Biography Category
(j ´bä) (KEY) , Ital. Giuba, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed at the Ethiopia–Somalia border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Dawa and...
town (1994 pop. 31,780), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It has some light industry and is the seat of a nuclear research center. Originally a Ro...
(b n ´t hwä´r s) (KEY) , 1806–72, Mexican liberal statesman and national hero. Revered by Mexicans as one of their greatest political figures, J...
(hwän kär´l s) (KEY) , 1938–, king of Spain (1975–), b. Rome. The grandson of Alfonso XIII, he was educated in Switzerland and in Spain. Placed...
(zh ndy ´) (KEY) , city (1996 pop. 293,237), São Paulo state, S Brazil, on the Jundiaí River. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Among it...
(wän d fy ´k ) (KEY) , inlet of the Pacific Ocean, 100 mi (161 km) long and 11 to 17 mi (18–27 km) wide, between Vancouver Island, British Columb...