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Valera y Alcalá Galiano

[ bah-le-rah ee ahl-kah-lah gah-lyah-naw ]
/ bɑˈlɛ rɑ i ˌɑl kɑˈlɑ gɑˈlyɑ nɔ /

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Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/, 1824–1905, Spanish novelist, critic, diplomat, and statesman.

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