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(Encyclopedia) Teneriffe or Tenerife both: tĕnˈərĭf, tĕnərēfˈ, Span. tānārēˈfā [key], island (1990 pop. 770,627), 795 sq mi (2,059 sq km), in the Atlantic off NW Africa, the largest of the Canary Island...

(Encyclopedia) Channel Islands or Santa Barbara Islands sănˈtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], chain of eight rugged islands and many islets, extending c.150 mi (240 km) along the S Calif. coast from Point Conceptio...

(Encyclopedia) Hassam, Childe (Frederick Childe Hassam) chīld hăsˈəm [key], 1859–1935, American painter and printmaker, b. Boston, studied in Paris. With their flickering light and airy palette, Hassam's sprig...

(Encyclopedia) Barahona, city Dominican Republic: see Santa Cruz de Barahona. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bazán, Álvaro de: see Santa Cruz, Álvaro de Bazán, marqués de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Graciosa gräsēôˈzə [key], island, 24 sq mi (62 sq km), Angra do Heroísmo dist., in the ...

(Encyclopedia) Watsonville, city (1990 pop. 31,099), Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the Pajaro River near Monterey Bay; founded 1852, inc. 1868. It is a trade and processing center for vegetables, fruits, berries, and...

(Encyclopedia) Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, c.125 mi (200 km) wide at its narrowest, S Mexico, between the Gulf of Campeche and the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It is mostly a rolling, tropical lowland with the lowest pass elev...

(Encyclopedia) Canary Islands, Span. Islas Canarias, group of seven islands (2020 est. pop. 2,161,000), 2,875 sq mi (7,445 sq km), autonomous community of Spain, ...

(Encyclopedia) Flores flôˈrĭz, Port. flôˈrəsh [key], island , 58 sq mi (150 sq km), Horta dist...