Términos

Se refiere al pueblo de cultura bantu-parlante que habita el sur del Congo y noreste de Angola. Comprenden una serie de pueblos aborígenes y grupos conquistadores de origen lunda y que hablan una rama de la lengua benue-congo, una lengua del Níger-Congo. Son cazadores y agricultores, dependiendo de la región que habiten. Ellos viven primordialmente en la sabana boscosa y en zonas angostas a lo largo de ríos de selva lluviosa.

Blusa de mangas cortas con una línea de cuello baja y con frecuencia cortada para mostrar parte del torso, especialmente aquéllas que llevan las mujeres hindúes en la India.

Refers to a Chicano and Latino subculture or lifestyle associated with a particular set of dress, behavior, and worldview that originated in Los Angeles. Cholo was once a derogatory term for people of mixed-bloodheritage in the Spanish Empire in Latin America and its successor states, but was reclaimed by Chicano youth in the 1960s and emerged as a popular identification in the late 1970s. Cholos/cholas are often stereotyped and unfairly associated with criminal behavior and gang activity. The cholo/chola subculture has spread to cities in the United States with large Chicano or Latino populations, including New York.

Members of a genus containing two species of of tree-dwelling mammals noted for slowness of movement and native to the lowland tropical forests of South and Central America, differing from three-toed sloths in that they are smaller, move somewhat slower, and spend most of their time hanging upside down from branches rather than sitting in trees.

Regional or indigenous Latin American fired clay bowls of various designs.

Group of languages spoken by indigenous people of Argentina and Chile, in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia.

Regional or indigenous Latin American Mapuche plates of a particular type.

A class of very ancient vertebrates including sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras, that are characterized by having a cartilaginous skeleton, and typically a notochord present in the young that is gradually replaced by cartilage, a relatively large brain weight relative to body size, red blood cells produced in the spleen and special tissue around the gonads rather than in bone marrow, unique Leydig's organ and epigonal organ that may be part of the immune system, tough skin covered with dermal teeth, five to seven gills, internal fertilization, having young produced by either live birth (ovoviviparous species) or through eggs (oviparous) depending upon the species, and by being primarily ectothermic or cold blooded. Many of the living sharks and rays are assigned to the same genera as species that swam the Cretaceous seas over 100,000,000 years ago.

Refers to the culture, style, and period associated with the reign of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, 1628-1643.

Clase de personas de artesanos o comerciantes que vivían en zonas urbanas y se asocian con la producción de gran parte del arte, música, literatura y drama en Japón durante el periodo Edo (1615-1868). Esta clase incluye tanto los financieros ricos y comerciantes al por mayor, así como artesanos, vendedores ambulantes, pobres y jornaleros. El término a menudo se traduce como "gente del pueblo" o "paisano".