AVA, a kingdom Asia, in the peninsula beyond the Ganges. The king is very powerful, his dominions being bounded by Mogulistan on the west, Siam on the south, Tonquin and Cochinchina on the east, and by Tibet and China on the north. Several large rivers run through this country, which annually overflow their banks like the Nile, and thus render it extremely fertile. Here are mines of lead and copper, together with some of gold and silver, besides large quantities of the finest oriental rubies, sapphires, emeralds, &c.