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Tampico
(Encyclopedia) TampicoTampicotämpēˈkō [key], city (1990 pop. 272,690), Tamaulipas state, E Mexico, on the Pánuco River, a few miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Rivaling Veracruz as Mexico's most…Zumárraga, Juan de
(Encyclopedia) Zumárraga, Juan deZumárraga, Juan dehwän dā th&oomacr;mäˈrägä [key], 1468–1548, Spanish churchman, first bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan. Going to Mexico in 1528, he became…Rabelais, François
(Encyclopedia) Rabelais, FrançoisRabelais, Françoisrăbˈəlā, Fr. fräNswäˈ räblāˈ [key], c.1490–1553, French writer and physician, one of the great comic geniuses in world literature. His father, a…Brewer's: Francis's Distemper
(St.). Impecuniosity; being moneyless. Those of the Order of St. Francis were not allowed to carry any money about them. “I saw another case of gentlemen of St. Francis's distemper.” —…Brewer's: Frangipani
A powerful Roman family. So called from their benevolent distribution of bread during a famine. Frangipani. A delicious perfume, made of spices, orris-root, and musk, in imitation of real…Innsbruck
(Encyclopedia) Innsbruck Innsbruck ĭnsˈbr&oobreve;k [key], city, capital of Tyrol prov., SW Austria, on the Inn…Candide: In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at Cadiz, and Of Their Embarkation
What Happened to Cunegund, Ca... The History of the Old Woman In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at Cadiz, and Of Their Embarkation Who could it be that…Candide: How Candide Was Obliged to Leave the Fair Cunegund and the Old Woman
The Adventures of the Old Wom... The Reception Candide and Cac... How Candide Was Obliged to Leave the Fair Cunegund and the Old Woman The fair Cunegund, being thus made acquainted…Kilkenny, town, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia) KilkennyKilkennykĭlkĕnˈē [key], Gaelic Cill Chainnigh, town (1991 pop. 8,515), seat of Co. Kilkenny, S Republic of Ireland, on the Nore River. The districts of Irishtown and…Cordeliers
(Encyclopedia) CordeliersCordelierskôrdəlyāˈ [key], political club of the French Revolution. Founded (1790) as the Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, it was called after…Trending
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