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- His translation projects included Spanish renderings of Daniel Defoe ... ranks among the best novels written in Spanish in the past century and ...9 KB (1,243 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
- After the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century, the indigenous ... a derivative of the Mvskoke, a Creek language word simano-li, an adaptation ...17 KB (2,474 words) - 16:40, 24 November 2023
- China. From the sixteenth century, the Spanish controlled the port. In ... Vigan constitutes the best example of a Spanish colonial town in the ...13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
- redesign and launched its first foreign-language edition, in Japanese. The ... in Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Arabic, as well as ...10 KB (1,451 words) - 23:24, 14 November 2022
- missionary, and confessor of the Spanish queen-regnant Isabella II ... that Pius IX—at the request of the Spanish crown (queen-regnant Isabella ...9 KB (1,350 words) - 19:06, 22 December 2022
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... sought a new papal bull on the subject. Spanish-born Pope Alexander VI, ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- an end 780 years of Muslim control in the Spanish peninsula. the suspicions and interrogations of the Spanish Inquisition. In 1609, descendants ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 20:23, 1 November 2023
- were either criollo (South Americans of Spanish ancestry) or mestizo (of ... region, which first had thrown off the Spanish colonial regime and had ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- Huitzilíhuitl (Nahuatl language; English: Hummingbird Feather, Spanish: Pluma de colibrí) was the second tlatoani of the Mexica (Aztecs), governing ...6 KB (967 words) - 16:11, 9 February 2024
- Luis de Góngora y Argote (July 11, 1561 – May 24, 1627) was a Spanish ... out, Gongora’s contribution to the Spanish language should not be underestimated ...19 KB (2,991 words) - 10:37, 9 March 2023
- Fra Junípero Serra (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a ... A supporter of human rights, Serra was often in conflict with Spanish ...13 KB (1,972 words) - 14:16, 12 May 2024
- 31, 1936) was a multi-faceted Spanish writer, an essayist, novelist ... opened the way for the renaissance of Spanish theater undertaken by Ramón ...16 KB (2,413 words) - 17:47, 9 November 2022
- (phare), Italian (faro), Portuguese (farol), Spanish (faro), Romanian (far), and Greek (φάρος). === Construction === [[Image:Lighthouse of ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- Grammy, produced four number-one Spanish-language hits. ... Dreaming of You, a combination of Spanish-language songs and new English ...16 KB (2,443 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- forms that would revolutionize Spanish-language poetry. In his early years, García Lorca's poetry was marked by the ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 01:58, 26 March 2024
- |langs=Mapudungun, Spanish |related=Picunche }} Mapuche (Mapudungun; ... against the Inca empire, and later the Spanish, for over 300 years. To ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- speaking languages such as French and Spanish; however, it would be several ... it to Tuscany where he adapted it to his language when he founded the Neo ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
- the city of Lima, Peru, founded in 1535 by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro ... capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, established ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
- arrobas of silver." (An arroba is a Spanish unit of weight equivalent ... In Spanish there is still a saying, valer un potosí, "to be ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
- and eaten. In fact, the words for mermaid in Spanish, Siren, French, Sirène, Italian, Sirena, Polish, Syrena, and Portuguese, Sereia, show the connection ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- is Spanish for "Big River" and es|Río Grande del Norte quot;río" means "river" in Spanish, the phrase "Rio Grande ...17 KB (2,584 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- were also translations into German, Dutch, Spanish and Czech.Wilson & Wilson ... editions include Latin, German, French, Spanish and Dutch versions, and ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- the United States of America. The first Spanish explorers of the Southwest ... The Spanish word pueblo, evolved from the Latin word populus (people ...16 KB (2,339 words) - 23:24, 14 December 2023
- part of their huge empire until the Spanish conquest in 1538. When the Spanish conquistadores overran the Inca Empire, Pedro Anzures ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- Machu Picchu (Quechua language: Old Mountain; sometimes called the ... 1109427 corresponding article] in the Spanish-language Wikipedia. Retrieved ...16 KB (2,638 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- Jambalaya (ˌdʒʌmbəˈlaɪə or ) is a casserole-style dish of Spanish ... in the culinary traditions of the French, Spanish, African, and Native Americans ...19 KB (2,856 words) - 22:44, 16 December 2021
