in geography, a sea-port town in Scotland, situated in N. lat. 55. 30. and W. long. 4. 40. at the mouth of a river of the same name, which discharges itself into the frith of Clyde. Aire is the chief town of the county, and very ancient. About a mile north from the town, there is a lazaret-house, commonly called the King's chapel, which King Robert de Bruce set apart for the maintenance of lepers.

a town of France, in Proper Gascony, of which it is the capital, with a bishop's see. It is seated on the river Adour, on the declivity of a mountain. E. Long. 0. 3. N. Lat. 43. 47.

a strong town in the Netherlands, in the county of Artois, with a castle. It was taken by the French in 1710, and was confirmed to them by the treaty of Utrecht. It is seated on the river Lys, 22 miles south of Dunkirk, and communicates with St Omer's by a canal cut from the river Aa. E. Long. 2. 31. N. Lat. 50. 38.