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of Agrotés—a Pheenician legendary figure (San chon i a thon, See Cory’s Frag.). An. [A common root for “being”; Turkish an, “be”; Aryan an, “breathe”; Egyptian wn, “ be.”—Ep.] An. Anu. Anath. Anatu. The Akkadian An means “god,” “Jord,” “high,” and was a word borrowed in Semitic A yrian as Anu, and in the feminine Anatu, or Anath. These two became the god and gode of “heaven.” In Egyptian the sun was called An or On, In Sanskrit An was “air,” or “breath,” or “soul.” In Akkadian En is “lord,” and in Turkish dialects ef? and of means “high.” Herodotos seems to connect the Persian An a it is (see Anabita) with the Babylonian Anatu. Anada. Sanskrit, “bli ,” “delight,” “ sensual pleasure.” Anahita. Anahid. In Greek An a it is. She is the feminine mate of Mithra (together they are the “two Mithras”) in the Persian ‘Avesta, Herodotos regarded her as a Babylonian gode (see An). She was worshiped in the time of Xerxes. The Anath worshiped by Seti I, of the xixth Egyptian Dynasty, was probably Anatu, and perhaps the same as An a it is, She rides a horse, and wears war-like costume, on the rocks of Redosiah in Upper Egypt. The Persian name is however said to signify “undefiled” (Anahita). The Orphean Antea was Démétér, the earth gode , Anath. See Anahita, Av. "Anak. Plural’Anakim, A giant race in Palestine. [Perhaps a Turanian word, An-ak “tall man,” see An. They were apparently called Rephaim, or “tall,” in Semitic speech—Ep.] They were sons of Arb’a in Hebron, in the 15th century B.¢.; and therefore probably 7 Kheta (Hittites). The Hebrews were mere “gra hoppers” in their estimation. he last of them were found in Philistia. (Numb. xiii, 32; Deut. i, 28; ii, 11; ix, 2; Josh. xi, 21, 22). The Greek title Anax “king” (genitive Anuktos) may be connected with this root An; and Homer calls Zeus “ Anax of gods and men.” A similar meaning attaches to the Keltik Aonak, or Ainak—*a tall straight thing, like a fir tree.” Anala. Sanskrit, “fire.” See Anila. Anam. Annam. A vast tract stretching some 1200 miles, from about 9°30’ to 23° N, latitude—an area about equal to that of France, by which country it is now dominated. The north part is Tung-kin (capital Hanoi or Ke-cho “the market ”—a city with about 50,000 inhabitants). The S. part of the peninsula is French Kochin- China (capital Saigon), containing villages of Kambodians, Anamese, and others. The central region, semi-independent Kochin-China, has its capital at Hue (10,000 souls). The Chinese call Anam-Kachas, Koti, Katiu, or Kiau-chi. 112