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Guerrero, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Guerrero, Vicente vēsānˈtā gār-rāˈrō [key], 1782–1831, Mexican revolutionist and president (Apr.–Dec., 1829). He fought under the command of Morelos y Pavón, spreading the revolution in t...Guerrero
(Encyclopedia)Guerrero, state, 24,887 sq mi (64,457 sq km), S Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. The capital is Chilpancingo. Dominated by the Sierra Madre del Sur, which ...Iguala
(Encyclopedia)Iguala ᵺā lä ēnˌdāpĕndĕnˈsyä [key], city, Guerrero state, S Mexico, on the...Amador Guerrero, Manuel
(Encyclopedia)Amador Guerrero, Manuel mänwĕlˈ ämädōrˈ gārāˈrō [key], 1833–1909, first president of Panama (1904–8), b. Colombia. A physician, he served as medical officer for the Panama RR and was a ...Aleixandre, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Aleixandre, Vicente vēthĕnˈtā älāhänˈdrā [key], 1898–1984, Spanish lyric poet. He won the national prize for literature for La destrucción o el amor (1935, tr. 1976) and the Nobel Prize in...Huidobro, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Huidobro, Vicente vēsānˈtā wēᵺōˈbrō [key], 1893–1948, Chilean poet, founder of the aesthetic movement known as creacionismo, which emphasized the value of the poet as verbal magician, expl...Gil Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Gil Vicente: see Vicente, Gil.Joanes, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Joanes, Vicente: see Macip, Vicente Juan. ...Rocafuerte, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Rocafuerte, Vicente vēsānˈtā rōkäfwārˈtā [key], 1783–1847, president of Ecuador (1834–39). Rocafuerte headed (1833) the opposition to Juan José Flores. Leader of a revolt at Guayaquil (1...San Vicente
(Encyclopedia)San Vicente sän vēsānˈtā [key], city (1993 pop. 28,529), central El Salvador. Among its industries are textile manufacturing and sugar milling. San Vicente is the commercial center of a region th...Browse by Subject
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