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ABRANTES , a See also:town of central See also:Portugal, in the See also:district of See also:Santarem, formerly included in the See also:province of See also:Estremadura; on the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Tagus, at the junction of the Madrid—Badajoz--See also:Lisbon railway with the Guarda—Abrantes See also:line. Pop. (1900) 7255. Abrantes, which occupies the See also:crest of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill covered with See also:olive See also:woods, gardens and vines, is a fortified town, with a thriving See also:trade in See also:fruit, olive oil and See also:grain. As it commands the See also:highway down the Tagus valley to Lisbon, it has usually been regarded as an important military position. Originally an Iberian See also:settlement, founded about 300 B.C., it received the name Aurantes from the See also:Romans; perhaps owing to the alluvial See also:gold (aurum) found along the Tagus. See also:Roman mosaics, coins, the remains of an See also:aqueduct, and other antiquities have been discovered in the neighbourhood. Abrantes was captured on the 24th of See also:November 1807 by the See also:French under See also:General See also:Junot, who for this achievement was created See also:duke of Abrantes. By the See also:Convention of See also:Cintra (22nd of See also:August 18o8) the town was restored to the See also:British and Portuguese.
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