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Vuelta Abajo
(Encyclopedia) Vuelta AbajoVuelta Abajovwĕlˌtä äbäˈhō [key] or VueltabajoVuelta Abajovwĕlˌtäbäˈhō [key], district, c.90 mi (140 km) long and c.10 mi (16 km) wide, Pinar del Rio prov., W Cuba, along…Aconcagua
(Encyclopedia) AconcaguaAconcaguaäkōnkäˈgwä [key], peak, 22,835 ft (6,960 m) high, Mendoza prov., W Argentina, in the Andes, near the Chilean border. It is the highest peak of the Western Hemisphere…Rovigo
(Encyclopedia) RovigoRovigorōvēˈgō [key], city (1991 pop. 52,472), capital of Rovigo prov., Venetia, N Italy, between the Adige and the Po rivers. It is an agricultural market and an industrial…Salado, Río
(Encyclopedia) Salado, RíoSalado, Ríorēˈō säläˈᵺō [key] [Sp.,=salty river], name of several South American rivers, including more than 10 in Argentina. The most important is the Río Salado del Norte…Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de
(Encyclopedia) Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco deRojas Zorrilla, Francisco defränthēˈskō dā rōˈhäs thôrēˈlyä [key], 1607–48, Spanish dramatist. He created a new type of comedia de gracioso, enlarging the…Rehoboth Beach
(Encyclopedia) Rehoboth BeachRehoboth Beachrĭhōˈbəth [key], resort town (1990 pop. 1,234), Sussex co., SE Del., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1873. Its industries include boat construction and printing…Wilson, August
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, August, 1945–2005, American playwright and poet, b. Pittsburgh as Frederick August Kittel, Jr. Largely self-educated, Wilson first attracted wide critical attention with his…Giocondo, Fra Giovanni
(Encyclopedia) Giocondo, Fra GiovanniGiocondo, Fra Giovannifrä jōvänˈnē jōkônˈdō [key], c.1435–1515, Italian architect, engineer, and antiquary. A Franciscan friar, he was accomplished in philosophy…Gioia, Melchiorre
(Encyclopedia) Gioia or Gioja, MelchiorreGioia or Gioja, Melchiorreboth: mālkyôrˈrā jōˈyä [key], 1767–1829, Italian economist and political theorist. An early advocate of the unification of Italy, he…Isla, José Francisco de
(Encyclopedia) Isla, José Francisco deIsla, José Francisco dehōsāˈ fränthēˈskō dā ēˈslä [key], 1703–81, Spanish Jesuit preacher and writer. Enormously precocious, he took his law degree at 11. Isla's…Trending
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