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 Arch Beach; village in Orange County, California, named from the natural arches in the cliffs in the ocean.

Archdale; town in Randolph County, North Carolina, named for John Archdale, a lord proprietor and governor of Carolina.

Archer; county in Texas.

Archer City; village in Archer County, named for Dr. Branch T. Archer, prominent in the early days of the State.

Archuleta; county in Colorado, named for J. M. Archuleta, head of one of the old Spanish families of New Mexico.

Arcola; township and city in Douglas County, Illinois, named from the ancient town in Italy.

Arctic; village in San Bernardino County, California, so called derisively from its location in the Mojave desert.

Arden; town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, named from the Forest of Arden, in Shakespeare's play "As You Like It."

Arenac; county, and village in same county, in Michigan. An Indian word, auke, "earth" or "land," compounded with the Latin word arena. The name was coined by Schoolcraft and a party of early explorers.

Arenzville; village in Cass County, Illinois, named for Francis A. Arenz, pioneer and founder.

Arequa; gulch in Colorado, named for a man named Requa.

Argenta; villages in Beaverhead County, Montana, and Salt Lake County, Utah, so named because of near-by silver mines. From the Latin argentum, meaning "silver."

Argentine; city in Wyandotte County, Kansas, so named from the Latin argentum, "silver," a smelter being the first industry there.

Argonia; city in Sumner County, Kansas, named from the ship Argo, in which Jason sailed to Colchis in quest of the "golden fleece."

Argos; town in Marshall County, Indiana, named from the town in Greece.

Arguello; village in Santa Barbara County, California. A Spanish term meaning "lack of health."

Argusville; village in Schoharie County, New York, named for its principal paper, the Albany Argus.

Argyle; towns in Walton County, Florida, and Winnebago County, Illinois, settled by Scotch, and named by them from the city in Scotland.

Argyle; town in Washington County, New York, named for the Duke of Argyle in 1786.

Arietta; town in Hamilton County, New York, named for the wife of Rensselaer Van Rennselaer.

Arikaree; river, and village in Arapahoe County, in Colorado, named from the Indian tribe. The word refers to "horn."

Arizona; Territory of the United States. The word probably means arid stone or desert, but Mowry claims that the name is Aztec, from arizuma, signifying "silver bearing."

Arkadelphia; town in Clark County, Arkansas. The word is compounded of the abbreviation of Arkansas and the Greek word adelphus, "brother."

Arkansas; State of the Union, county, and township in same county, and river in said State, and city in Cowley County, Kansas. Marquette and other French explorers wrote the word Alkansas and Akamsea, from the Indian tribe later known as Quapaw. The meaning of the name is unknown, but it is of Algonquin origin and has no connection with the French arc, as has been asserted.

Armada; town in Riverside County, California, and village in Macomb County, Michigan. A Spanish word, meaning "fleet," "squadron."