in Ornithology, a synonyme of the eagle. See FALCO.

Eagle, in Astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere; usually joined with Antinous. The stars in the constellation Aquila and Antinous, in Ptolemy's catalogue, are 15; in Tycho's 19; in Hevelius's 42; in the Britannic catalogue, 71.

fine large city of Italy, and the capital of Abruzzo, seated on a hill, on the banks of the river Pescaro, near its source. It has an ancient castle, and is a bishop's see immediately under the pope. The land about it produces great plenty of saffron. It was very near being all destroyed by an earthquake, in February 1703. The first shock was so terrible, that the inhabitants abandoned the city; but returning to vessels, it being Candlemas day, the shocks followed one another with such violence, that 24,000 people perished, and great numbers were wounded; 800 were killed in one single church; many other churches, monasteries, noble buildings, and the townhouse, were either swallowed up or overturned, together with the greater part of the city and its walls. Aquila stands 30 miles from the sea, and about 16 from the confines of the pope's dominions. E. Long. 14. 20. N. Lat. 42. 20.