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Sausalito

(Encyclopedia)Sausalito sôˌsəlēˈtō [key], residential city (1990 pop. 7,152), Marin co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1893. It is the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge. The artists' colony t...

Tintoretto

(Encyclopedia)Tintoretto tēntōrĕtˈtō [key], 1518–94, Venetian painter, whose real name was Jacopo Robusti. Tintoretto is considered one of the greatest painters in the Venetian tradition. He was called Il Ti...

Falange

(Encyclopedia)Falange fälänˈhā [key] [Span.,=phalanx], Spanish political party, founded in 1933 as Falange Española by José António Primo de Rivera, son of the former Spanish dictator. Professing generally t...

Ayacucho

(Encyclopedia)Ayacucho äyäko͞oˈchō [key], city, capital of Ayacucho dept., S central Peru. It is a commercial center in a rich mining region that produces gold, silver, and nickel....

Maputo Bay

(Encyclopedia)Maputo Bay, formerly Delagoa Bay dĕlˌəgōˈə [key], inlet of the Indian Ocean, c.55 mi (90 km) long and 20 mi (30 km) wide, S Mozambique, SE Africa; Maputo, the capital and chief port of Mozambiqu...

Belvedere

(Encyclopedia)Belvedere bĕlˈvədēr, Ital. bālvādĕˈrā [key], court of the Vatican named after a villa built (1485–87) for Innocent VIII. The villa was decorated with frescoes by Pinturicchio and others; a ...

Zumárraga, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)Zumárraga, Juan de hwän dā tho͞omäˈrägä [key], 1468–1548, Spanish churchman, first bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan. Going to Mexico in 1528, he became prominent in governmental affairs and op...

Santa Cruz, Andrés

(Encyclopedia)Santa Cruz, Andrés ändrāsˈ sänˈtä kro͞os [key], 1792?–1865, president of Bolivia (1829–39). In 1820 he joined the revolutionists against Spain and, as Bolívar's chief of staff, participat...

Delano

(Encyclopedia)Delano dĕlˈənō [key], city (2020 pop. 54,877), Kern co., S central Calif., in the fertile ...

Atascadero

(Encyclopedia)Atascadero ətăskədârˈō [key], uninc. town (2020 pop. 29,773), San Luis Obispo co., SW Calif., on the Salinas River; founded 1913 as a model community. It is a reside...