Asturias (Astu`rias) , an ancient province in the N. of Spain, gives title to the heir to the crown, rich in minerals, and with good fisheries; now named Oviedo, from the principal town.
Population (circa 1900) given as 579,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Astruc, Jean * Asty`ages