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Montevideo

Index Montevideo

Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. [1]

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ABN AMRO

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch bank with headquarters in Amsterdam.

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Afro-Uruguayans

Afro-Uruguayans are Uruguayans of predominantly Black African descent.

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Agnosticism

Agnosticism is the view that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable.

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Aguada, Montevideo

Aguada is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Aires Puros

Aires Puros is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Allegorical sculpture

Allegorical sculpture refers to sculptures that symbolize and particularly personify abstract ideas as in allegory.

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Allies of World War I

The Allies of World War I, or Entente Powers, were the countries that opposed the Central Powers in the First World War.

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Alumnus

An alumnus ((masculine), an alumna ((feminine), or an alumnum ((gender-neutral) of a college, university, or other school is a former student. The word is Latin and simply means student. The plural is alumni for men and mixed groups and alumnae for women. The term is often mistakenly thought of as synonymous with "graduate," but they are not synonyms; one can be an alumnus without graduating. (Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example.) An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate.

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Amado Nervo

Amado Nervo (August 27, 1870 – May 24, 1919) also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, was a Mexican poet, journalist and educator.

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Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Ana Olivera

Ana María Olivera Pessano (born 17 December 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay), is an Uruguayan professor and politician belonging to the Communist Party of Uruguay, which has been integrated with Frente Amplio.

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ANCAP (Uruguay)

ANCAP (Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland) is a state-owned company in Uruguay.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).

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Andorra la Vella

Andorra la Vella (Andorra la Vieja, Andorre-la-Vieille) is the capital of the Principality of Andorra.

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Andrés Martínez Trueba

Andrés Martínez Trueba (11 February 1884 – 19 December 1959) was the President of Uruguay from 1951 to 1955.

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Andrea Ghidone

Andrea Ghidone Segundo (born June 10, 1978 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan vedette, fashion model, professional dancer and actress of theater and television known for her work in Argentina.

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Andy Ram

Andy Ram (אנדי רם; born April 10, 1980) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player.

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ANTEL

ANTEL (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones; Spanish: National Administration of Telecommunications) is Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, founded in 1974 as a separate legal entity after spinning off the telecommunications division of UTE, which had the monopoly of landline telephony since 1931.

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Antonio Larreta

Gualberto José Antonio Rodríguez Larreta Ferreira (14 December 1922 – 19 August 2015), better known as Antonio Larreta or Taco Larreta, was a Uruguayan writer, critic and actor.

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Apostolic vicariate

An apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church centered in missionary regions and countries where a diocese has not yet been established.

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Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (Triumphal Arch of the Star) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile — the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues.

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Architecture of Italy

Italy has a very broad and diverse architectural style, which cannot be simply classified by period or region, due to Italy's division into several city-states until 1861.

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Arica

Arica is a commune and a port city with a population of 196,590 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region.

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Armenian Uruguayans

Armenian Uruguayans number around 19,000.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.

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Artigas Boulevard

Artigas Boulevard is an avenue in Montevideo named after Uruguayan hero José Artigas.

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Artigas Mausoleum

The Artigas Mausoleum is a monument to Uruguayan hero José Artigas, located in Plaza Independencia, in the neighbourhood of Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo.

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Arturo Porzecanski

Born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay, of European Jewish immigrant parents, Porzecanski came to the United States in early 1968 and earned his B.A. degree in economics at Whittier College (1968-1971) and then his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at the University of Pittsburgh (1971-1975).

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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is a Christian holy day of prayer, fasting and repentance.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Asturias

Asturias (Asturies; Asturias), officially the Principality of Asturias (Principado de Asturias; Principáu d'Asturies), is an autonomous community in north-west Spain.

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Asunción

Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.

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Atahualpa, Montevideo

Atahualpa is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Atheism

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Athens

Athens (Αθήνα, Athína; Ἀθῆναι, Athênai) is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Ángel S. Adami Airport

Ángel S. Adami Airport is an airport serving Montevideo, Uruguay, located in the neighborhood of Lezica-Melilla.

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Bañados de Carrasco

Bañados de Carrasco is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Baltasar Brum

Baltasar Brum Rodríguez (June 18, 1883 – March 31, 1933) was a Uruguayan political figure.

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Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros

Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros y de la Torre (1756–1829) was a Spanish naval officer born in Cartagena.

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Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay

Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (also known as Banco República or BROU) is a state-owned bank in Uruguay, founded in 1896 under the presidency of Juan Idiarte Borda.

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Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay

The Mortgage Bank of Uruguay (Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay) a state-owned bank in Uruguay.

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Banco Santander

Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group, is a Spanish banking group.

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Banda Oriental

Banda Oriental, or more fully Banda Oriental del Uruguay (Eastern Bank), was the name of the South American territories east of the Uruguay River and north of Río de la Plata that comprise the modern nation of Uruguay; the modern state of Brazil Rio Grande do Sul; and some of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

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Bantu peoples

The Bantu peoples are the speakers of Bantu languages, comprising several hundred ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa, spread over a vast area from Central Africa across the African Great Lakes to Southern Africa.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning neighborhood.

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Barrio Sur, Montevideo

Barrio Sur is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Battle of Montevideo (1807)

The Battle of Montevideo was a battle between the British and Spanish Empires during the Napoleonic Wars, in which British forces captured the city of Montevideo.

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Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the first one of the Battle of the Atlantic in South American waters.

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Bay of Montevideo

The Bay of Montevideo (Bahía de Montevideo) is the bay around the city of Montevideo, Uruguay in the Rio de la Plata.

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Beagle Channel

Partial aerial view of Beagle Channel. The Chilean Navarino Island is seen in the top-right while the Argentine part of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is seen at the bottom-left. Beagle Channel is a strait in Tierra del Fuego Archipelago on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina.

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Bella Vista, Montevideo

Bella Vista is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay and part of the Capurro / Bella Vista composite barrio, with Artigas Boulevard separating the two.

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Belmont House (Montevideo)

Belmont House is a boutique hotel, located on the Avenida Rivera in Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Belvedere, Montevideo

Belvedere is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Benito Nardone

Benito Nardone Cetrulo (November 22, 1906 – March 25, 1964) was a Uruguayan journalist and political figure.

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Berisso

Berisso is a city and the capitol of the partido of Berisso in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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Bernardo Poncini

Bernardo Poncini (1814-1874) was a Swiss architect.

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Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay

The is the National Library of Uruguay, located in Montevideo.

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Bioko

Bioko (also spelled Bioco, in Europe traditionally called Fernando Poo or Fernando Po from the period of Portuguese colonization) is an island 32 km off the west coast of Africa, and the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea.

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BIT (alternative information centre)

BIT was an information service, publisher, travel guide and social centre founded, in 1968, by John "Hoppy" Hopkins.

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Black people

Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other populations.

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Bluefields

Bluefields is the capital of the South Caribbean Autonomous Region (RACS) in Nicaragua.

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Bogotá

Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often thought of as part of Cundinamarca.

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Bolívar, Montevideo

Bolívar is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay and part of the Mercado Modelo–Bolívar composite barrio.

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Braga

Braga (Bracara) is a city and a municipality in the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga, in the historical and cultural Minho Province.

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Brasília

Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District.

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Brazo Oriental

Brazo Oriental is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.

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Brecha (newspaper)

Brecha is a Uruguayan weekly newspaper.

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British Cemetery Montevideo Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen

British Cemetery Montevideo Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen contains information about servicemen of different nationalities whose tombs can be found within the Cemetery.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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British Hospital (Montevideo)

The British Hospital or Hospital Británico is a private hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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British invasions of the River Plate

The British invasions of the River Plate were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of areas in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata that were located around the Río de la Plata in South America — in present-day Argentina and Uruguay.

