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(Encyclopedia)Asunción äso͞onsyōˈn [key], city, S Paraguay, capital of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River. It is the principal port and chief industrial and cultural center of Paragua...Santo Domingo, former Spanish colony
(Encyclopedia)Santo Domingo sänˈtō dōmēngˈgō [key], former Spanish colony on the island of Hispaniola. The name has also been used for the Dominican Republic, and in early days it applied to Haiti. Columbus ...Santo Domingo, city, Dominican Republic
(Encyclopedia)Santo Domingo sänˈtō dōmēngˈgō [key], city (1993 pop. 1,609,966), S Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River. It is the country's capital, largest city, leading...Santo Domingo, pueblo, United States
(Encyclopedia)Santo Domingo sänˌtə dəmĭngˈgō [key], pueblo (1990 pop. 2,866), Sandoval co., N central N.Mex., on the Rio Grande; founded c.1700 after earlier pueblos were destroyed by floods. Its inhabitants...Mendoza, Pedro de
(Encyclopedia)Mendoza, Pedro de dā māndōˈthä [key], b. 1501 or 1502, d. 1537, Spanish conquistador, first adelantado [civil and military governor] of Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina). After a military...Videla, Jorge Rafael
(Encyclopedia)Videla, Jorge Rafael hôrˈhā räfäĕlˈ vēdāˈlä [key], 1925–2013, Argentine general and president. Born to a military family, he graduated (1944) from the National Military College and rose t...Domenchina, Juan José
(Encyclopedia)Domenchina, Juan José hwän hōsāˈ dōmānchēˈnä [key], 1898–1959, Spanish poet and critic, b. Madrid. He was active in the transition from modernismo to the “new poetry.” Such early volum...Cortina, Juan Nepomuceno
(Encyclopedia)Cortina, Juan Nepomuceno, 1824–94, Mexican military leader and politician. Born into a wealthy cattle-ranching family that moved to the Rio Grande Valley, Cortina joined the Mexican army in 1846 and...Encina, Juan del
(Encyclopedia)Encina or Enzina, Juan del both: hwän dĕl ānthēˈnä [key], 1469?–c.1530, Spanish dramatist, musician, and poet, b. Encino. He served as court musician to the duke of Alba in Italy, and in 1513 ...Enzina, Juan del
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