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(Encyclopedia)folk drama, noncommercial, generally rural theater and pageantry based on folk traditions and local history. This form of drama, common throughout the world, declined in popularity in the West (althou...Spinola, Ambrogio
(Encyclopedia)Spinola, Ambrogio ämbrôˈjō spēˈnōlä [key], 1569–1630, Spanish general, b. Italy, of a noble Genoese family. In 1602, Spinola entered Spanish service in the Netherlands. He took (1604) Ostend...Blake, Toe
(Encyclopedia)Blake, Toe (Hector Blake), 1912–1995, Canadian ice hockey player and coach. A left wing, Blake played (1934–35) with the National Hockey League's Montreal Maroons, spent time in the minor leagues,...Mogi das Cruzes
(Encyclopedia)Mogi das Cruzes mo͝ozhēˈ däs kro͞oˈzəs [key], city (1996 pop. 314,947), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the Tietê River. It is an industrial center and an agricultural distribution point for S...Marajó
(Encyclopedia)Marajó mərəzhôˈ [key], island, c.150 mi (240 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, N Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. It divides the river into the Amazon proper and the Pará. Cattle are...Goiânia
(Encyclopedia)Goiânia go͝oyäˈnyə [key], city, capital of Goiás state, S central Brazil. A modern plan...Aracaju
(Encyclopedia)Aracaju äˌrəkəzho͞oˈ [key], city, capital of Sergipe state, E central Brazil, a port on the Sergipe River near the Atlantic Ocean. Mainly a commercial center, Aracaj...Juruá
(Encyclopedia)Juruá zho͞orwäˈ [key], river, c.1,500 mi (2,410 km) long, rising in the Cerros de Canchyuaya, E Peru. It flows in a winding course generally NE through Acre and Amazonas states, W Brazil, to the A...Alencar, José de
(Encyclopedia)Alencar, José de älāNngkârˈ [key], 1829–77, Brazilian jurist and author. Alencar was one of the founders of modern Brazilian literature. His historical novels (O Guarani, 1857; Iracema, 1865, t...Feira de Santana
(Encyclopedia)Feira de Santana fāˈrə dĭ səntäˈnə [key], city, Bahia state, E Brazil, betwee...Browse by Subject
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