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Bruno Mauricio de Zabala

Bruno Mauricio de Zabala (1682–1736) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Buceo

Buceo is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and most populous city of Argentina.

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Burger King

Burger King (BK) is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.

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C.A. Cerro

Club Atlético Cerro, usually known simply as Cerro is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

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Cali

Santiago de Cali, usually known by its short name "Cali", is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2,319,655 residents according to 2005-2020/DANE population projections.

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Canary Islanders

Canary Islanders, or Canarians (canarios), are an ethnic group living in the archipelago of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), near the coast of Western Africa.

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Canary Islands

The Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) is a Spanish archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Morocco at the closest point.

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Candombe

Candombe is an Uruguayan music and dance that comes from African slaves.

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Canelones Department

The Departamento de Canelones (Departamento de Canelones), with an area of and 518,154 inhabitants, is located in the south of Uruguay.

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Capilla de la Caridad del Hospital Maciel, Montevideo

The Charity Chapel (Capilla de la Caridad), better known as Capilla del Hospital Maciel, is a Roman Catholic chapel in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Capurro

Capurro is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay, and part of the Capurro–Bella Vista composite barrio, with Artigas Boulevard separating the two.

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Caracas

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and centre of the Greater Caracas Area, and the largest city of Venezuela.

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Carlos Ott

Carlos Ott (born October 16, 1946, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan architect who resides in Canada and many other countries.

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Carlos Thays

Carlos Thays (August 20, 1849 – January 31, 1934) was a French-Argentine landscape architect, and a student of French landscape architect Édouard André.

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Carlos Vaz Ferreira

Carlos Vaz Ferreira (October 15, 1872 – January 3, 1958) was an Uruguayan philosopher, writer, and academic.

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Carp

Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia.

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Carrasco International Airport

Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport is the international airport of Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay.

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Carrasco Norte

Carrasco Norte is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Carrasco, Montevideo

Carrasco is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Casabó

Casabó–Pajas Blancas is a composite barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Casavalle

Casavalle is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Catholic Church in Uruguay

The Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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Caudillo

A caudillo (Old Spanish: cabdillo, from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput "head") was a type of personalist leader wielding military and political power.

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Cádiz

Cádiz (see other pronunciations below) is a city and port in southwestern Spain.

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Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba is a city in the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of the Buenos Aires.

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Cementerio de La Teja, Montevideo

Cementerio Paso Molino, known also as Cementerio de La Teja, is a cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo

Cementerio del Buceo is a cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Cementerio del Cerro, Montevideo

Cementerio del Cerro is a cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo

Cementerio del Norte is the largest cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay, and also the largest green park area of the city.

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Cemetery

A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred.

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Central Cemetery of Montevideo

The Central Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio central) of Barrio Sur, Montevideo, is one of the main cemeteries in Uruguay.

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Central Español

Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

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Centro Atlético Fénix

Centro Atlético Fénix is an Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo.

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Centro, Montevideo

Centro is the inner city barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Ceramic art

Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay.

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Cerrito, Montevideo

Cerrito, officially Cerrito de la Victoria, is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Ceuta

Ceuta (also;; Berber language: Sebta) is an Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa, separated by 14 kilometres from Cadiz province on the Spanish mainland by the Strait of Gibraltar and sharing a 6.4 kilometre land border with M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture in the Kingdom of Morocco.

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Charles Girault

Charles-Louis Girault (27 December 1851 – 26 December 1932) was a French architect.

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Charles Stirling

Sir Charles Stirling (28 April 1760 – 7 November 1833) was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.

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China Zorrilla

China Zorrilla (born Concepción Matilde Zorrilla de San Martín Muñoz; 14 March 1922 in Montevideo – 17 September 2014 in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan theater, film, and television actress, also director, producer and writer.

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Cinema of Uruguay

The cinema of Uruguay has a role in the culture of Uruguay and is a part of Latin American cinema.

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Citibank

Citibank is the consumer division of financial services multinational Citigroup.

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City Museum

City Museum is a museum whose exhibits consist largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects, housed in the former International Shoe building in the Washington Avenue Loft District of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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City proper

A city proper is the area contained within city limits.

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Ciudad de la Costa

Ciudad de la Costa is a city in Canelones Department of Uruguay, on the banks of the Río de la Plata between the streams Arroyo Carrasco and Arroyo Pando.

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Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo

Ciudad Vieja (Old City) is the name of the oldest part of the city of Montevideo, capital city of Uruguay.

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Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay

The civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973–85), also known as the Uruguayan Dictatorship, was an authoritarian military dictatorship that ruled Uruguay for 12 years, from June 27, 1973 (after the 1973 coup d'état) until February 28, 1985.

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Club Atlético Goes

Club Atlético Goes is a Uruguayan professional basketball team located in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo)

Club Atlético River Plate is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

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Club Atlético Torque

Club Atlético Torque are a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

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Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz

Club Biguá is a professional basketball team based in Montevideo, currently playing the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball.

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Club de Golf del Uruguay

Club de Golf del Uruguay is an Uruguayan sports and social club from the city of Montevideo.

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Club Malvín

Club Malvín is a sports club from Montevideo, Uruguay, established on January 28, 1938, in the residential neighbourhood of Malvín.

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Club Nacional de Football

Club Nacional de Football is a sports institution from Uruguay, founded on 14 May 1899 in Montevideo, as a result of the fusion between Uruguay Athletic Club and Montevideo Fútbol Club.

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Club Sportivo Cerrito

Club Sportivo Cerrito, usually known simply as Cerrito, is an Uruguayan football club based in Cerrito de la Victoria, Montevideo.

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Coast

A coastline or a seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.

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Cochabamba

Cochabamba (Quchapampa, Quchapanpa) is a city & municipality in central Bolivia, in a valley in the Andes mountain range.

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Colón Centro y Noroeste

Colón Centro y Noroeste is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Colón Sudeste

Colón Sudeste–Abayubá is a composite barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Colonia del Sacramento

Colonia del Sacramento (formerly the Portuguese Colónia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Colorado Party (Uruguay)

The Colorado Party (Partido Colorado, lit. "The Colored Party") is a political party in Uruguay.

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Comte de Lautréamont

Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (4 April 1846 – 24 November 1870), a French poet born in Uruguay.

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Conciliación

Conciliación is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Congregation of Christian Brothers

The Congregation of Christian Brothers (officially, in Latin: Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; members of the order use the post-nominal "CFC") is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice (later beatified).

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Constitution of Uruguay

The Constitution of Uruguay is the supreme law of Uruguay.

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Constitution of Uruguay of 1918

The second Constitution of Uruguay was in force during the period 1918-1933.

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Constitution of Uruguay of 1934

The third Constitution of Uruguay was in force between 1934 and 1942.

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Constitution of Uruguay of 1952

The fifth Constitution of Uruguay was in force between 1952 and 1967.

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Constitution Square (Montevideo)

Plaza Constitución (Constitution Square), also known as Plaza Matriz, is the oldest plaza in Montevideo.

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Conurbation

A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area.

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Cordón

Cordón is a central barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay, located directly East of the Centro.

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Coroico

Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.

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Cristina Peri Rossi

Cristina Peri Rossi is a Uruguayan novelist, poet, translator, and author of short stories.

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Cubism

Cubism is an early-20th-century art movement which brought European painting and sculpture historically forward toward 20th century Modern art.

