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Sesto San Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Sesto San Giovanni sĕˈstō sän jōvänˈnē [key], city (1991 pop. 86,721), Lombardy, N Italy; an industrial suburb of Milan. Manufactures include iron, machinery, chemicals, aircraft, and textiles...

San Pedro Sula

(Encyclopedia)San Pedro Sula säm pāˈᵺrō so͞oˈlä [key], city (1997 est. pop. 417,000), capital of Cortés dept., NW Honduras. It is the second largest city in the country. San Pedro Sula and Puerto Cortés ...

Jiménez, Juan Ramón

(Encyclopedia)Jiménez, Juan Ramón hwän rämōnˈ hēmāˈnāth [key], 1881–1958, Spanish lyric poet, b. Andalusia, studied at the Univ. of Seville. In his youth Jiménez was influenced by the French symbolists...

San Blas Islands

(Encyclopedia)San Blas Islands mo͞oläˈtäs [key], archipelago off the northeast coast of Panama. It consists of 332 coral islands. The inhabitants are almost pure-blooded aborigines of Carib origin; fishing and ...

León, Juan Ponce de

(Encyclopedia)León, Juan Ponce de: see Ponce de León, Juan. ...

Montalván, Juan Pérez de

(Encyclopedia)Montalván, Juan Pérez de: see Pérez de Montalván, Juan. ...

Rozas, Juan Martínez de

(Encyclopedia)Rozas, Juan Martínez de: see Martínez de Rozas, Juan. ...

Ruiz de Apodaca, Juan

(Encyclopedia)Ruiz de Apodaca, Juan: see Apodaca, Juan Ruiz de. ...

La Cueva, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)La Cueva, Juan de: see Cueva, Juan de la. ...

Padilla, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)Padilla, Juan de hwän dā päᵺēˈlyä [key], c.1490–1521, Spanish revolutionary leader in the war of the comuneros [municipalities] against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Charles's conduct and hi...