ALAUDA, was the name given by Cæsar to one of his transalpine legions about 55 years B.C., probably from the crest of their helmets resembling that on the head of the lark.—Suet. Cas. 24.
ALAUTA or ALT, a considerable river of Turkey in Europe, which, after watering the north-east part of Transylvania and part of Wallachia, falls into the Danube almost opposite to Nicopolis.