed to be substituted for another, or to be inserted in a bill before Congress, and which, if carried, actually becomes part of the bill itself. As a rule amendments do not overthrow the principle of a bill. In public meetings, a proposed alteration of the terms of a motion laid before a meeting for acceptance. This amendment may be so much at variance with the essential character of the motion that a counter motion would be its more appropriate name.
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Amenemhat
or Amenemha, the name of four Egyptian kings of the 12th dynasty. The first, called SEHOTEP-AB RA, the founder of the dynasty, reigned about 2466 b. c.; was successful as a ruler and general, and built the temple of Amun, in Thebes. The second, called NUB-KAN RA, reigned in 2400 b. c. The third, called MAA-EN RA, reigned in 2300 b. c. He built a great reservoir in the oasis of Fayum, connected with the Nile by a canal in order to regulate the flow of the water and improve its usefulness. He built also, beside the Lake Mæris, the great temple called the Labyrinth and pyramid of his tomb. The fourth, called MAATKHERN RA, reigned 2266 b. c. (am-en'hō-tep), AMENHOTEP or
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Amenophis
the name of four Egyptian kings of the 18th dynasty. The first, ,and SER-KA RA, reigned about 1666 b. c., carried on successful wars in Ethiopia and Libya. The second, called AA-KHE- PERU RA, reigned in 1566 B. c., and made a successful campaign in Asia. The third, the most famous, was the 9th of the 18th dynasty, known as MAAT - NEB RA, reigned about 1500 b. c. During his reign Egypt stretched from Mesopotamia the country of Karo in Abysmogra to also built along the banks of the Nile posed that "this a series of marvelous monuments. The temple at Gebel-Barkal in the Sudan was erected by this King. He added considerably to the temple of Karnak and that part of the temple of Luxor which bears his name; also erected on the left bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, a sacred edifice which once must have been one of the most important in Egypt, of which now only the enormous colossi are left, which are portrait statues of himself. He was known to the Greeks as Ammon. The fourth was known as KHUN- ATEN and reigned in 1466 B. c., and made an innovation in religion by substituting the new worship of Aten (the sun's disk) for that of Amun and other Egyptian deities. He also moved the capital from Thebes to a place in the middle of Egypt, the modern Tel-el Amarna.
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