A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Saguenay ... Saint Boniface Saguenay city, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, southern Quebec province, Canada. In 2002 Chicoutimi merged with Jonquiere and other ... Saguenay Mass (from the article "anorthosite") ...granite, but the complexes in which it occurs are, nevertheless, often of immense size. For ... Saguenay River river in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, south central Quebec province, Canada. It drains Lac-Saint-Jean into the St. ... [1 Related Articles] Saguia el-Hamra northern geographic region of Western Sahara, northwest Africa. Stretching between Cape Bojador and the de ... [1 Related Articles] saguna (from the article "nirguna") ...Hindu philosophy of Vedanta, raising the question of whether the supreme being, Brahman, is to ... Sagunto town, Valencia provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous ... [2 Related Articles] Saha equation (from the article "Saha, Meghnad N.") Indian astrophysicist noted for his development in 1920 of the thermal ionization equation, which, in ... Saha Pracha Thai Party (from the article "Thanom Kittikachorn") ...democracy and appointed a commission to write Thailand's eighth constitution since the revolution of June ... Saha, Meghnad N. Indian astrophysicist noted for his development in 1920 of the thermal ionization equation, which, in ... [1 Related Articles] Sahagun de Fox, Martha (from the article "Mexico") However, the events that sparked the greatest controversy-and deprived the government of political oxygen for ... Sahagun, Bernardino de (from the article "encyclopaedia") ...that have been planned deliberately for a special purpose. One that is unique and continues ... Sahaj-Dhari (from the article "Sikhism") The Sahaj-Dharis are one of two groups of Sikhs that do not wear uncut hair. ... sahaja (from the article "Vaisnava-Sahajiya") member of an esoteric Hindu cult centred in Bengal that sought religious experience through the ... Sahajayana (from the article "Hinduism") ...taught that giving up the world was not necessary for release from transmigration and that ... Sahakyan, Bako (from the article "Azerbaijan") ...the participation in future talks of representatives from the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In a ballot ... Sahand, Mount (from the article "Iran") ...Iran, emits gas and mud at sporadic intervals. In the north, however, Mount Damavand has ... Sahaptin linguistic grouping of North American Indian tribes speaking related languages within the Penutian family. They ... [1 Related Articles] Sahaptin languages (from the article "Penutian languages") ...phylum consists of 15 language families with about 20 languages; the families are Wintun (two ... Sahara largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 ... [27 Related Articles] Saharan Atlas part of the chain of Atlas Mountains, extending across northern Africa from Algeria into Tunisia. ... [4 Related Articles] Saharan desert ant (from the article "Life Sciences") When Saharan desert ants (Cataglyphis fortis) forage, they return home in a straight line, though ... Saharan languages group of languages that constitutes one of the major divisions of Nilo-Saharan languages. Saharan languages ... [1 Related Articles] Saharan Taouratine Series (from the article "Africa") ...and in Arabia, Mesozoic continental formations covered large areas. During the Triassic the Saharan Zarzaitine ... Saharanpur town, northwestern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, situated at the junction of several roads and ... Saharawi (from the article "Morocco") ...km (274,461 sq mi), including the 252,120-sq-km (97,344-sq-mi) area of the disputed Western Sahara annexation ... Sahariya (from the article "Rajasthan") ...Chittaurgarh, Dungarpur, Banswara, Udaipur, and Sirohi and are famous for their skill in archery. The ... Saharsa town, northeastern Bihar state, northeastern India. The town is a major rail and road hub ... Sahba', Wadi al- (from the article "Arabian Desert") ...from deposits left during the Pleistocene Epoch (1,800,000 to 10,000 years ago) by ancient river ... Sahel semiarid region of western and north-central Africa extending from Senegal eastward to The Sudan. It ... [9 Related Articles] Sahel savanna woodlands (from the article "Western Africa") North of the Sudan zone are the more sparsely populated Sahel savanna woodlands, where the ... Sahel-Saharan States, Community of (from the article "Libya") In June Libya hosted the eighth summit conference of the heads of state and governments ... Sahelanthropus tchadensis (from the article "Anthropology and Archaeology") ...of the Toumai cranium, which had been claimed to be the