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BURDEGALA

Volume 4 · 62 words · 1823 Edition

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 birthplace of Ausonius: now Bordeaux, capital of the Bourdelois, on the river Garonne. W. Long. 0. 40. N. Lat. 44. 54.