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Gipuzkoa

(Encyclopedia)Gipuzkoa: see Basque Country.

Álava

(Encyclopedia)Álava: see Basque Country.

Vizcaya

(Encyclopedia)Vizcaya: see Basque Country.

Bizkaia

(Encyclopedia)Bizkaia: see Basque Country.

Araba/Álava

(Encyclopedia)Araba/Álava: see Basque Country. ...

New Spain

(Encyclopedia)New Spain: see Mexico, country.

Menchú, Rigoberta

(Encyclopedia)Menchú, Rigoberta rēˌgōbĕrˈtä mĕncho͞oˈ [key], 1959–, Guatemalan social reformer. Of Mayan descent, she and her family were caught in Guatemala's bloody civil war. Protesters against human...

atlas, in geography

(Encyclopedia)atlas, in geography, collection of maps or charts. It usually includes data on various features of a country, e.g., its topography, natural resources, climate, and population, as well as its agricultu...

Mandarin

(Encyclopedia)Mandarin mănˈdərĭn [key] [Port. mandar=to govern, or from Malay mantri=counselor of state], a high official of imperial China. For each of the nine grades there was a different colored button worn...

Franklin Institute

(Encyclopedia)Franklin Institute, in Philadelphia; chartered and opened 1824 “for the promotion of the mechanic arts,” the first of its kind in the country. It was named for Benjamin Franklin. Since the 19th ce...