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Cumaná

Cumaná is the capital of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located east of Caracas. Cumaná was one of the first settlements founded by Europeans in mainland America and is the oldest continuously-inhabited, European-established settlement in the continent. Attacks by indigenous peoples meant it had to be refounded several times. The municipality of Sucre, which includes Cumaná, had a population of 358,919 at the 2011 Census; the latest estimate (as at mid 2016) is 423,546. The city, located at the mouth of the Manzanares River on the Caribbean coast in the Northeast coast of Venezuela, is home to one of five campuses of the Universidad de Oriente and a busy maritime port, home of one of the largest tuna fleets in Venezuela. The city is close to Mochima National Park a popular tourist beaches destination amongst Venezuelans. The city of Cumaná saw the birth of key heroes of and contributors to the Venezuelan independence movement: Antonio Jose de Sucre, the ‘Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho’, a leading general and President of Bolivia; as well as Brigadier General D. Juan Francisco Echeto. Cumaná is also the birthplace to eminent poets, writers and politicians like Andrés Eloy Blanco, an important figure in Latin-American literature and who later rose to the national political scene; as well as José Antonio Ramos Sucre, another distinguished poet and diplomat. Important scientists including Pehr Löefling from Sweden, Alexander von Humboldt from Germany and Aimé Bonpland from France did part of their experimental works and discoveries when visiting and living in Cumaná in the 18th century. The city is also home to a Toyota plant, which manufactures the Hilux and Toyota Fortuner.

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Curitiba

Curitiba (Tupi: "Pine Nut Land") is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Paraná.

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Daniel Martínez (politician)

Daniel Carlos Martínez Villamil (born 1957) is a Uruguayan political figure.

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Daniel Sturla

Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB (born 4 July 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and the archbishop of Montevideo.

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Danubio F.C.

Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan association football club based in Montevideo.

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Davao City

, officially the (Dakbayan sa Dabaw, Lungsod ng Dabaw), is a highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao,.

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Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga

Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Montevideo, 10 December 1771 – 6 February 1848) was a Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist.

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Defensor Sporting

Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Delmira Agustini

Delmira Agustini (October 24, 1886 – July 6, 1914), an Uruguayan poet, was a Latin American poet of the early 20th century.

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Departments of Uruguay

Uruguay consists of 19 departments.

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Deutschland-class cruiser

The Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe ("armored ships"), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.

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Diego Forlán

Diego Forlán Corazo (born 19 May 1979) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who is currently a free agent.

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Discobolus

The Discobolus of Myron ("discus thrower", Δισκοβόλος, Diskobólos) is a Greek sculpture completed towards the end of the Severe Period, figuring a youthful ancient Greek athlete throwing discus, circa 460–450 BC.

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Doric order

The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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Edificio Panamericano

The Panamericano Building is a housing construction located in the area Buceo of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Eduardo Blanco Acevedo

Eduardo Blanco Acevedo (1884–1971) was a Uruguayan political figure and physician.

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Eduardo Galeano

Eduardo Hughes Galeano (3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters" and "a literary giant of the Latin American left".

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El Cuarteto de Nos

El Cuarteto de Nos is a Latin Grammy Award-winning rock group formed in 1984 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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El Día (Uruguay)

El Día was an influential Uruguayan daily newspaper.

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El Observador (Uruguay)

El Observador is a Uruguayan newspaper, published for the first time on October 22, 1991, and distributed nationwide.

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El País (Uruguay)

El País is a Uruguayan newspaper, first published on September 14, 1918, and distributed nationwide.

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Eladio Dieste

Eladio Dieste (December 01, 1917 - July 29, 2000) was a Uruguayan engineer and architect who made his reputation by building a range of structures from grain silos, factory sheds, markets and churches, most of them in Uruguay and all of exceptional elegance.

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Elena Zuasti

Elena Zuasti (May 18, 1935 – April 8, 2011) was a Uruguayan stage actress and comedian.

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Empire of Brazil

The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Enzo Francescoli

Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (born 12 November 1961) is a former Uruguayan football player.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Erwin Schrott

Erwin Schrott (born 21 December 1972 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an operatic bass-baritone, particularly known for his interpretation of the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni.

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Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Esmeraldas is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador.

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Estación Central General Artigas

Estación Central General Artigas is the former central railway station of Montevideo, Uruguay, situated in Aguada.

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Estadio Alfredo Victor Viera

Estadio Alfredo Victor Viera is a multi-purpose stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Estadio Azteca

The Estadio Azteca is an association football stadium located in the suburb of Santa Úrsula in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Estadio Belvedere

Estadio Belvedere is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Estadio Centenario

Estadio Centenario is a stadium in the Parque Batlle neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for football.

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Estadio Complejo Rentistas

Estadio Complejo Rentistas is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Estadio Contador Damiani

Estadio Contador Damiani, formerly Las Acacias, is a football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, inaugurated in 1916 and re-built in 1997.

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Estadio Gran Parque Central

The Estadio Gran Parque Central, usually just Parque Central, is the stadium of Club Nacional de Football.

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Estadio José Nasazzi

Estadio José Nasazzi is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Estadio La Bombonera (Montevideo)

The Estadio "La Bombonera" is a football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay owned and used by Club Atlético Basáñez.

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Estadio Luis Franzini

The Estadio Luis Franzini (or Luis Franzini Stadium) is an outdoor football stadium located in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Estadio Luis Tróccoli

Estadio Luis Tróccoli is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Estadio Osvaldo Roberto

The Estadio Osvaldo Roberto (also known as Parque Osvaldo Roberto) is a football stadium located in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the Sayago neighborhood at the intersection of Ave.

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Estadio Parque Maracaná

The Estadio Parque Maracaná is a football stadium in Casavalle, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Estadio Saroldi

Estadio Saroldi (full name: Parque Federico Omar Saroldi) is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Estévez Palace

The Estévez Palace (Spanish: Palacio Estévez) is a building situated in Plaza Independencia, Montevideo, Uruguay, designed in a combination of Doric and Colonial styles by Manoel de Castel in 1873.

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Esteban Echeverría

José Esteban Antonio Echeverría (September 2, 1805 – January 19, 1851) was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and political activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature, not only through his own writings but also through his organizational efforts.

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Executive Tower, Montevideo

The Executive Tower (Spanish: Torre Ejecutiva) is the workplace of the President of Uruguay.

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Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.

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Felisberto Hernández

Felisberto Hernandez (October 20, 1902 – January 13, 1964) was an Uruguayan writer.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan (or; Fernão de Magalhães,; Fernando de Magallanes,; c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano.

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Fernando Butazzoni

Fernando Butazzoni (born 1953) is a Uruguayan novelist and journalist.

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FIBA AmeriCup

The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the name commonly used to refer to the American Basketball Championship that takes place every two years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; French for "International Federation of Association Football") is an association which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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Flor de Maroñas

Flor de Maroñas is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Florida Department

Florida is a department of Uruguay.

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Florida, Uruguay

Florida is the capital of Florida Department of Uruguay.

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Forced disappearance

In international human rights law, a forced disappearance (or enforced disappearance) occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law.

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Formula One

Formula One (also Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and owned by the Formula One Group.

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Fortaleza del Cerro

Fortaleza del Cerro, also known as Fortaleza General Artigas, is a fortress situated in Montevideo, Uruguay overlooking the Bay of Montevideo.

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Francisco Antonio Maciel

Francisco Antonio Maciel (September 16, 1757 – January 20, 1807 in Montevideo), was a Montevidean Criollo industrialist and philanthropist of the time of the Spanish colony.

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Francisco Javier de Elío

Francisco Javier de Elío (Pamplona, 1767 – Valencia, 1822), was a Spanish soldier, governor of Montevideo and the last Viceroy of the Río de la Plata.

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French Uruguayans

French Uruguayans (Franco-Uruguayen, franco-uruguayo) are Uruguayan citizens of full or partial French ancestry.

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Frommer's

Frommer's is a travel guidebook series created by Arthur Frommer.

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Fructuoso Rivera

José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (17 October 1784 – 13 January 1854) was a Uruguayan general and patriot who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, twice served as Uruguay's President and was one of the instigators of the long Uruguayan Civil War.

