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Rioplatense is the predominant Spanish variety spoken in both Argentina and Uruguay. In the former, it is primarily centered in major urban areas such as Buenos Aires, Rosario, Santa Fe, La Plata, Mar del Plata and Bahía Blanca—along with their surrounding suburbs and the regions connecting them, whereas in the latter, it is spoken nationwide, where it takes the form of Uruguayan Spanish.
An illegal shell game performed with bottle caps on Fulton Street in New York City. The shell game (also known as thimblerig, three shells and a pea, the old army game) is a public gambling game that challenges players to follow the movement of a marker hidden under one of several covers (shells).
Almodóvar del Río is a small historic city located in the province of Córdoba, Spain, located in the Valle Medio del Guadalquivir Comarca. In 2022, there were 8093 inhibitants. [ 2 ] It belongs to the judicial district of Posadas .
Middle Rio Grande, 13 mi south of Albuquerque, New Mexico: San Acacia Diversion Dam: 1934 MRGCD: 283 cfs diversion Middle Rio Grande at San Acacia, New Mexico: Elephant Butte Dam and Reservoir: 1916 Bureau of Reclamation: 2,065,010 acre feet Middle Rio Grande, 3.75 miles east of Truth or Consequences: Caballo Dam and Reservoir: 1938 Bureau of ...
The variations based on the word's accents (agudas, graves, and esdrújulas) in the last word of the verse also allows for different numbers of metric syllables: [5] If ending in an "aguda" word like "corazón" the line should have 7 metric syllables. If ending in a "grave" word like "loma" the line should have 8 metric syllables.
The furthest lagoon, Lago Los Zaramagullones, can only be accessed by a small ferry raft pulled via rope across Lago La Nevera. Access to the lagoon is free, but you will have to pay a small fee (200 peso = $3,30 US) to get out. Los Zaramagullones is often considered the most tranquil and beautiful of the four lagoons.
Río de Oro (at bottom) during Spanish colonisation Desolate landscape terrain in the Río de Oro region, near the town of Guerguerat Stamp of Rio de Oro issued in 1907. Río de Oro ( Spanish: [ˈri.o ðe ˈoɾo] ⓘ , Spanish for "River of Gold"; Arabic : وادي الذهب , Wādī-aḏ-Ḏāhab , often transliterated as Oued Edhahab ) is ...
The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata), earlier known as the United Provinces of South America (Spanish: Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica), was a name adopted in 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán for the region of South America that declared independence in 1816, with the Sovereign Congress taking place in 1813, during the Argentine War of ...