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(Encyclopedia)La Habana, Cuba: see Havana.La Voisin
(Encyclopedia)La Voisin: see Poison Affair.Voisin, La
(Encyclopedia)Voisin, La: see Poison Affair.La Granja
(Encyclopedia)La Granja, Spain: see San Ildefonso. ...Granja, La
(Encyclopedia)Granja, La: see San Ildefonso, Spain. ...La Niña
(Encyclopedia)La Niña: see El Niño–Southern Oscillation. ...Verhofstadt, Guy Maurice Marie-Louise
(Encyclopedia)Verhofstadt, Guy Maurice Marie-Louise, 1953–, Belgian political leader, prime minister of Belgium (1999–2008). A lawyer and member of the Flemish Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV; from 1991 the...Unión, La
(Encyclopedia)Unión, La, town (1990 pop. 15,144), Murcia prov., SE Spain. It is a center for the rich lead, silver, iron, manganese, and zinc mines of the vicinity, which have been worked since Carthaginian times....Maistre, Xavier de
(Encyclopedia)Maistre, Xavier de də mĕsˈtrə [key], 1763–1852, French writer, b. Savoy; brother of Joseph de Maistre. He served in the Russian army and lived most of his life in St. Petersburg. His works are ...Bourbon, Charles, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Bourbon, Charles, duc de bo͞orbôNˈ [key], 1490–1527, constable of France and governor of Milan. He distinguished himself at the battle of Marignano (1515) in the Italian Wars between King Franci...Browse by Subject
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