Aire (ancient Vicus Julii), a French town in the department of Landes, on the Adour, 112 miles S. of Bordeaux. It is a bishop's seat, and has an ancient cathedral. Aire, famous in Roman times, was the capital of the Visigoths under Alaric, but is now much decayed. Pop. 3000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 110
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