A M A 



iJ3f'-J New Epin-.s. It is placed by M. d'Anville in tJie in. 

 teiioi- of the couiUiy, on the river CtlydnuG. Tlic inliabi- 

 tanls were denomiuattd Amantcs, or y\niaiuini. 



AMANUS, the name of a mountain, fituatc at the fad- 

 era extremity of tlie Mediterranean, near the gulf of KTus, 

 a id feparating Cillcia from Syria. 'I'he defile or pafs of this 

 111 )unt:iin, which forms a communication between tliefe 

 countries, is called Porliis yimanictis, or Pyl't Ci/icLr, the 

 Gates of Cilicia. Tlie Perfian army, under Darius, irarelied 

 tl'.rough this (bait, while that of Alexander was encamped 

 at Iffiis, after havinp; patTed the Strait of Mount Taurus, 

 culled alfo one of the Gates of Cilicia. This defile is alfo 

 famous for the victory gained by vSeptimiiis Severus over 

 Pelceiinius Niger. This mountain extends between the 37th 

 and 3!?th degree of latitude, and its direction is from tl\c 

 north-call to the fouth-wcft. Some geographers have made 

 it a branch of Mount Taurus. Stephanus Byz. Hiys, that it 

 took its name from the Greek word f^r.na, vian'u, becaufc 

 Oreftes was delivered here from the furies which agitated 

 him after the afiaffination of his mother. 



Amanus, orOMANUs, in Mythology, the deity of the 

 ancient Porfians, \\ hich they believed to be the fun, or the 

 perpetual fire, which they adored as an image or emblem 

 of the fun. ^^ 



AMANZIRtFDIN, in Geography, a town of Arabia, 

 440 miles call of Mecca, and 5H4 north-eaft. of Mocha. 

 N. lat. 20° 25'. E. long. 67° 30'. 



AMAPALLA, a fea-port town in the province of Gua- 

 timala, in North America, Htuate on a gulf of the fame 

 name, 220 miles fouth-ealt of the town of Guatimala. The 

 inhabitants of this town and its vicinity cany on a coniider- 

 able trade in cochineal, cocoa, hides, and indigo, and the other 

 commodities of the province. N. lat. 12"^ 30'. W. long. 

 86-^ 40'. 



Amapalla Bay, or Cu^f, lies on the weflern coaft 

 of Mexico, in North America, iouth-eaft from Guatimala, 

 and north-weft from Realejo, in the direftion of the coaft. 

 The entrance into the bay is between two peninfulas, which 

 approach near each other, and defend the bay from the 

 ocean ; but within it is very fpacious, extending from north- 

 Wcft to fouth-caft. It forms the harbour of the town of 

 Amapalla, fometimes called Fonfeca or Penftca. The coaft, 

 within the limits of the gulf, and without the bay, is free 

 from rocks and flioals, and affords good anchorage ; on the 

 v.'eft lide of the bay there is a hill, called the Kill of Ama- 

 palla, with a port at the foot of it called Martin l>opes. 

 In the Gulf of Amapalla are two illands : one, called Man- 

 gera, is a high round land, encompafted by rocks, with a 

 fmall fandy creek on the north-eail iide ; and the other, 

 called Amapalla, and the largeft, is about the diilance of 



A IM A 



two miles. The pilf, though it nin» a great vnr brj-otid 

 this illand, ia not deep enuugli to receive fhipi ol burden. 

 Malham's Gaz. 



AMARA, in jinciait Geography, 

 Felix. 



a town of Arabia 



Amara iNniCA, in Dolnny. Sec Momordica. 



AMARACUS. Sec ORinANi-M. 



AMARANTH, in G^'.-raph, a confidcnibic «nd pica- 

 fant town of Portugal, in the province of Eiitrc Minho, on 

 the river Tanuga, 13 miles fotilli-c.ift of Jlraga, and 3c c.ill- 

 north-eaft of Oporto. N. lat. 41" 19'. \V. long. 6- 52". 

 It contains about 4000 inhabitants, and is fituatcd in a very 

 delightful countr)', 



AMARANTH, an order of knighthood, innitiitcd in 

 Sweden by Queen Cliriftina in 1653, at the clofe of an an- 

 nual feaft, celebrated in that country, 1 



cha/t. 



ry, and called H'irif- 



This feaft was folcmnizcd with cntrrtaiiimciW'i, b:>ll», 

 mafquerades, and tlie like diverfions, and held from evening 

 till the next morning. That princefs, thinking the name too 

 vulgar, changed it into that o{ lUc J'tq/l rf ih, x'-'/j, bee;!!/;- 

 each perfon here reprefented fome deity "according as it Idl 

 to his lot. The queen affumed the name o( ylmaronle, th:ii 

 IS, unfiuiing, or immorlnl. The young nobility, drefltd in 

 the habit of nymphs and fticpheids, fvrvtd the gods at the 

 table. At the end of the feaft, the queen threw off her 

 habit, which was covered with diamonds, leaving it to be 

 pulled in pieces by the mafques, and in memor)- of fo gallant 

 a feaft, founded a military order, called in Swidlfli g/fcil- 

 chafft, into which all that had been prefeiit at the feaft were 

 admitted, including fixteen lords, and as many ladies, bc- 

 fides the queen. Their device was the cypher of amaronit, 

 compofed of two A's, the one dircft, the other inverted, and 

 interwoven together on a jewel of gold adorned with dia- 

 monds ; the whole inclofed by a laurel crown, with this 

 motto, dalce iiella mcmoria. The jewel was woiri bv the 

 knights either in a gold chain, or a crimfon or blue ril/iion. 

 Bulllrode 'Wliitlnek, the Eiiglifli anibalfador from Cromwell 

 to the court of Svvtden, was made a knight of the order of 

 iimaroite. On which account it feems to be, that we fom.e- 

 times llnd him iiyl J Sir Bulftrode Wliitloek. 



Amarani ii denotes a colour inchning to purple, derived 

 from the flower of this name. 



Amaranth, Glohf, in Botany. See Gomphrena. 



AMARANTHI SpJra. See Phrvma. 



AMARANTHOyy^?/;/-. Sec Gomphrena and Illk- 



CEURUM. 



AMARANTHOIDES. SccCelosia, GoMPHRtsA 

 and Illecebrum. 



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