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Try the Find a Word: Crossword Search Ambary, DAAnd (French, Latin), ETArticle (Arabic), AL(French), LA, LE, UN(Spanish), EL, LA, UNAt the (French), AU(Spanish), ALBehold, LOBird: Hawaiian,…

October 2020 Current Events: World News

Top of Page Science and Technology News | Disaster News | US News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news…

Spanish Place Names

Hispanic heritage from coast to coast by Holly Hartman Alcatraz Island, now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, draws over a million visitors each year In 1846,…

Steve Earle

El Corazon E-Squared/Warner Brothers With El Corazon, Steve Earle completes a remarkable triad that began shortly after his 1994 release from prison on heroin charges. He paints some unforgettable…

minaret

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Minaret minaretminaretmĭnərĕtˈ [key], tower, used in Islamic architecture, from which the faithful are called to prayer by a muezzin. Most mosques have one or more small towers…

Kino, Eusebio Francisco

(Encyclopedia) Kino, Eusebio FranciscoKino, Eusebio Franciscoā&oomacr;sāˈbyō fränsēsˈkō kēˈnō [key], c.1644–1711, missionary explorer in the American Southwest, b. Segno, in the Tyrol. He was in…

elephant seal

(Encyclopedia) elephant seal or sea elephant, a true seal of the genus Mirounga. It is the largest of the fin-footed mammals, or pinnipeds, exceeding the walrus in size. There is a northern species,…

Benalcázar, Sebastián de

(Encyclopedia) Benalcázar or Belalcázar, Sebastián deBenalcázar or Belalcázar, Sebastián desābästyänˈ dā bānälkäˈthär, bāläl– [key], c.1479–1551, Spanish conquistador. After accompanying Columbus on…

Unamuno, Miguel de

(Encyclopedia) Unamuno, Miguel deUnamuno, Miguel demēgĕlˈ dā &oomacr;näm&oomacr;ˈnō [key], 1864–1936, Spanish philosophical writer, of Basque descent, b. Bilbao. The chief Spanish philosopher…

Burton, Sir Richard Francis

(Encyclopedia) Burton, Sir Richard Francis, 1821–90, English explorer, writer, and linguist. He joined (1842) the service of the East India Company and, while stationed in India, acquired a thorough…