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Gabe Saporta

Gabriel Eduardo "Gabe" Saporta (born October 11, 1979) is an Uruguayan-American musician and entrepreneur.

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Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon

Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon (born 1961) is an Uruguayan industrial engineer, business executive and government figure.

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Gabriel Paternain

Gabriel Pedro Paternain is a Uruguayan mathematician.

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Gabriel Terra

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Galicians

Galicians (galegos, gallegos) are a national, cultural and ethnic group whose historic homeland is Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Gateway of the Citadel

Puerta de la Ciudadela (Gateway of the Citadel), is one of the few remaining parts of the wall that surrounded the oldest part of the city of Montevideo, the citadel, which was torn down in 1829.

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Gaucho

A gaucho or gaúcho is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly.

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General Assembly of Uruguay

The General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General) has two chambers.

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Georges Braque

Georges Braque (13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor.

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Gerardo Matos Rodríguez

Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodríguez (March 28, 1897 – April 25, 1948) Montevideo, Uruguay, also known as Becho, was a Uruguayan musician, composer and journalist.

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German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee

Admiral Graf Spee was a "Panzerschiff" (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Globalization and World Cities Research Network

The Globalization and World Cities Research Network, commonly abbreviated to GaWC, is a think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization.

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Google Maps

Google Maps is a web mapping service developed by Google.

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Governor of Buenos Aires Province

The Governor of Buenos Aires province is a citizen of the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period.

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Graciela Cánepa

Graciela Cánepa (Montevideo, Uruguay, July 28, 1948 - Asuncion, Paraguay, October 7, 2006) was an Uruguayan actress and television presenter.

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Great Siege of Montevideo

The Great Siege of Montevideo (Sitio Grande or Sitio de Montevideo) was the siege suffered by the city of Montevideo between 1843 and 1851 during the Uruguayan Civil War.

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Greek Uruguayans

Greek Uruguayans (Greek: Έλληνες της Ουρουγουάης) are Uruguayan residents either fully or partially of Greek descent or Greece-born people who reside in Uruguay.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Guanches

Guanches were the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands.

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Guaraní people

Guaraní are a group of culturally related indigenous peoples of South America.

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Guatemala City

Guatemala City (Ciudad de Guatemala), locally known as Guatemala or Guate, officially Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción (New Guatemala of the Assumption), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala, and the most populous in Central America.

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Hail

Hail is a form of solid precipitation.

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Hans Langsdorff

Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (20 March 1894 – 20 December 1939) was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the Panzerschiff (pocket battleship) ''Admiral Graf Spee'' during the Battle of the River Plate.

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Havana

Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.

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Helen Velando

Helen Velando (born 3 December 1961) in Montevideo is a Uruguayan writer of books for children and young people.

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Hipodromo Nacional de Maroñas

Hipódromo Nacional de Maroñas is a horse racing track located in Ituzaingó neighbourhood, in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Home economics

Home economics, domestic science or home science is a field of study that deals with home and economics.

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Horacio Quiroga

Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza (31 December 1878 – 19 February 1937) was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer.

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Horsecar

A horsecar, or horse-drawn tram, is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar.

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Hospital de Clínicas "Dr. Manuel Quintela"

Hospital de Clínicas "Dr.

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Hospital Maciel

Hospital Maciel is a hospital in Montevideo, located in the western part of the Old City.

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Hospital Pereira Rossell

Hospital Pereira Rossell is a hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Hospital Saint Bois

Hospital Saint Bois is a hospital located at Camino Fauquet 6358, Villa Colón on the northwestern outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Hospital Vilardebó

Hospital Vilardebó is the only psychiatric hospital in Reducto, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Hotel Carrasco

The Hotel Casino Carrasco is a historic hotel and casino in Carrasco of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Hugo Burel

José Hugo Burel Guerra, (March 23, 1951), is a Uruguay journalist and author.

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Hugo Villar

Hugo Villar Tejeiro (20 November 1925 – 15 April 2014) was a Uruguayan physician and politician.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic (composite index) of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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Hupmobile

Hupmobile was an automobile built from 1909 through 1939 by the Hupp Motor Car Company.

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Hurlingham, Buenos Aires

Hurlingham (28 September) is an Argentine city, capital of the Hurlingham Partido in the province of Buenos Aires.

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IB Diploma Programme

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16 to 18 year olds.

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Intendant of Montevideo

The Intendant of Montevideo is the highest-ranking official in the government of Montevideo.

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Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB or IDB or BID) is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean.

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International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968.

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Ionic order

The Ionic order forms one of the three classical orders of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian.

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Italian Hospital of Montevideo

The Italian Hospital of Montevideo, whose official name is Ospedale italiano Umberto I, (Hospital Italiano de Montevideo) is a clinic and sanatorium founded in 1890 near Parque Batlle, Montevideo.

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Italian Uruguayans

Italian Uruguayans (Spanish: ítalo-uruguayos, Italian: italo-uruguaiani) are Uruguayan citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent.

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Ituzaingó, Montevideo

Ituzaingó is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Jacinto Vera, Montevideo

Jacinto Vera is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay, named after Jacinto Vera (1813 - 1881), the first Catholic bishop of Montevideo.

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Japanese cuisine

Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of social and economic changes.

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Jardines del Hipódromo Stadium

Jardines del Hipódromo is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, currently used primarily for football matches and home to the Uruguayan Primera División side Danubio F.C..

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Joaquín Torres-García

Joaquín Torres García (28 July 1874 – 8 August 1949) was a Spanish Uruguayan artist painter, sculptor, muralist, novelist, writer, teacher and theorist, active in Spain, United States, Italy, France and Uruguay.

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John Wesley

John Wesley (2 March 1791) was an English cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, founded Methodism.

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John Whitelocke

John Whitelocke (1757 – 23 October 1833) was a British Army officer.

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John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing.

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Jorge Drexler

Jorge Abner Drexler Prada (born September 21, 1964) is a Uruguayan musician, actor and doctor specializing in otolaryngology.

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José Batlle y Ordóñez

José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez (May 23, 1856 – October 20, 1929) was an Uruguayan politician who created the modern Uruguayan welfare state by his reforms.

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José Belloni

José Belloni (September 12, 1882 – November 28, 1965) was a Uruguayan sculptor of the Realist school.

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José Enrique Rodó

José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñeyro (15 July 1871 – 1 May 1917) was a Uruguayan essayist.

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José Gervasio Artigas

José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850) was a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan nationhood".

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José Luis Massera

José Luis Massera (Genoa, Italy, June 8, 1915 – Montevideo, September 9, 2002) was a Uruguayan mathematician who researched the stability of differential equations.

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José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín

José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín (September 5, 1891 – May 24, 1975) was a Uruguayan sculptor and painter.

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Juan Antonio Lavalleja

Juan Antonio Lavalleja (June 24, 1784 – October 22, 1853) was a Uruguayan revolutionary and political figure.

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Juan Carlos Onetti

Juan Carlos Onetti Borges (July 1, 1909, Montevideo – May 30, 1994, Madrid) was a Uruguayan novelist and author of short stories.

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Juan Manuel Blanes

Juan Manuel Blanes (June 8, 1830 – April 15, 1901) was a noted Uruguayan painter of the Realist school.

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Juan Manuel Blanes Museum

Juan Manuel Blanes Municipal Museum of the Arts (Museo de Bellas Artes Juan Manuel Blanes) is the name of a municipal museum in Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Juan Manuel de Rosas

Juan Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was a politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation.

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Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (December 28, 1855 – November 3, 1931) was a Catholic Uruguayan epic poet – he is referred to as the "National Poet of Uruguay" – and political figure.

