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Vega, Garcilaso de la
(Encyclopedia)Vega, Garcilaso de la, called the Inca: see Garcilaso de la Vega. ...Tortue, Île de la
(Encyclopedia)Tortue, Île de la: see Tortuga.Ramée, Pierre de La
(Encyclopedia)Ramée, Pierre de La: see Ramus, Petrus. ...Pierre de La Ramée
(Encyclopedia)Pierre de La Ramée: see Ramus, Petrus. ...Resaca de la Palma
(Encyclopedia)Resaca de la Palma rāsäˈkä ᵺā lä pälˈmä [key], valley, an abandoned bed of the Rio Grande, N of Brownsville, Tex., where the second battle of the Mexican War was fought, May 9, 1846. Mexica...Serna, José de la
(Encyclopedia)Serna, José de la hōsāˈ ᵺā lä sārˈnä [key], 1770–1832, Spanish general, viceroy of Peru (1821–24). In 1821 the military leaders, dissatisfied with Viceroy Pezuela and his conduct of the...Adam de la Halle
(Encyclopedia)Adam de la Halle lə bōsüˈ [key], c.1240–1287, French dramatist and poet-musician, one of the great trouvères. Many of his songs and polyphonic motets are preserved, as is the pastoral comedy wi...Ceiba, La
(Encyclopedia)Ceiba, La lä sāˈbä [key], city (1997 est. pop. 96,000), N Honduras, capital of Atlántida dept., on the Caribbean Sea. It is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region domi...La Plata
(Encyclopedia)La Plata lä pläˈtä [key], city (1991 pop. 640,344), capital of Buenos Aires prov., E central Argentina, 5 mi (8.1 km) inland from Ensenada, its port on the Río de la Plata. La Plata's chief funct...Francophonie, La
(Encyclopedia)Francophonie, La, officially the International Organization of the Francophonie, Fr. Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), an intergovernmental organization of mainly French-speaking n...Browse by Subject
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