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(Encyclopedia) Las VegasLas Vegasläs vāˈgəs [key], city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban…Palmas, Las
(Encyclopedia) Palmas, LasPalmas, Lasläs pälˈmäs [key], city (1990 pop. 373,846), capital of Las Palmas prov., Spain, on Grand Canary. The harbor nearby, at Puerto de la Luz, is the chief port of the…Tres Marías, Las
(Encyclopedia) Tres Marías, LasTres Marías, Lasläs trās märēˈäs [key], archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean, c.60 mi (100 km) W of Nayarit state, Mexico. Of the four islands, two—María Madre, which is…Las Palmas
(Encyclopedia) Las Palmas: see Palmas, Las, Spain.Casas, Bartolomé de las
(Encyclopedia) Casas, Bartolomé de las: see Las Casas.Las Cases, Emmanuel, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Las Cases, Emmanuel, comte deLas Cases, Emmanuel, comte deĕmänüĕlˈ kôNt də läs käz [key], 1766–1842, French historian. He accompanied Napoleon into exile to St. Helena, where the…Roelas, Juan de las
(Encyclopedia) Roelas or Ruelas, Juan de lasRoelas or Ruelas, Juan de lashwän dā läs rōāˈläs, r&oomacr;āˈläs [key], c.1558–1625, Spanish painter of the school of Seville. He is sometimes called…Nevada, University of
(Encyclopedia) Nevada, University of, at Reno and Las Vegas; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1864, opened 1874 at Elko, moved to Reno 1886. The Reno campus includes the…North Las Vegas
(Encyclopedia) North Las Vegas, city (1990 pop. 47,707), Clark co., SE Nev., a residential suburb of Las Vegas; inc. 1946. Tourism is the economic mainstay of this growing suburb. The city's…Las Casas, Bartolomé de
(Encyclopedia) Las Casas, Bartolomé deLas Casas, Bartolomé debärtōlōmāˈ dā läs käˈsäs [key], 1474–1566, Spanish missionary and historian, called the apostle of the Indies. He went to Hispaniola with…Trending
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