earliest hominin in the ... Saheth-Maheth (from the article "Gonda") ...include grains, oilseeds, and sugarcane; oilseed crushing is important, and sugar and alcohol are produced. ... Sahgal, Nayantara Indian journalist and novelist whose fiction presents the personal crises of India's elite amid settings ... Sahibdin an outstanding Indian artist of the Mewar school of Rajasthani painting (see Mewar painting). He ... Sahid Minar (from the article "Calcutta") ...of Gothic-style architecture with statuary on top; the Indian Museum is in an Italian style; ... Sahidic (from the article "Coptic language") ...a text of the Gospel According to John and of the Acts of the Apostles, ... Sahil, Al- coastal plain in the eastern Mediterranean littoral of Tunisia that includes a sandy coast with ... [1 Related Articles] Sahiwal city, east-central Punjab province, east-central Pakistan. The city was founded in 1865 and named for ... Sahl at-Tustari (from the article "Salimiyah") school of Muslim theologians founded by the Muslim scholar and mystic Sahl at-Tustari (d. AD ... Sahle Selassie ruler (1813-47) of the kingdom of Shewa (Shoa), Ethiopia. He was the grandfather of Emperor ... [1 Related Articles] Sahlins, Marshall (from the article "economic systems") ...deserve attention. The first concerns their level of subsistence, long deemed to have been one ... Saho people of the coastal plains of southern Eritrea. Traditional Saho culture involved considerable mobility, because ... saho no mai (from the article "bugaku") repertoire of dances of the Japanese Imperial court, derived from traditional dance forms imported from ... Saho-Afar languages related but distinct languages spoken by several peoples, most of whom inhabit the coastal plains ... Sahrawardi Mosque (from the article "Baghdad") ...century) and the Mustansiriyyah madrasah (an Islamic law college built by the ... Sahu (from the article "India") ...that Maratha power was on the decline. But a recovery was effected in the early ... Sahuayo city, northwestern Michoacan estado (state), west-central Mexico. It lies on the central plateau, at 5,085 ... Sahul Shelf stable structural shelf or platform of the ocean floor, extending from the northern coast of ... [3 Related Articles] Sahure (from the article "Egypt, ancient") The first two kings of the 5th dynasty, Userkaf and Sahure, were sons of Khentkaues, ... sahw (from the article "hal") ...his association with God dims his sight of other things. The overpowering sense of the ... Sai Ong Hue ruler (1700?-35) of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang which, during his reign, was divided ... SAIC (from the article "Business Overview") ...in India and other emerging markets. India could soon become the fastest-growing car market, and ... Saicho posthumous name Dengyo Daishi monk who established the Tendai sect of Buddhism in Japan. [6 Related Articles] Said, Edward Palestinian American academic, political activist, and literary critic who examined literature in light of social ... [3 Related Articles] Saida city, northwestern Algeria, on the southern slopes of the Tell Atlas and the northern fringe ... Saidpur city, northwestern Bangladesh. A jute-processing and export centre, it is a major railway terminus containing ... Saietta, Ignazio (from the article "Black Hand") Among the most notorious of Black Handers was Ignazio Saietta, known to residents of Manhattan's ... Saifi, Amari (from the article "Algeria") ...also enjoyed an uneasy calm. By October, however, a new round of attacks and ambushes ... Saifuddin, Omar Ali (from the article "Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Haji Hassanal") Hassanal Bolkiah was the eldest son of Sultan Sir Haji Omar Ali Saifuddin. He was ... saifuku (from the article "shozoku") ...falls to the ankles and is coloured white, light blue, or (for high dignitaries) purple. ... saiga medium-sized hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla) that lives in herds in treeless ... [1 Related Articles] Saigo Takamori a leader in the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate who later rebelled against the weaknesses ... [5 Related Articles] Saigon River river in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung, southeastern Cambodia, and flows south and ... Saigon, Treaty of (June 1862), agreement by which France achieved its initial foothold on the Indochinese Peninsula. The ... [2 Related Articles] Saigyo Japanese Buddhist priest-poet, one of the greatest masters of the tanka (a traditional Japanese poetic ... 