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Juana Inés de la Cruz

(Encyclopedia) Juana Inés de la CruzJuana Inés de la Cruzhwäˈnä ēnāsˈ dā lä kr&oomacr;s [key], 1651–95, Mexican poet. She is considered the greatest lyric poet of the colonial period. A beautiful…

Juana la Beltraneja

(Encyclopedia) Juana la BeltranejaJuana la Beltranejahwäˈnä lä bĕltränāˈhä [key], 1462–1530, Castilian princess, daughter of Juana of Portugal, queen of Henry IV of Castile. Her paternity was…

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

(Encyclopedia) Santa Cruz de la SierraSanta Cruz de la Sierrasänˈtä kr&oomacr;s [key]Santa Cruz de la Sierraᵺā lä sēĕrˈä [key], city (1992 pop. 697,278), capital of Santa Cruz dept., central…

Ibarbourou, Juana de

(Encyclopedia) Ibarbourou, Juana de Ibarbourou, Juana de hwäˈnä dā ēbärb&oomacr;ˈr&oomacr…

Pantoja de la Cruz, Juan

(Encyclopedia) Pantoja de la Cruz, JuanPantoja de la Cruz, Juanhwän päntōˈhä ᵺā lä kr&oomacr;th [key], 1553–1608, Spanish portrait painter, court painter to Philip II and Philip III; pupil and…

Cruz, Ramón de la

(Encyclopedia) Cruz, Ramón de laCruz, Ramón de larämōnˈ dā lä kr&oomacr;th [key], 1731–94, Spanish dramatist. He wrote tragedies and adapted French and Italian plays, but he owes his fame to his…