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Juana de Ibarbourou

Juana Fernández Morales de Ibarbourou, also known as Juana de América, (1892–1979) was a Uruguayan poet and one of the most popular poets of Spanish America.

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Judaism

Judaism (originally from Hebrew, Yehudah, "Judah"; via Latin and Greek) is the religion of the Jewish people.

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Jules Laforgue

Jules Laforgue (16 August 1860 – 20 August 1887) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet.

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Jules Supervielle

Jules Supervielle (16 January 1884 – 17 May 1960) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet and writer born in Montevideo.

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Julio Albino

Julio César Albino De Lucca (born 28 April 1971 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer.

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Julio Herrera y Reissig

Julio Herrera y Reissig (January 9, 1875 – March 18, 1910) was a Uruguayan poet, playwright and essayist, who began his career during the late Romanticist period and later became an early proponent of Modernism.

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Junta Grande

Junta Grande is the most common name for the executive government of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (modern-day Argentina), that followed the incorporation of provincial representatives into the Primera Junta (First Junta).

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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La Blanqueada

La Blanqueada is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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La Comercial

La Comercial is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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La cumparsita

"La cumparsita" (from "comparsa" carnival) is a tango written in 1916 by the Uruguayan musician Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, with lyrics by Pascual Contursi and Enrique Pedro Maroni.

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La Figurita

La Figurita is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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La Paloma, Montevideo

La Paloma - Tomkinson is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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La Paz

La Paz, officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace), also named Chuqi Yapu (Chuquiago) in Aymara, is the seat of government and the de facto national capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (the constitutional capital of Bolivia is Sucre).

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La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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La Teja

La Teja is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Laayoune

Laayoune (Maghrebi Arabic: لعيون Al-ʿAyyūn/El-Aiun,; El Aaiún; Laâyoune; Berber: ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ, Leɛyun; Literary Arabic: العيون, literally "The Springs") is the largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara currently administered by Morocco.

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Larrañaga, Montevideo

Larrañaga is a neighbourhood or Barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Las Acacias, Montevideo

Las Acacias is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Las Canteras

Las Canteras is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Las Piedras, Uruguay

Las Piedras is a city in the Canelones Department of Uruguay.

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Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

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Latin American Integration Association

The Latin American Integration Association / Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración / Associação Latino-Americana de Integração (LAIA / ALADI) is an international and regional scope organization.

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Lebanese Uruguayans

There are about 53,000 to 70,000 Lebanese Uruguayans, or Uruguayans of Lebanese origin.

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Lezica

Lezica–Melilla is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Libertador Bolivarian Municipality

The Libertador Bolivarian Municipality (Municipio Bolivariano Libertador) is the only administrative division of the Capital District and along with the municipalities of Baruta, Chacao, El Hatillo and Sucre forms the Metropolitan District of Caracas.

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Life expectancy

Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender.

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Liga Federal

The Federal League or League of Free Peoples (Spanish: Liga Federal or Liga de los Pueblos Libres) was an alliance of provinces in what is now Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil that aimed to establish a confederal organization for the state that was emerging from the May Revolution in the war of independence against the Spanish Empire.

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Liga Uruguaya de Basketball

The Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (also known as LUB) is the most important basketball league in Uruguay.

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Lima

Lima (Quechua:, Aymara) is the capital and the largest city of Peru.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 552,700, Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2.

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List of cities in Uruguay

The list of cities in Uruguay is a list of all populated centres of Uruguay that have received the status of "Ciudad" (City).

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List of Latin American cities by population

This is a list of the fifty largest cities in Latin America by population residing within city limits as of 2015, the most recent year for which official population census results, estimates or short-term projections are available for most of these cities.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas

The following are lists of World Heritage Sites in the Americas.

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Lists of countries by GDP per capita

There are two articles listing countries according to their per capita GDP.

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Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)

Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

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Lorenzo Carnelli

Lorenzo Carnelli (1887 – 1960) was a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who belonged to the National Party.

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Luis Alberto de Herrera

Luis Alberto de Herrera (Montevideo, 22 July 1873 – 8 April 1959) was a Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician.

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Luis Batlle Berres

Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres (26 November 1897 – 15 July 1964) was a Uruguayan political figure.

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Lycée Français de Montevideo

Lycée Français Jules Supervielle de Montevideo (Liceo Francés de Montevideo) is a French school in Buceo, Montevideo.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Malvín

Malvín is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Malvín Norte

Malvín Norte is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) located in north eastern part of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Managua

Managua is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and the center of eponymous department.

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Manga, Montevideo

Manga is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Manga, Toledo Chico

Manga is a composite barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Manila

Manila (Maynilà, or), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynilà), is the capital of the Philippines and the most densely populated city proper in the world.

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Manuel Oribe

Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana (August 26, 1792 – November 12, 1857) was the 2nd Constitutional president of Uruguay.

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Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentine city in the southeast part of Buenos Aires Province located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Maracanã Stadium

The Maracanã (Estádio do Maracanã, standard Brazilian Portuguese:, local pronunciation), officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is a football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Marcel Felder

Marcel Felder (born 9 July 1984) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player.

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Margarita Xirgu

Margarita Xirgu, also Margarida Xirgu (18 June 1888, Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain – 25 April 1969, Montevideo, Uruguay), was a Spanish stage actress, who was greatly popular throughout her country and Latin America.

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Mario Benedetti

Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), known as Mario Benedetti, was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet as well as being an integral member of the Generación del 45.

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Mario Palanti

Mario Palanti (September 20, 1885 – September 4, 1978) was an Italian architect who designed important buildings in the capital cities of both Argentina and Uruguay.

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Mario Wschebor

Mario Wschebor Wonsever (3 December 1939 – 16 September 2011) was an Uruguayan mathematician.

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Maroñas

Maroñas–Parque Guaraní is a composite barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo.

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Marosa di Giorgio

Marosa di Giorgio (1932–2004) was a Uruguayan poet and novelist.

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Marsico Nuovo

Marsico Nuovo (Lucano: Màrsc) is a town and comune of the province of Potenza in the Basilicata region of southern Italy.

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Martín Méndez

Martín Méndez (born April 6, 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is the bassist of technical death metal band Opeth and second longest serving member of the band, behind lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt.

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Mastercard

Mastercard Incorporated (stylized as MasterCard from 1979 to 2016 and mastercard since 2016) is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in the Mastercard International Global Headquarters in Purchase, New York, United States.

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Mateo Vidal

Mateo Lucas Vidal Medina (Montevideo, 17 October 1780 - Buenos Aires, 8 January 1855) was a Uruguayan priest and politician.

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Mauricio Rosencof

Mauricio Rosencof (born June 30, 1933) is an Uruguayan playwright, poet and journalist from Florida, Uruguay.

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May Revolution

The May Revolution (Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

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Mayor–council government

The mayor–council government system is a system of organization of local government.

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McDonald's

McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Melilla

Melilla (مليلية, Maliliyyah; ⵎⵔⵉⵜⵙ, Mřič) is a Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa, sharing a border with Morocco, with an area of.

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Melo, Uruguay

Melo is the capital city of the Cerro Largo Department of north-eastern Uruguay.

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Mercado Modelo (Montevideo)

Mercado Modelo is a central municipal fruit and vegetable wholesale market in of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Mercosur

Mercosur (also known as Mercosul or Ñemby Ñemuha) is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as a metro area or commuter belt, is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing.

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Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis (then more precisely called metropolitan archbishop); that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.

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Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

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Milonga (music)

Milonga is a musical genre that originated in the Río de la Plata areas of Argentina and Uruguay.

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Mississauga

Mississauga Also pronounced: Dictionary Reference:, The Free Dictionary: is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Montevideo Cabildo

The Montevideo Cabildo (Spanish language: Cabildo de Montevideo) is the public building in Montevideo that was used as the government house during the colonial times of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate.

