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Hispanic Americans in the 112th Congress
A table of the Hispanic Americans currently serving in the 112th Congress. There are 30 Hispanics in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate. State House…Hispanic Americans in the 113th Congress
A table of the Hispanic Americans currently serving in the 113th Congress. There are 30 Hispanics in the House of Representatives and three in the Senate. State House…Yinchuan
(Encyclopedia) Yinchuan or YinchwanYinchuanboth: yĭnˈchwänˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 412,900), capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, on the Huang He (Yellow River). It is a shipping…Hispanic Americans in the 115th Congress
A table of the Hispanic Americans currently serving in the 115th Congress. There are 41 Hispanics in the House of Representatives and 4 in the Senate. State House Senate Arizona Raul…Saint Mark's Church
(Encyclopedia) Saint Mark's Church, Venice, named after the tutelary saint of Venice. The original Romanesque basilical church, built in the 9th cent. as a shrine for the saint's bones, was destroyed…Brewer's: Marcos de Obregon
The model of Gil Blas, in the Spanish romance entitled Relaciones de la Vida del Escudero Marcos de Obregon. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Korčula
(Encyclopedia) KorčulaKorčulakôrˈch&oomacr;lä [key], Ital. Curzola, island, 105 sq mi (272 sq km), in the Adriatic Sea, off Dalmatia, Croatia. It is covered with pine forests, pastures, and…Rovereto
(Encyclopedia) RoveretoRoveretorōvārĕˈtō [key], town (1991 pop. 32,923), in Trentino–Alto Adige, N Italy, on the Adige River. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Manufactures include…Ramusio, Giambattista
(Encyclopedia) Ramusio, GiambattistaRamusio, Giambattistajämˌbät–tēˈstä räm&oobreve;ˈzyō [key], 1485–1557, Italian editor and compiler, b. Treviso. He served in diplomatic posts for the Venetian…Cathay
(Encyclopedia) CathayCathaykăthāˈ [key], name for North China used by medieval Europeans, derived from the Khitan (or Khitai), a Manchurian people who conquered S Manchuria and N China and founded…Trending
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