Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), AUSTERA´VIA

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AUSTERA´VIA

AUSTERA´VIA or AUSTRA´NIA, the German name of an island in the German Ocean (probably Ameland), signifying “the sister island.” The Romans called it Glessaria, because their soldiers are said to have found amber (glessum or glass) there. (Plin. Nat. 4.27, 37.11.2.)

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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William Smith, LLD, Ed.