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Montevideo Department

Montevideo is a department (departamento) of Uruguay.

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Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral

The Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo) is the main Roman Catholic church of Montevideo, and seat of its archdiocese.

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Montevideo Shopping

Montevideo Shopping Center is the first shopping mall that opened in Montevideo.

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Montevideo Wanderers F.C.

Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

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Montevideo, Minnesota

Montevideo is a city in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.

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Mother church

Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functions of nourishing and protecting the believer.

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Murga

Murga is a form of popular musical theatre performed in Montevideo, Uruguay, Argentina and Badajoz, Spain during the Carnival season.

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Museo Torres García

The Museo Torres García is located in the historic Ciudad Vieja (Old Town) of Montevideo where unusual portraits of historical icons and cubist paintings akin to Picasso's paintings, painted by Joaquín Torres García are exhibited.

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Nando Parrado

Fernando "Nando" Seler Parrado Dolgay (born 9 December 1949) is one of the sixteen Uruguayan survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972.

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Natalia Oreiro

Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias (born 19 May 1977) is a Uruguayan singer, actress, and fashion designer.

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National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay)

National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) (Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales) a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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National Party (Uruguay)

The National Party (Partido Nacional, PN), also known as the White Party (Partido Blanco), is a major right-wing conservative political party in Uruguay, currently the major opposition party to the ruling Frente Amplio government.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism (from Greek νέος nèos, "new" and Latin classicus, "of the highest rank") is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of classical antiquity.

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No Te Va Gustar

No Te Va Gustar, also known by their initials NTVG (English: You Won't Like It), are a rock band from Uruguay.

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Nobility

Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Nuevo París

Nuevo París is a barrio (neighbourhood or hood) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Obdulio Varela

Obdulio Jacinto Muiños Varela (September 20, 1917 — August 2, 1996) was a Uruguayan football player.

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Obelisk of Montevideo

The Obelisk of Montevideo, officially listed as the Obelisco a los Constituyentes de 1830, is a monument created by sculptor José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín (1891-1975).

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Old Christians Club

Old Christians Club, or simply Old Christians, is an Uruguayan sports club from the Carrasco neighbourhood of Montevideo.

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Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (postnominal abbr. O.F.M.Cap.) is an order of friars within the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans.

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Ordinary (officer)

An ordinary (from Latin ordinarius) is an officer of a church or civic authority who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute laws.

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Pablo Atchugarry

Pablo Atchugarry (born August 23, 1954) is a Uruguayan artist, best known for his abstract sculptural art.

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.

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Palacio Barolo

Palacio Barolo is a landmark office building, located at 1370 Avenida de Mayo, in the neighborhood of Monserrat, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay)

The Legislative Palace (Palacio Legislativo) in Montevideo, Uruguay, is the site where the Uruguayan parliament meets.

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Palacio Municipal (Montevideo)

Palacio Municipal (City Hall) is the seat of the local government agency of the Municipality of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Palacio Salvo

Palacio Salvo (Salvo Palace) is a building in Montevideo, Uruguay, located at the intersection of 18 de Julio Avenue and Plaza Independencia.

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Palacio Taranco

Palacio Taranco, located in front of the Plaza Zabala, in the heart of the Old City of Montevideo, Uruguay, is a palace erected in the early 20th century during a period in which the architectural style was influenced by French architecture.

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Palermo, Montevideo

Palermo is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Palladian architecture

Palladian architecture is a European style of architecture derived from and inspired by the designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580).

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Panama City

Panama City (Ciudad de Panamá) is the capital and largest city of Panama.

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Paolo Montero

Rónald Paolo Montero Iglesias (born 3 September 1971) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player, who played as a central defender or left-back.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Parque Abraham Paladino

Parque Abraham Paladino is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Parque Batlle

Parque Batlle, formerly Parque de los Aliados (Allied Park), is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) and a major public central park in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Parque Palermo

Parque Palermo is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Parque Prado

Parque Prado is the largest of Montevideo's six principal public parks.

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Parque Rodó

Parque Rodó is both a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay and a park which lies mostly outside the limits of the barrio itself and belongs to Punta Carretas.

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Paso de la Arena

Paso de la Arena, also known by the composite name Paso de la Arena–Los Bulevares–Rincón del Cerro–Santiago Vázquez is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Paso de las Duranas

Paso de las Duranas is a cultural center of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Paso de los Toros

Paso de los Toros (Bulls' Pass) is a city of the Tacuarembó Department in Uruguay.

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Pérez Castellanos

Pérez Castellanos, also known as Castro - Pérez Castellanos, is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Peñarol

Club Atlético Peñarol (English: Peñarol Athletic Club) —also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and (familiarly) Manyas— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo.

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Peñarol, Montevideo

Peñarol, also known as Peñarol–Lavalleja, is a working-class barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Pedro Bordaberry

Juan Pedro Bordaberry Herrán (born 28 April 1960) is a Uruguayan political figure from the Colorado Party.

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Pedro Ipuche Riva

Pedro Ipuche Riva (26 October 1924 – 25 December 1996) was an Uruguayan composer of classical music.

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Pedro Piedrabuena

Pedro Piedrabuena (born August 21, 1971 in Montevideo) is an American professional three-cushion billiards player, originally from Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire (as well as the allied powers of the Spanish Empire), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Portugal, for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Pergola

A pergola is a garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Peruvian waltz

The vals criollo (Creole waltz), or Peruvian waltz (vals peruano), is an adaptation of the European waltz brought to the Americas during colonial times by Spain.

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Petit Palais

The Petit Palais (small palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck (born January 18, 1949) is a French designer known since the start of his career in the 1980s for his interior, product, industrial and architectural design including furniture.

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Piedras Blancas, Montevideo

Piedras Blancas is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Plaza

A plaza, pedestrian plaza, or Place is an open urban public space, such as a city square.

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Plaza Independencia

Plaza Independencia (Spanish for Independence Square) is the name of Montevideo's most important plaza.

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Plaza Zabala

Plaza Zabala is a plaza in the Ciudad Vieja of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Plus Ultra (aircraft)

Plus Ultra was a Dornier Do J flying boat which completed the first transatlantic flight between Spain and South America in January 1926 with a crew of Spanish aviators, that included Ramón Franco and Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz, Juan Manuel Duran, and Pablo Rada.

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Pocitos

Pocitos is an upscale beach barrio (neighbourhood or district) in Uruguay's capital city, Montevideo.

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Polyclinic

A polyclinic is a clinic that provides both general and specialist examinations and treatments to outpatients and is usually independent of a hospital.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Giovanni Paolo II; Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła;; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.

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Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII (Leone; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death.

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Port of Montevideo

The Port of Montevideo (Puerto de Montevideo), in the northern part of the Old City of Montevideo, Uruguay, is one of the major ports of South America and plays a very important role in the economy of Uruguay.

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Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince (Pòtoprens) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti.

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Portolan chart

Portolan or portulan charts are navigational maps based on compass directions and estimated distances observed by the pilots at sea.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language originating from the regions of Galicia and northern Portugal in the 9th century.

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Portuguese people

Portuguese people are an ethnic group indigenous to Portugal that share a common Portuguese culture and speak Portuguese.

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Postmodernism

Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late-20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism and that marked a departure from modernism.

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Prado, Montevideo

Prado is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) and a major public park in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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President of Uruguay

The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Presidente de la República Oriental del Uruguay) is the head of state and head of government of Uruguay.

