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Ercilla y Zúñiga, Alonso de
(Encyclopedia) Ercilla y Zúñiga, Alonso deErcilla y Zúñiga, Alonso deälōnˈsō ᵺā ārthēˈlyä ē th&oomacr;ˈnyēgä [key], 1533–94, Spanish poet. In Chile (1556–63) he fought against the Araucanian, and…Caupolicán
(Encyclopedia) CaupolicánCaupolicánkouˌpōlĭkänˈ [key], d. 1558, leader of the Araucanians who fiercely resisted the Spanish conquest of Chile. He attempted to carry on the reconquest begun by Lautaro…Lautaro
(Encyclopedia) LautaroLautaroloutäˈrō [key], c.1533–57, leader of the Araucanians in their nearly successful attempt to reconquer S central Chile from the Spanish. He was captured by the Spanish…monkey-puzzle tree
(Encyclopedia) monkey-puzzle tree, evergreen tree (Araucaria araucana) native to Chile and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. The symmetrical branches have an unusual angularity and are…La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de
(Encyclopedia) La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse deLa Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse demärēˈ mädəlĕnˈ pyôsh də lä vĕrˈnyə, kôntĕsˈ [key]La Fayette,…La Trémoille, Louis de
(Encyclopedia) La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis deLa Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis delwē [key]La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis de də lä trāmoiˈyə or trēm&oomacr;ˈyə [key], 1460–1525,…La Hire, Laurent de
(Encyclopedia) La Hire or La Hyre, Laurent deLa Hire or La Hyre, Laurent deboth: lōräNˈ də [key]La Hire or La Hyre, Laurent de lä ēr [key], 1606–56, French painter. He produced many portraits and…Hogue, La
(Encyclopedia) Hogue, LaHogue, Lalä ôg [key], or La HougueHogue, Lalä &oomacr;g [key], cape on the northeast coast of the Cotentin peninsula, France, on the English Channel. Off the cape, during…La, in proper names
(Encyclopedia) La. For names beginning thus and not listed here, see second element; e.g., for La Ceiba, see Ceiba, La.La Boétie, Étienne de
(Encyclopedia) La Boétie, Étienne deLa Boétie, Étienne deātyĕnˈ də lä bôāsēˈ [key], 1530–63, French judge and writer. He served with Montaigne in the Bordeaux parlement and is immortalized in…Trending
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