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Roelas, Juan de las

(Encyclopedia) Roelas or Ruelas, Juan de lasRoelas or Ruelas, Juan de lashwän dā läs rōāˈläs, r&oomacr;āˈläs [key], c.1558–1625, Spanish painter of the school of Seville. He is sometimes called…

Rosas, Juan Manuel de

(Encyclopedia) Rosas, Juan Manuel deRosas, Juan Manuel dehwän mänwĕlˈ dā rôˈsäs [key], 1793–1877, Argentine dictator, governor of Buenos Aires prov. (1829–32, 1835–52). As a boy he served under…

San Juan, city, Argentina

(Encyclopedia) San JuanSan Juansăn wän, Span. sän hwän [key], city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region.…

San Juan, river, Nicaragua

(Encyclopedia) San JuanSan Juansän hwän [key], river, c.110 mi (180 km) long, flowing from the southeast corner of Lake Nicaragua E to the Caribbean Sea, near the port of San Juan del Norte. The…

San Juan Boundary Dispute

(Encyclopedia) San Juan Boundary Dispute, controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the U.S.–British Columbia boundary. It is sometimes called the Northwest Boundary Dispute. The…

San Juan del Norte

(Encyclopedia) San Juan del NorteSan Juan del Nortesän hwän dĕl nôrˈtā [key], small town, SE Nicaragua, on the Caribbean Sea. Small quantities of bananas and hardwoods are exported. Also called…

San Juan del Sur

(Encyclopedia) San Juan del SurSan Juan del Sursän hwän [key]San Juan del Surdĕl s&oomacr;r [key], town, SW Nicaragua, on the Pacific Ocean. It was the Pacific terminus of the transit route…

Santos Calderón, Juan Manuel

(Encyclopedia) Santos Calderón, Juan Manuel, 1951–, Colombian government official and political leader. From a politically influential family, he studied at the Univ. of Kansas, London School of…

Catalan art

(Encyclopedia) Catalan artCatalan artkătˈəlăn, –lən [key]. In Catalonia and the territories of the counts of Barcelona, art flowered in the early Middle Ages and continued to flourish through the…