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Primate (bishop)

Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some archbishops in certain Christian churches.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Punta Brava Lighthouse

Punta Brava Lighthouse (Faro de Punta Brava), also known as Punta Carretas Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Punta Carretas, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Punta Carretas

Punta Carretas is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Punta de Rieles – Bella Italia

Punta de Rieles – Bella Italia from is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Punta del Este

Punta del Este is the second city of Uruguayhttp://www.lanacion.com.ar/1439666-tips-gasoleros-para-veranear-en-punta-del-este and the most important resort town in South America, the Punta area 220,000 residents add to a peak of over 600,000 people during the summer season, while year-round the town receives one million tourists.

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Punta Gorda, Montevideo

Panopuntagorda.jpg Punta Gorda is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Qingdao

Qingdao (also spelled Tsingtao) is a city in eastern Shandong Province on the east coast of China.

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Quebec City

Quebec City (pronounced or; Québec); Ville de Québec), officially Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016, (an increase of 3.0% from 2011) and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016, (an increase of 4.3% from 2011) making it the second largest city in Quebec, after Montreal, and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is situated north-east of Montreal. The narrowing of the Saint Lawrence River proximate to the city's promontory, Cap-Diamant (Cape Diamond), and Lévis, on the opposite bank, provided the name given to the city, Kébec, an Algonquin word meaning "where the river narrows". Founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, Quebec City is one of the oldest cities in North America. The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec) are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico, and were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the 'Historic District of Old Québec'. The city's landmarks include the Château Frontenac, a hotel which dominates the skyline, and the Citadelle of Quebec, an intact fortress that forms the centrepiece of the ramparts surrounding the old city and includes a secondary royal residence. The National Assembly of Quebec (provincial legislature), the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), and the Musée de la civilisation (Museum of Civilization) are found within or near Vieux-Québec.

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Quito

Quito (Kitu; Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador, and at an elevation of above sea level, it is the second-highest official capital city in the world, after La Paz, and the one which is closest to the equator.

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Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay.

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Rain and snow mixed

Rain and snow mixed is precipitation composed of rain and partially melted snow.

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Rambla of Montevideo

The Rambla of Montevideo is the avenue that goes all along the coastline of Montevideo, Uruguay, and also the longest continuous sidewalk in the world.

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Rampla Juniors

Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, commonly known as Rampla Juniors, is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

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Río de la Plata

The Río de la Plata ("river of silver") — rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth and La Plata River (occasionally Plata River) in other English-speaking countries — is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay and the Paraná rivers.

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Río de la Plata Basin

The Río de la Plata basin (Cuenca del Plata, Bacia do Prata), more often called the River Plate basin in scholarly writings, sometimes called the Platine basin or Platine region, is the hydrographical area in South America that drains to the Río de la Plata.

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Rector (academia)

A rector ("ruler", from meaning "ruler") is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school.

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Reducto

Reducto is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Referendum

A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Reus al Norte

Reus al Norte is a historic barrio (neighbourhood or district) in Villa Muñoz, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Ricardo Ehrlich

Ricardo Ehrlich (Montevideo, born November 4, 1948) is a Uruguayan biologist and a political figure.

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Rimer Cardillo

Rimer Cardillo (born 17 August 1944) is a Uruguayan visual artist and engraver of extensive international experience who has lived in the United States since 1979.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.

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Rodrigo Arocena

Rodrigo Arocena Linn (born February 23, 1947 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan mathematician, and rector of the University of the Republic since July 2006.

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Roman art

Roman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo (Archidioecesis Montisvidei) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Canelones

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Canelones (Dioecesis Canalopolitana) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida (Dioecesis Floridensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Uruguay) of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo of the Roman Catholic church in southern Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este (Dioecesis Maldonadensis-Orientalis Orae) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Melo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Melo (Dioecesis Melensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Mercedes

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mercedes (Dioecesis Mercedaniana) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Minas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Minas (Dioecesis Fodinensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Salto

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salto is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of San José de Mayo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José de Mayo (Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Uraquaria) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacuarembó

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacuarembó (Dioecesis Tacuarembiana) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.

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Román Fresnedo Siri

Román Fresnedo Siri (February 4, 1903 – June 26, 1975) was a Uruguayan architect.

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Rosario, Santa Fe

Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, in central Argentina.

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Rosita Melo

Clotilde Mela Rosa Luciano, better known as Rosita Melo (July 9, 1897 – August 12, 1981), was an Argentine-Uruguayan pianist, composer and poet.

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Roy Berocay

Roy Berocay (born 1955) is a journalist and an author of children's literature from Uruguay.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Royal New Zealand Navy

The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; Maori: Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa, "Warriors of the Sea of New Zealand") is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of ten ships and eight naval helicopters.

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Rubén Rodríguez (footballer)

Rubén Rodríguez (born 19 April 1967 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer.

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Rugby football

Rugby football refers to the team sports rugby league and rugby union.

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Rugby union in Uruguay

Rugby union in Uruguay is considered a popular sport.

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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

The Sahrawi Republic, officially the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR; also romanized with Saharawi; República Árabe Saharaui Democrática; الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية), is a partially recognized state that controls a thin strip of area in the Western Sahara region and claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony and later province.

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Saint Ovidius

Ovidius (Santo Ovídio), also Saint Auditus, is a Portuguese saint.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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Salesians of Don Bosco

The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB; also known as the Salesian Society; officially named the Society of St. Francis de Sales) is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite religious institute founded in the late nineteenth century by Italian priest Saint John Bosco to help poor children during the Industrial Revolution.

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Salta

Salta is a city located in the Lerma Valley, at 1,152 metres (3780 feet) above sea level in the northwest part of Argentina.

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Salting (food)

Salting is the preservation of food with dry edible salt.

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Salto, Uruguay

Salto is the capital city of the Salto Department in northwestern Uruguay.

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Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, (1756–1822) was a British Army general.

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San José de Mayo

San José de Mayo is the capital city of the San José Department in southern Uruguay.

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San José Department

San José Department is a department of Uruguay.

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San José, Costa Rica

San José (literally meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan (Saint John) is the capital and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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San Salvador

San Salvador ("Holy Savior") is the capital and the most populous city of El Salvador and its eponymous department.

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San Siro

The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter.

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Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra ('Holy Cross of the Mountain Range'), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department.

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Santa Lucía River

The Santa Lucía River (Río Santa Lucía) is a river in Uruguay.

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Santiago

Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas.

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Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (Estadio Santiago Bernabéu) is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain.

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Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires

Jacques de Liniers (July 25, 1753 – August 26, 1810) was a French officer in the Spanish military service, and a viceroy of the Spanish colonies of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

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Santiago Vázquez, Montevideo

Santiago Vázquez is a village at the western limits of Montevideo Department in Uruguay.

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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo (meaning "Saint Dominic"), officially Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population.

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Satriano di Lucania

Satriano di Lucania is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Sayago, Montevideo

Sayago is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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São Paulo

São Paulo is a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil.

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Seat of government

The seat of government is (as defined by Brewer's Politics) "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority".

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Shenzhen

Shenzhen is a major city in Guangdong Province, China.

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Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday (also known in Commonwealth countries and Ireland as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake day) is the day in February or March immediately preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), which is celebrated in some countries by consuming pancakes.

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Siege of Montevideo (1811)

The First Siege of Montevideo (Primer Sitio de Montevideo) took place between May and October 1811, when the troops of the United Provinces of the River Plate unsuccessfully besieged the city of Montevideo, still held by Spanish loyalists.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Solís Theatre

Solís Theatre (Spanish: Teatro Solís) is Uruguay's most important and renowned theatre.

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Sopaipilla

A sopaipilla, sopapilla, sopaipa, or cachanga is a kind of fried pastry and a type of quick bread served in several regions with Spanish heritage in the Americas.

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Southern Cone

The Southern Cone (Cono Sur, Cone Sul) is a geographic and cultural region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, south of and around the Tropic of Capricorn.

