BURDEGALA, or BURDIGALA, in Ancient Geography, a trading port town of Aquitania, situated on a lake of the sea, formed by the mouth of the Garumna. It was a famous seat of the Muses, as appears by Ausonius's book entitled Professores; and birth-place of Ausonius: Now Bourdeaux, capital of the Bourdelois, on the river Garonne. W. Long. 0. 40. Lat. 44. 54.
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