• Francisco Varo (October 4, 1627 – January 31, 1687) was a Spanish Dominican friar, missionary in China, and author of the second grammar of Mandarin Chinese...
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  • María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (known as Remedios Varo, 16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish surrealist painter working...
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  • Look up varo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Varo may refer to: Alberto Varo (born 1993), Spanish footballer Francisco Varo (1627–1687), Spanish Dominican...
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    pronunciation was published in 1626. Grammars of Mandarin were produced by Francisco Varo (finished in 1672 but not printed until 1703) and Joseph Prémare (1730)...
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    language Vocabulario da lingoa mandarina, the Dominican missionary Francisco Varo expanded on Trigault's system. His Spanish language Vocabulario de la...
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  • the Spanish Dominican missionaries. The earliest surviving one is by Francisco Varo (1627–1687). His Arte de la Lengua Mandarina was published in Canton...
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    either of the systems. Spanish Dominican Catholic missionaries like Francisco Varo who visited 17th century Fujian (late Ming and early Qing) learned both...
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    Pallu suggested appointing Francisco Varo as Luo's assistant so Luo's candidacy would be more acceptable to the Dominicans. Varo, however, also opposed Luo's...
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    January 28 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b. 1611) January 31 – Francisco Varo, Spanish linguist (b. 1627) February 15 – Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel...
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    October 4 Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1701) Francisco Varo, Spanish linguist (d. 1687) November 5 – Herman Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg...
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