(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.…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(Encyclopedia) Zorrilla y Moral, JoséZorrilla y Moral, Joséhōsāˈ thôrēˈlyä ē mōrälˈ [key], 1817–93, Spanish poet and dramatist. His works and life epitomized the brief period of Spanish romanticism.…
