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Rudinì, Antonio Starrabba, marchese di
(Encyclopedia)Rudinì, Antonio Starrabba or Starabba, marchese di äntôˈnyō stäräbˈbä märkāˈzā dē ro͞odēnēˈ [key], 1839–1908, Italian political leader. A Sicilian revolutionist, he was mayor of Pa...Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez
(Encyclopedia)Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez hwän rôᵺrēˈgāth käbrēˈlyō [key], Port. João Rodrigues Cabrilho, d. 1543, Spanish conquistador and discoverer of California, b. Portugal. In 1520 he landed in Mexi...Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Visconti, Ennio Quirino
(Encyclopedia)Visconti, Ennio Quirino vēskônˈtē [key], 1751–1818, Italian archaeologist. He was conservator of the Capitoline Museum, Rome, and one of the consuls of the brief Roman republic (1798). A politi...Penitentes
(Encyclopedia)Penitentes pĕnĭtĕnˈtēz [key], secret lay order in the U.S. Southwest, particularly New Mexico, noted for flagellating rites during Holy Week. It arose from the third order of the Franciscans and ...Channel Islands, California
(Encyclopedia)Channel Islands or Santa Barbara Islands sănˈtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], chain of eight rugged islands and many islets, extending c.150 mi (240 km) along the S Calif. coast from Point Conceptio...Garbo, Greta
(Encyclopedia)Garbo, Greta, 1905–90, American film actress, b. Stockholm, Sweden, as Greta Gustafsson. Garbo's success in the Swedish film The Atonement of Gösta Berling (1923) brought her to Hollywood. Possessi...Arnolfo di Cambio
(Encyclopedia)Arnolfo di Cambio ärnôlˈfō dē kämˈbyō [key], b. c.1245, d. before 1310, Italian architect and sculptor. He was Nicola Pisano's chief assistant on the Siena pulpit, but he soon began to work in...Florianópolis
(Encyclopedia)Florianópolis flo͝orēənôˈpo͝olēs [key], city, capital of Santa Catarina state, SE Brazil, on Santa Catarina ...Lackland Air Force Base
(Encyclopedia)Lackland Air Force Base lăkˈlənd [key], U.S. military installation, c.6,835 acres (2,766 hectares), S Tex., W of San Antonio; est. 1941, amalgated 2010 with Fort Sam Houston and Randolph Air Force ...Browse by Subject
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