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Hace 8 horas · Name of the language. In Spain and some other parts of the Spanish-speaking world, Spanish is called not only español but also castellano (Castilian), the language from the Kingdom of Castile, contrasting it with other languages spoken in Spain such as Galician, Basque, Asturian, Catalan, Aragonese, Occitan and other minor languages.. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 uses the term castellano ...
Hace 8 horas · French Guiana (/ ɡ i ˈ ɑː n ə / or / ɡ i ˈ æ n ə /; French: Guyane, ⓘ; French Guianese Creole: Lagwiyann or Gwiyann, [la.ɡwi.jãn]) is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies.Bordered by Suriname to the west and Brazil to the east and south, French Guiana covers a total area of 85,000 km 2 (33,000 ...
Hace 8 horas · Philippe Pétain. Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain ( / peɪˈtæ̃ /, French: [filip petɛ̃]) or Marshal Pétain (French: Maréchal Pétain ), was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and became the head of the collaborationist regime of ...