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Don Juan

[don wahn, dawn hwahn, don joo-uhn] / dɒn ˈwɑn, dɔn ˈʰwɑn, dɒn ˈdʒu ən /


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Although South Coast Repertory is touting Octavio Solis’ “Man of the Flesh” as a Chicano satire of the Don Juan myth, the playwright is not sure he likes the description.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

"It's important to recognize that Don Juan de Onate led many of our families here to this valley," said Espanola Mayor John Ramon Vigil, who supports displaying the statue.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2023

She perplexes the heart, in part because she's more than simply a Don Juan figure.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2022

Strauss gives his swashbuckling Don Juan a poetic, even philosophical, demise, but with Nézet-Séguin, he just sort of dropped dead.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2022

I’ve shot myself in the foot is what I’ve done by helping out the old Don Juan.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez