AKSTADT, in geography. See the article AICHSTAT.
AL, an Arabic particle prefixed to words, and signifying much the same with the English particle the: Thus they say, alkermes, alkoran, &c. i. e. the kermes, the koran, &c.
AL, or ALD, a Saxon term frequently prefixed to the names of places, denoting their antiquity, as Aldborough, Aldgate, &c.