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Oña, Pedro de

(Encyclopedia)Oña, Pedro de pāˈᵺrō ᵺā ōˈnyä [key], 1570?–1643, Chilean poet. Having been born in Latin America, he is considered Chile's first national poet. His poetry is both epic and religious. Ins...

Tajín

(Encyclopedia)Tajín: see El Tajín.

Akhetaton

(Encyclopedia)Akhetaton: see Tell el Amarna.

Cheremiss

(Encyclopedia)Cheremiss: see Mari El, Russia.

Amarna

(Encyclopedia)Amarna: see Tell el Amarna.

Mazagan

(Encyclopedia)Mazagan: see El Jadida, Morocco. ...

Sábato, Ernesto

(Encyclopedia)Sábato, Ernesto ārnāsˈtō säˈbätō [key], 1911–2011, Argentinean novelist and literary critic, b. Rojas. He received his doctorate in physics (1937) and taught until removed for anti-Peronist...

Al-Jadida

(Encyclopedia)Al-Jadida: see El Jadida, Morocco. ...

Alcazarquivir

(Encyclopedia)Alcazarquivir: see Ksar el Kebir, Morocco. ...

Alamayn, Al

(Encyclopedia)Alamayn, Al, Egypt: see Alamein, El. ...