- Aria
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Ărī̆a, ae, f., = Areia acc. to Arrian, or Aria acc. to Strabo and Ptolem. (cf. Crusius, Lex. of Proper Names), a Persian province between Hyrcania, Gedrosia, and India, now the western part of Chorasan; hence, with the appel. Ariana, q. v., Manil 4, 802; Plin. 6, 23, 25, § 93.— Arĭi, ōrum, m.I.The inhabitants of the above country, Plin. 6, 25, 29, § 113.—II.A tribe of the Lygii, Tac. G. 43.2.Ărĭa, ae, f., = Aria, an island in the Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 2, 7, 2; Plin. 6, 12, 13, § 30.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.