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Asben

American  
[ahs-ben] / ɑsˈbɛn /

noun

  1. Aïr.


Asben British  
/ æsˈbɛn /

noun

  1. another name for Aïr

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They very naturally prefer their own fine valley in Asben to the stony, desert wilds of Hagars.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

The Kilgris have been driven from all this part of Asben by the Kailouees.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

After a thousand scenes of pillage, of vexation, and attacks by armed forces, their caravan arrived, in October, at the vast oasis of Asben.

From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules

Amankee says the population of this country is very various, but the Tuaricks of Asben are the masters.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

Asben, Air, or Ahir, a kingdom of Africa, in the Sahara.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

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