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JUAN NICASIO (gäl-yā' gō), a Spanish lyric poet; born in Zamora, Spain, Dec. 14, 1777. He studied law, philosophy, and theology, at Salamanca; but began a poetical career on becoming intimate with Valdes, Quintana, and Cienfuegos. His political activity resulted in his imprisonment in 1814, and banishment for a short time subsequently. His "The Second of May" and an elegy on the death of Queen Isabella (1818), have attained particular celebrity. He served in the Spanish Cortes for some years. He died in Madrid, Jan. 9, 1853.
GALLEGOS (gäl-yāgōs), a river of Patagonia entering the Atlantic Ocean opposite the Falkland Islands; lat. 51° 33 S., lon. 69° W. It is small but very rapid, and at its mouth or estuary the tide rises 46 feet.
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