• Niza may refer to: Spanish for the city of Nice, France Niza, Croatia, a village near Koška Niiza, Saitama, Japan Marcos de Niza, a 16th-century Franciscan...
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  • Marcos de Niza, OFM (or Marco da Nizza; c. 1495 – 25 March 1558) was a Franciscan friar and missionary from the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy. Marcos...
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    Niiza, Saitama (redirect from Nîza)
    Niiza (新座市, Niiza-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2021[update], the city had an estimated population of 166,208 in 76,639...
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  • Nizas is the name of two communes in France: Nizas, in the Gers department Nizas, in the Hérault department This disambiguation page lists articles about...
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  • Marcos de Niza High School is a high school located in Tempe, Arizona. It was founded in 1971 and it has an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students...
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  • the Viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza, to commission Fray Marcos de Niza to search for the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. Estevanico served as a guide...
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    Nizas (French pronunciation: [nizas]; Occitan: Nisaç) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It lies near...
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  • Juwita Niza Wasni (born August 8, 1996) is a retired wushu taolu athlete from Indonesia. She is a two-time world champion, double gold medalist at the...
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  • Viper Niza Racing, formerly Niza Racing, is a Malaysian auto racing team based in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The team currently competes in the TCR...
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  • Niza is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D2 highway. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia...
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    of Jalisco, Sinaloa and Nayarit. In 1539, he dispatched Friar Marcos de Niza and Estevanico (more properly known as Estevan), one of only four survivors...
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  • 8th Marquis of Niza and 8th Count of Unhão; Domingos Vasco Teles da Gama (1817–1873), 13th Count of Vidigueira, 9th Marquis of Niza and 9th Count of...
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  • believed to be a product of the Umayyad Age, when the war of factions (al-niza al-hizbi) was raging in the young Islamic Empire." Hughes, Thomas Patrick...
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    attract thousands of tourists each year. [citation needed] In 1539, Marcos de Niza, a Spanish Franciscan, became the first European to contact Native Americans...
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    The simple station Niza Calle 127 is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000. The station is located...
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    seasonal village, called Sonoitac. In 1539, Spanish explorer Fray Marcos de Niza entered the area near Lochiel on the Mexican border. He continued on his...
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    Niza, who took Estevanico as his guide. During the voyage, in a place called Vacapa (probably located somewhere around the state of Sonora), de Niza sent...
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    home and a warm bed, but I was never happy." She graduated from Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Arizona. Parker majored in drama at the University...
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  • Nizas is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Communes of the Gers department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv...
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    led an advance party of Fray Marcos de Niza's Spanish expedition. Sponsored by Antonio de Mendoza who wanted Niza to "explain to the natives of the land...
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    Murviel-lès-Montpellier Nébian Neffiès Nézignan-l'Évêque Nissan-lez-Enserune Nizas Notre-Dame-de-Londres Octon Olargues Olmet-et-Villecun Olonzac Oupia Pailhès...
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    region came from the south. In 1539, a Jesuit Franciscan named Marcos de Niza led an expedition from Mexico City which passed through eastern Arizona....
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    believed to be a product of the Umayyad Age, when the war of factions (al-niza al-hizbi) was raging in the young Islamic Empire." Reuven Firestone (1990)...
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    and immediately began working in a youth theater. He attended Marcos De Niza High School in Tempe, Arizona, as well as El Segundo High School and the...
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    believed to be a product of the Umayyad Age, when the war of factions (al-niza al-hizbi) was raging in the young Islamic Empire. Reuven Firestone (1990)...
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    Dorantes de Carranza, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Estevanico, and Marcos de Niza. The settlement of La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís...
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    northern Mexico and the Southwest United States. In 1539, Fray Marcos de Niza led an expedition north from Mexico City. He caught glimpse of a Zuni town...
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    wrote about a Kingdom of Quito. His source was a lost work by Marcos de Niza, the existence of which has not been confirmed. His account said that another...
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    Marcos de Niza in an attempt to find the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. Esteban was killed by the Zuni when he dishonored their customs, and de Niza cut short...
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    The Fatah–Hamas conflict (Arabic: النزاع بين فتح وحماس, romanized: an-Nizāʿ bayna Fataḥ wa-Ḥamās) is an ongoing political and strategic conflict between...
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