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Belmonte, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Belmonte, Juan hwän bĕlmōnˈtā [key], 1892–1962, Spanish matador, b. Seville. He is generally considered the greatest matador of all time, as remarkable for the poetry of his motion in the bullr...

Maino, Juan Bautista

(Encyclopedia)Maino, Juan Bautista: see Mayno, Juan Bautista. ...

Masip, Vicente Juan

(Encyclopedia)Masip, Vicente Juan: see Macip, Vicente Juan. ...

Facundo Quiroga, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Facundo Quiroga, Juan: see Quiroga, Juan Facundo. ...

Fernández Navarrete, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Fernández Navarrete, Juan: see Navarrete, Juan Fernández. ...

Enzina, Juan del

(Encyclopedia)Enzina, Juan del: see Encina, Juan del. ...

San Juan, pueblo, United States

(Encyclopedia)San Juan, pueblo (1990 pop. 1,821), Rio Arriba co., N N.Mex., on the Rio Grande; settled 1598 by Juan de Oñate. A Franciscan mission was later established. It was the home of Popé, the medicine man ...

Prim, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Prim, Juan hwän prēm [key], 1814–70, Spanish general and statesman. A Catalan officer, he fought for Isabella II against the Carlists and became one of the chief factional leaders in the fierce po...

Finlay, Carlos Juan

(Encyclopedia)Finlay, Carlos Juan fĭnˈlē [key], 1833–1915, Cuban physician of Scottish and French descent; studied in France; M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1855. Settling in Havana, he began hi...

San Juan Capistrano

(Encyclopedia)San Juan Capistrano săn wän kăpĭsträˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 26,183), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1961. San Juan Capistrano has some manufactures, including aircraft parts, medical apparatus, ...