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23 hours ago · Number of native speakers of each Romance language, as fractions of the total 690 million (2007) The Romance language most widely spoken natively today is Spanish, followed by Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian, which together cover a vast territory in Europe and beyond, and work as official and national languages in dozens of countries.
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23 hours ago · Spanish Game. Spanish Torture [colloquial] The Ruy Lopez ( / rɔɪ, ˈruːi /; Spanish: [ˈruj ˈlopeθ] ), [1] also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5. 2. Nf3 Nc6. 3. Bb5. The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura.
23 hours ago · The duke was 73 years old and ill at the time, but Fernando mustered his forces, estimated at 20,000 men, in Badajoz, and in June 1580 crossed the Spanish-Portuguese border and moved towards Lisbon. The Duke of Alba met little resistance and in July set up his forces at Cascais, west of Lisbon. By mid-August, the Duke was only 10 kilometers ...
23 hours ago · French ( français, French: [fʁɑ̃sɛ], or langue française, French: [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz], or by some speakers, French: [lɑ̃ŋ fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul ...
23 hours ago · Christianity (/ k r ɪ s tʃ i ˈ æ n ɪ t i, k r ɪ s t i ˈ æ n ɪ t i /) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population.
23 hours ago · The gold standard was the basis for the international monetary system from the 1870s to the early 1920s, and from the late 1920s to 1932 [1] [2] as well as from 1944 until 1971 when the United States unilaterally terminated convertibility of the US dollar to gold, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. [3]
23 hours ago · Real is the most successful club in European and international football, having won 29 official UEFA and FIFA trophies in total. [4] Raúl holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 741 from 1994 to 2010, ahead of Iker Casillas, who made 725 appearances from 1999 to 2015. [5] Manuel Sanchís, Jr is third with 710 appearances ...