- raft Kon-Tiki. Indeed, the name balsa derives from Spanish for a raft. As a light and soft material, it is also a very popular material for model ...6 KB (941 words) - 04:22, 11 January 2023
- José Martí was born on January 28, 1853, in Havana, to a Spanish ... the countryside. Thus, he came to resent Spanish rule of his homeland at ...19 KB (3,059 words) - 06:30, 6 May 2024
- at least 30 languages, including French, Spanish, Welsh, Afrikaans, Malay ... human voice: adapted also to the English language as a complete system of ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 12:46, 22 July 2022
- The River Paraguay (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, and meaning “big mirror of waters” in the native Guaraní language ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 07:45, 18 November 2022
- Italian: diritto comparato, Spanish: derecho comparado, Portuguese: direito comparado, Greek: Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο) is the study ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- KEE-no-uh, Spanish quinua) is a tall South American herb, Chenopodium ... The plant's name is the Spanish spelling of the Quechua name ...14 KB (2,175 words) - 15:58, 7 December 2022
- States who speak Wichita, a Caddoan language. They were known as the ... have been undertaken to preserve their language, although few fluent speakers ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 18:44, 4 May 2023
- The Baroque Churches of the Philippines refers to four Spanish-era ... The Spanish had been the greatest power in the world during the late ...20 KB (2,841 words) - 08:18, 20 September 2023
- appeared in Italian (Venice, 1488; Milan 1489), Spanish (Seville, 1536), Arabic (Rome, 1663), Armenian (Rome, 1674), Hebrew (Frankfort, 1837), and other ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- had begun his career editing a German-language publication in St. Louis ... === Spanish-American War === Pulitzer and Hearst are often credited ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 09:56, 23 May 2023
- and largest city, is also named after. In Spanish it is usually called Belice ... explanation is that it derives from the Spanish pronunciation of "Wallace ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 11:57, 9 May 2024
- won immediate fame. Written in fluent Spanish, the book was one of the ... Latin, Portuguese, English, and Spanish. His major work is his Nishmat ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 06:43, 5 November 2022
- Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: es|San Isidro or es|San Isidoro ... Gaul and Narbonne attended, as well as the Spanish prelates. The Council's ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- Dr. John Willinsky in the Department of Language and Literacy EducationThe ... Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese ...14 KB (1,916 words) - 23:35, 2 December 2022
- English (Cathay), Portuguese (Catai), and Spanish (Catay) appellations of ... clothing and refused to use the Chinese language, devising a writing system ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish and of course his native ... Tyndale introduced new words into the English language: ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- Aruba was discovered by Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda and claimed ... from Arawak, in combination with Dutch, Spanish, and African ancestors. ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- Many Omaha speak their native language, which is taught in their ... The Omaha speak a Siouan language which is very similar to that spoken ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 00:35, 18 November 2022
- For example, the thirty-letter alphabet of Spanish treats ñ as a basic letter ... does not define a particular single language or alphabet, the Unicode ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- Cusco (also spelled Cuzco, and in the Quechua language as Qusqu ... in the foundations and lower stories of Spanish colonial structures. ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (Spanish) / erva-mate (Portuguese ... is called a bombilla in Latin American Spanish, a bomba in Portuguese, ...18 KB (3,004 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- This city that was founded by Spanish explorers on the feast day of ... of the Assumption on August 15, 1537, by Spanish explorers Juan de Salazar ...19 KB (2,690 words) - 18:39, 19 August 2023
