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(Encyclopedia) llanosllanosyäˈnōs [key], Spanish-American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. The llanos of the Orinoco…Morelia
(Encyclopedia) MoreliaMoreliamōrāˈlyä [key], city (1990 pop. 489,756), capital of Michoacán state, W Mexico. It is the commercial and processing center of an irrigated agricultural and cattle-raising…Walton, Sam
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sam (Samuel Moore Walton), 1918–92, American retailing executive, b. Kingfisher, Okla. After 17 years of operating franchise retail stores, he opened the first Wal-Mart…North, Oliver Laurence
(Encyclopedia) North, Oliver Laurence, 1943–, American military officer and broadcasting personality, b. San Antonio, Tex. Raised in Philmont, N.Y., he entered the U.S. Marines, graduated from…Gonçalves Dias, Antônio
(Encyclopedia) Gonçalves Dias, Antônio: see Dias, Antônio Gonçalves.Castro Alves, Antônio de
(Encyclopedia) Castro Alves, Antônio de: see Alves, Antônio de Castro.López de Santa Anna, Antonio
(Encyclopedia) López de Santa Anna, Antonio: see Santa Anna, Antonio López de.Bucareli y Ursúa, Antonio María
(Encyclopedia) Bucareli y Ursúa, Antonio MaríaBucareli y Ursúa, Antonio Maríaäntōˈnyō märēˈä b&oomacr;kärāˈlē ē &oomacr;rs&oomacr;ˈä [key], 1717–79, Spanish colonial administrator. He…Nanni d'Antonio di Banco
(Encyclopedia) Nanni d'Antonio di BancoNanni d'Antonio di Banconänˈnē däntônˈyō dē bängˈkō [key], c.1384–1421, Florentine sculptor. After study with his father, Antonio di Banco, who worked on the…Bolívar, Simón
(Encyclopedia) Bolívar, SimónBolívar, Simónsēmōnˈ bōlēˈvär [key], 1783–1830, South American revolutionary who led independence wars in the present nations of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador,…Trending
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