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Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano

(Encyclopedia)Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano märyäˈnō pärāˈᵺās ē ärēyäˈgä [key], 1797–1849, Mexican general and president (1846). A leader of the ultraconservatives, he helped to put Antonio López ...

Katzimo

(Encyclopedia)Katzimo, New Mexico: see Enchanted Mesa. ...

Parral

(Encyclopedia)Parral: see Hidalgo del Parral, Mexico. ...

coral snake

(Encyclopedia)coral snake, name for poisonous New World snakes of the same family as the Old World cobras. About 30 species inhabit Mexico, Central America, and N South America; two are found in the United States. ...

Ixtacíhuatl

(Encyclopedia)Ixtacíhuatl or Ixtaccíhuatl: see Iztaccíhuatl, Mexico. ...

Jalapa

(Encyclopedia)Jalapa or Jalapa Enriquez: see Xalapa, Mexico. ...
 

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