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Juan Darièn

By: Julie Taymor and Elliott GoldenthalMusic and Original Lyrics: Elliott GoldenthalDirector: Julie TaymorSets and Costumes: G.W. Mercier and Julie TaymorPuppetry and Masks: Julie…

Juan Marichal

Juan MarichalBorn: Oct. 20, 1937Baseball RHP won 21 or more games 6 times for S.F. Giants from 1963-69; ended 16-year career at 243-142.Rocky MarcianoK - MDan Marino

San Juan Bautista

(Encyclopedia) San Juan BautistaSan Juan Bautistasăn wän bətēˈstə [key], mission, W Calif., in the fertile San Juan valley. Largest of the California missions, San Juan Bautista (1797) draws…

San Juan, city, Argentina

(Encyclopedia) San JuanSan Juansăn wän, Span. sän hwän [key], city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region.…

San Juan Islands

(Encyclopedia) San Juan IslandsSan Juan Islandssăn wän [key], archipelago of 172 islands constituting San Juan co., NW Wash., E of Vancouver Island. The islands were visited and named c.1790 by…

San Juan Boundary Dispute

(Encyclopedia) San Juan Boundary Dispute, controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the U.S.–British Columbia boundary. It is sometimes called the Northwest Boundary Dispute. The…

Crespi, Juan

(Encyclopedia) Crespi, JuanCrespi, Juanhwän [key]Crespi, Juan krāsˈpē [key], 1721–82, Spanish explorer in the Southwest, a Franciscan. He came to America in 1749, and in 1767 he went to the peninsula…

San Juan, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) San JuanSan Juansăn wän [key], river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, rising in the San Juan Mts., SW Colo., and flowing generally W through N.Mex. and Utah to Lake Powell on the Colorado…

San Juan del Sur

(Encyclopedia) San Juan del SurSan Juan del Sursän hwän [key]San Juan del Surdĕl s&oomacr;r [key], town, SW Nicaragua, on the Pacific Ocean. It was the Pacific terminus of the transit route…

Don Juan

(Encyclopedia) Don JuanDon Juandŏn wän, j&oomacr;ˈən, Span. dōn hwän [key], legendary profligate. He has a counterpart in the legends of many peoples, but the Spanish version of the great…