(Encyclopedia) Maistre, Xavier deMaistre, Xavier dezävyāˈ [key]Maistre, Xavier de də mĕsˈtrə [key], 1763–1852, French writer, b. Savoy; brother of Joseph de Maistre. He served in the Russian army and…
(Encyclopedia) Juiz de ForaJuiz de Forazhwēzh dĭ fôˈrə [key], city (1996 pop. 423,913), Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil. It is an industrial and commercial city with more than half of the labor force…
(Encyclopedia) Tirso de MolinaTirso de Molinatērˈsō dā mōlēˈnä [key], pseud. of Fray Gabriel TéllezTirso de Molinagäbrēĕlˈ tĕlˈyĕth [key], 1584?–1648, outstanding dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age…
(Encyclopedia) Noailles, Anna Élisabeth de Brancovan, comtesse deNoailles, Anna Élisabeth de Brancovan, comtesse deänäˈ ālēzäbĕtˈ də bräNkôväNˈ kôNtĕsˈ [key]Noailles, Anna Élisabeth de Brancovan,…
(Encyclopedia) Lauzun, Antonin Nompar de Caumont, duc deLauzun, Antonin Nompar de Caumont, duc deäNtōnăNˈ nôNpärˈ də kōmôNˈ dük də lōzöNˈ [key], 1633–1723, French courtier and soldier. Mlle de…
(Encyclopedia) Ciego de ÁvilaCiego de Ávilasyāˈgō dā äˈvēlä [key], city (1995 est. pop. 91,000), capital of Ciego de Ávila prov., central Cuba. An important processing center in a sugarcane region,…
(Encyclopedia) Musset, Alfred de (Louis Charles Alfred de Musset)Musset, Alfred deälfrĕdˈ də müsāˈ [key], 1810–57, French romantic poet, dramatist, and fiction writer. His first collection of poems,…
(Encyclopedia) Velde, van deVelde, van devän də vĕlˈdə [key], 17th-century Dutch family of artists. Jan van de Velde, 1593–1641, was a draftsman and engraver as well as a painter. His cousin Esaias…