- quot; in Guarani and "reddish fox" in Spanish) * Dusicyon (Falkland Island fox) * Lycalopex (Hoary fox) * Otocyon (Bat-eared fox) ...10 KB (1,577 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- staff in Britain and in Spain. He spoke fluent Spanish, which served him well in his writings on that country, and he could read several other languages ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- word is uncertain, the term Marranos in Spanish and Portuguese meant "pigs ... against them, in which thousands died. The Spanish Inquisition was instituted ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- |poptime=4,800 [https://www.ethnologue.com/language/UTE Ute-Southern ... and their war parties attacked the Spanish explorers. They also were ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 13:48, 3 May 2023
- Prior to Spanish colonization, the area was a center of Mayan and ... Before the arrival of the Spanish in the area, Yucatán was the home ...27 KB (4,045 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- by the complexity of the colloquial language found in his works. Many ... #039;s sentence length compares to other Spanish literature authors. Rulfo ...12 KB (1,960 words) - 06:06, 10 May 2024
- agriculture. When first encountered by the Spanish in the 1500s, they were ... The Pueblo people have retained their pre-Spanish way of life to a ...29 KB (4,495 words) - 18:09, 14 April 2023
- are smaller in terms of area. Formerly the Spanish colony of Spanish Guinea ... 1959 the area was united as the colony of Spanish Guinea. Spanish rule of ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- * Cúrcuma or Palillo (South America) in Spanish * മഞ്ഞള് (manjal) in Malayalam * Куркума (Kurkuma) in Russian ...16 KB (2,344 words) - 19:02, 6 November 2022
- of Romanticism, Grillparzer's poetic language owes far more to the period ... tragedy in the trochaic measure of the Spanish drama, already made popular ...15 KB (2,376 words) - 05:19, 9 April 2024
- are related to the Choctaws, who speak a language very similar to the Chickasaw ... The Chickasaw first had contact with Europeans in 1540, when Spanish ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 15:20, 10 December 2023
- Montivideans have very strong European origins, with Italian and Spanish ... The first European to explore Uruguay was the Spanish navigator Juan ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Ages. It was introduced to the Americas by Spanish colonists. ... Arabic "Kammon كمون" through Spanish "comino" during ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- of teaching children in their native language. Instruction occurs in the ... Given that a common language is essential for good communication and ...32 KB (4,686 words) - 03:50, 1 October 2023
- The word "cowboy" first appeared in the English language ... It appears to be a direct English translation of vaquero, the Spanish ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:14, 11 January 2024
- come from Latin (namely Portuguese, Spanish, and French). Conversely ... is no evidence that they utilized written language, although they did use the ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- and files its news stories in English, Spanish and Arabic. UPI has offices ... With investment from News World in its Arabic and Spanish-language ...13 KB (1,927 words) - 11:51, 3 May 2023
- dogs, similar to the Canary Mastiff (in Spanish, el Presa Canario), may ... feet (3,718 meters), the highest point on Spanish soil. ...28 KB (4,064 words) - 19:14, 25 November 2023
- standard in the speaker's dialect or language. Slang is often highly regional ... a "register" is a subset of a language used for a particular purpose ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- defend and contribute to the growth of the Spanish language. ... From the Spanish they maintained the Spanish language, the Catholic religion ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- of his Iberian roots and fluency in Spanish, a few commentators consider ... of his Iberian roots and fluency in Spanish, a few commentators consider ...12 KB (1,848 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- *Preuniversitario or Preu, Pre, or Preú (Chilean Spanish, Chile) *Escuela propedéutica (Mexican Spanish, Mexico) *Finishing school, (India) ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 01:09, 7 April 2022
- (March 10, 1549 – July 14, 1610), was a Spanish missionary in South America ... tribes of different tongues in one language and yet be understood by ...8 KB (1,278 words) - 13:07, 5 September 2022
- the Gila River since before the arrival of Spanish explorers. Their traditional ... US-Mexico border. The park is named after Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de ...22 KB (3,316 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
- the Atlantic and first discovered by the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de ... ===The Spanish search of the Spice Islands=== The aim of Columbus& ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural ... to the grammar of all the speakers of the language), in which case the term ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- other members. Clifford studied Greek, German, Spanish, French, Arabic and Sanskrit, as well as Morse code and shorthand. He was responsible for the ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 11:09, 10 May 2023