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Spaniards

Spaniards are a Latin European ethnic group and nation.

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Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire (Imperio Español; Imperium Hispanicum), historically known as the Hispanic Monarchy (Monarquía Hispánica) and as the Catholic Monarchy (Monarquía Católica) was one of the largest empires in history.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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State ownership

State ownership (also called public ownership and government ownership) is the ownership of an industry, asset, or enterprise by the state or a public body representing a community as opposed to an individual or private party.

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State Railways Administration of Uruguay

The State Railways Administration of Uruguay (Administración de Ferrocarriles del Estado), or AFE, is the autonomous agency of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay charged with rail transport and the maintenance of Uruguayan railways.

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Stella Maris College (Montevideo)

The Christian Brothers College of Montevideo, commonly referred as Stella Maris College – Christian Brothers or just Christian, is a private, co-educational, not-for-profit Catholic school run by the Christian Brothers of Ireland.

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Street light

A street light, light pole, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path.

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Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop.

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Swastika

The swastika (as a character 卐 or 卍) is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon from the cultures of Eurasia, where it has been and remains a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, Chinese religions, Mongolian and Siberian shamanisms.

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Tabaré Vázquez

Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (born 17 January 1940) is a Uruguayan politician serving as the 41st and current President of Uruguay since 2015.

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Talamanca (canton)

Talamanca is the fourth canton in the province of Limón in Costa Rica.

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Tambo de Mora District

Tambo de Mora District is one of eleven districts of the province Chincha in Peru.

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Tango music

Tango is a style of music in 4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the "Rioplatenses").

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Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa (formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.), colloquially referred to as Téguz, is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its twin sister, Comayagüela.

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Telecommunications Tower

Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Tower) or Torre Antel (Antel Tower) is a 157 meter tall building with 35 floors in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Telephone numbers in Uruguay

Uruguay's calling code is +598.

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The British Cemetery Montevideo

The British Cemetery of Montevideo (Cementerio Británico) is one of the oldest operating cemeteries in Uruguay.

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The British Schools of Montevideo

The British Schools, Montevideo, was founded in 1908 and celebrates its founders' day on 8 October each year.

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Thirty-Three Orientals

The Treinta y Tres Orientales (English: thirty-three orientals or thirty-three easterners) was a militant revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Manuel Oribe against the Empire of Brazil.

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Tianjin

Tianjin, formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a coastal metropolis in northern China and one of the four national central cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC), with a total population of 15,469,500, and is also the world's 11th-most populous city proper.

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Time in Uruguay

Uruguay is located at a longitude appropriate for a UTC−4 time zone offset, but it actually uses a UTC−3 offset.

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Tito, Basilicata

Tito (Lucano: Lu Titu) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Tres Cruces

Tres Cruces is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Tres Ombúes

Tres Ombúes - Pueblo Victoria is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Tumaco

Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean.

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Tupamaros

Tupamaros, also known as the MLN-T (Movimiento de Liberación Nacional-Tupamaros or Tupamaros National Liberation Movement), was a left-wing urban guerrilla group in Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Ulsan

Ulsan, officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants.

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Umbanda

Umbanda is a syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion that blends African traditions with Roman Catholicism, Spiritism, and Indigenous American beliefs.

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Unión, Montevideo

Unión is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities

The Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities, UCCI (Unión de Ciudades Capitales Iberoamericanas and União de Cidades Capitais Ibero-americanas), is an international, non-governmental organization of 29 major Ibero-American cities that fosters ties and friendly relations between its members.

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United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was a pluricontinental monarchy formed by the elevation of the Portuguese colony named State of Brazil to the status of a kingdom and by the simultaneous union of that Kingdom of Brazil with the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of the Algarves, constituting a single state consisting of three kingdoms.

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United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata

The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata), earlier known as the United Provinces of South America (Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica), a union of provinces in the Río de la Plata region of South America, emerged from the May Revolution in 1810 and the Argentine War of Independence of 1810–1818.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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University of Kansas

The University of Kansas, also referred to as KU or Kansas, is a public research university in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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University of the Republic (Uruguay)

The University of the Republic (Universidad de la República, sometimes UdelaR) is Uruguay's public university.

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Upper Peru

This article is about a historical region now in Bolivia.

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Uruguay

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a sovereign state in the southeastern region of South America.

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Uruguay River

The Uruguay River (Río Uruguay,; Rio Uruguai) is a river in South America.

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Uruguayan Civil War

The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence.

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Uruguayan cuisine

Uruguayan cuisine is a fusion of cuisines of several European countries, with a particular emphasis on Mediterranean food from Spain, Italy, Portugal and France.

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Uruguayan literature

Uruguayan literature has a long and eventful history.

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Uruguayan Primera División

The Liga Profesional de Primera División (First Division Professional League) (local) (First Division), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uruguay and organized by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).

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Uruguayan Segunda División

Segunda División Profesional is the second tier of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol league system.

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UTE

The National Administration of Power Plants and Electrical Transmissions (Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas), better known as UTE, is Uruguay's government-owned power company.

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Vatican City

Vatican City (Città del Vaticano; Civitas Vaticana), officially the Vatican City State or the State of Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano; Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is an independent state located within the city of Rome.

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Velodrome

A velodrome is an arena for track cycling.

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Venancio Flores

Venancio Flores Barrios (18 May 1808 – 19 February 1868) was a Uruguayan political leader and general.

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Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (Virreinato del Río de la Plata, also called Viceroyalty of the River Plate in some scholarly writings) was the last to be organized and also the shortest-lived of the Viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire in America.

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Victoria Alonsoperez

Victoria Alonsoperez is an Uruguayan electronics and telecommunication engineer and entrepreneur.

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Villa del Cerro

Villa del Cerro is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Villa Española

Villa Española is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo.

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Villa García

Villa García–Manga Rural is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Villa Muñoz

Villa Muñoz - Retiro is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Vittorio Meano

Vittorio Meano (1860, Susa, Piedmont1904) was an Italian architect born in Susa, Italy, near Turin.

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Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England, which opened in 2007, on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 2002–2003.

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Wesleyan University Press

Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

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Women's suffrage

Women's suffrage (colloquial: female suffrage, woman suffrage or women's right to vote) --> is the right of women to vote in elections; a person who advocates the extension of suffrage, particularly to women, is called a suffragist.

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World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 191 Member States and Territories.

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World ORT

World ORT (Общество Ремесленного Труда, Obchestvo Remeslenogo Truda, "Association for the Promotion of Skilled Trades") is a non-profit global Jewish organization that promotes education and training in communities worldwide.

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World Trade Center Montevideo

The World Trade Center Montevideo (WTC Montevideo) is a building complex located in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Wrocław

Wrocław (Breslau; Vratislav; Vratislavia) is the largest city in western Poland.

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Wuhu

Wuhu (literally "Weedy Lake") is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China.

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Yerba mate

Yerba mate (from Spanish; erva-mate or; ka'a) is a species of the holly genus (Ilex), with the botanical name Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil., named by the French botanist Auguste François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire.

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Yoke

A yoke is a wooden beam normally used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals.

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18 de Julio Avenue

Avenida 18 de Julio, or 18 de Julio Avenue, is the most important avenue in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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1930 FIFA World Cup

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams.

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1967 FIBA World Championship

The 1967 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from May 27 to June 11, 1967.

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1988 Tournament of the Americas

The 1988 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 22 to 31 May 1988.

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1997 Tournament of the Americas

The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from 21 to 31, August 1997.

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2002 Uruguay banking crisis

The Uruguay banking crisis was a major banking crisis that hit Uruguay in July 2002.

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2017 FIBA AmeriCup

The 2017 FIBA AmeriCup for Men was the 18th edition of the FIBA AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior men's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montevideo

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