AOUTA, a territory of Piedmont, with the title of a duchy. It is a valley 30 miles in length, and extends from the pass of St Martin's, near the frontiers of Yvree, to St Bernard. It abounds in pastures, and all sorts of fruits; the capital is of the same name. AOUTA, the name of the paper mulberry-tree at Otaheite, in the South Sea, from which a cloth is manufactured, that is worn by the principal inhabitants. See the article BARK.