- The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), where the Andes are at their ... them and eventually abandoning the Uro language for that of the Aymara. ...14 KB (2,293 words) - 05:37, 4 March 2023
- are based on Catalonian law, its language is Catalan, as is a large ... the bishop of Urgell. He was arrested by Spanish authorities on July 20 and ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- |languages=Miskito, Spanish, Miskito Creole English |religions=Christianity ... Mosquito Coast. There is a native Miskito language, but large groups speak ...25 KB (3,718 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- 12, 1926) – sometimes referred to by the Spanish translation of his name ... htm] Biography at ArteHistoria, ( in Spanish) access date 2005-11-09 ...15 KB (2,338 words) - 07:00, 31 July 2023
- Before the Spanish colonization and missionaries, the Zuni lived peacefully ... The Hawikuh Pueblo was the first pueblo seen by the Spanish explorers ...22 KB (3,332 words) - 06:15, 13 June 2023
- contested by the United Kingdom and the Spanish Empire and, later, Guatemala ... After the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century, most of the inhabitants ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- Francisco Pizarro (c. 1475 – June 26, 1541) was a Spanish conquistador ... treason. The Incas were also surprised by Spanish tactics, which employed ...25 KB (4,083 words) - 04:54, 9 April 2024
- Islands, were governed as part of the Spanish East Indies from the Philippines ... and all human life began in Guam. While Spanish Catholic missionaries abolished ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- He administered English tests to Spanish-speakers and non-schooled ... deficiency … is very, very common among Spanish-Indian and Mexican families ...14 KB (2,037 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- changes in point of view, the florid language, and the atmosphere of the ... German, Norwegian, Swedish, French, Finnish, and Spanish. ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- refer to various types of crustaceans and insects. Spanish has mostly preserved the original Latin usage, since the cognate term langosta can be used ...14 KB (2,045 words) - 07:50, 9 March 2023
- Saint Francis Xavier (Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa; Spanish: San ... Spain), where Basque was the native language. He was the third and youngest ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- plant arrived in Ireland through trade with the Spanish. ... port in case they were needed to fight the Spanish Armada. It was not until ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 22:28, 3 May 2023
- closest to Argentina. It shares a common language and many social customs ... quot; comes from Guaraní the language, meaning "river of ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- liturgical prayers of both Babylonian and Spanish origin were also uncovered ... Many of the geniza documents were written in the Arabic language using ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 18:19, 25 November 2023
- word has a history of ethnocentrism, the Spanish, Portuguese, and French ... The word miscegenation quickly entered the common language of the ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- | language = Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | registration = Optional ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- Day. However, though he claimed it as a Spanish territory, Columbus never ... their control of the salt trade, the Spanish now found St. Martin more ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- The Paraná River (Río Paraná in Spanish, Rio Paraná in Portuguese ... of the Waters" (from the Guaraní language) was Sebastian Cabot in 1526. ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 11:25, 11 March 2023
- Luisa oversaw military victories over the Spanish at Ameixial (June 8, 1663 ... war against Spain, which led, in 1668, to Spanish recognition of Portugal ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 22:00, 23 November 2020
- Islands, Spain, residing there with his Spanish wife, journalist Pilar del ... wrote in El Pais, the international Spanish-language paper of record, that ...13 KB (1,795 words) - 07:37, 27 February 2023
- The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for "rogue ... It would see a revival in Spain during the Spanish Golden Age in 1554. Early ...30 KB (4,326 words) - 20:12, 13 April 2024
- Casablanca (Spanish for "whitehouse"; Amazigh: Anfa; Standard ... Between 1580 and 1640, the city was under Spanish rule, to be later transferred ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- The islands were named by the Spanish Francisco Eliza who explored ... was given to the San Juan Islands by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Catacomba in Italian, catacumba in Spanish, and catacombe in French ... * Allegedly Velasquez, Spanish painter, although his grave is officially ...16 KB (2,439 words) - 14:27, 29 November 2023