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[1 Related Articles] sailfin molly (from the article "molly") ...and attractive, mollies are popular aquarium fish ranging from about 5 to 13 cm (2 ... sailfish (genus Istiophorus), valued food and game fish of the family Istiophoridae (order Perciformes) found in ... Sailing (Yachting) In summer 2007 the America's Cup completed its three-year course of almost continuous competition, with ... [20 Related Articles] sailing canoe (from the article "canoeing") ...of the Boy Scouts, designed a series of canoes with sails in the 1870s, and ... sailing craft (from the article "ship") The move to the pure sailing ship came with small but steadily increasing technical innovations ... sailplane (from the article "airplane") ...are usually used for flight training and have the capability to fly reasonable distances when ... Saimaa Canal (from the article "canals and inland waterways") ...the first, the Trollhatte Canal, connects the Gotaalv (river) upward from Goteborg with Lake Vanern ... Saimaa, Lake lake in southeastern Finland. It lies just northwest of the Russian border and is northeast ... [3 Related Articles] Saimei (from the article "Japan") ...in 663, by a T'ang-Silla army at the mouth of the Kum River. Japan withdrew ... Sainsbury of Drury Lane, Alan John Sainsbury, Baron British grocer who changed British food-shopping habits when he built the grocery business begun by ... Sainsbury, Sir Robert James British grocer and arts patron (b. Oct. 24, 1906, London, Eng.-d. April 2, 2000, London), ... Saint (from the article "Saint CRU") as a title with a personal name, see under personal name (e.g., Cyprian, Saint). As ... saint a holy person believed to have a special relationship to the sacred as well as ... [18 Related Articles] Saint Abb's (from the article "Saint Abb's Head") ...convent founded by Ebba, a Northumbrian princess who escaped shipwreck there. The convent was burned ... Saint Abb's Head promontory on the North Sea in the Scottish Borders council area, historic county of Berwickshire, ... Saint Albans (from the article "Saint Albans") town and city (district), administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, England, in the valley of ... Saint Albans town and city (district), administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, England, in the valley of ... Saint Albans city, seat of Franklin county, northwestern Vermont, U.S., 24 miles (39 km) north of Burlington. ... [2 Related Articles] Saint Albans Cathedral (from the article "Saint Albans") ...later founded on the alleged site of his martyrdom, and the town of St. Albans ... Saint Albans Raid (Oct. 19, 1864), in the American Civil War, a Confederate raid from Canada into Union ... [1 Related Articles] Saint Albans, battles of (May 22, 1455, and Feb. 17, 1461), battles during the English Wars of the Roses. ... [4 Related Articles] Saint Albans, Charles Beauclerk, 1st duke of, Baron Heddington, earl of Burford illegitimate son of Charles II, the elder of two illegitimate sons born to Nell Gwyn, ... Saint Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, 1st Baron Jermyn of Saint Edmundsbury courtier, favourite of Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England. It was rumoured, falsely, ... Saint Albert city, central Alberta, Canada, immediately northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River, in a mixed-farming ... Saint Andrew (from the article "belfry") ...where a flat countryside heightens the dramatic impact of towers. The Halles (Market Hall) and ... Saint Andrew's cross (from the article "cross") ...commissa, in the form of the Greek letter tau, sometimes called St. Anthony's cross; and ... Saint Andrew's Monastery (from the article "Gregory I, Saint") ...contemplative purity and the public duty to serve others in the "pollution" of worldly affairs. ... Saint Andrews (from the article "Fundy, Bay of") The bay covers some 3,600 square miles (9,300 square km). Its shores are indented by ... Saint Andrews city, royal burgh (1160), university town, golfing mecca, and former fishing port in Fife council ... [1 Related Articles] Saint Andrews Cathedral (from the article "Saint Andrews") The medieval cathedral and priory began with a foundation of Augustinian canons established between 1127 ... Saint Andrews, University of oldest university in Scotland, founded in 1411, located in Fife region. The university buildings, many ... [3 Related Articles] Saint Angelo, Fort (from the article "Vittoriosa") ...in 1570. The town continued to develop in the 17th century with commercial facilities and ... Saint Anne's Fortress (from the article "Sibenik") ...(1431-1536), which combines Gothic and Renaissance elements, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in ... Saint Anns Bay town and Caribbean port, northern Jamaica, northwest of Kingston. Christopher Columbus anchored there in 1494 ... Saint Anthony town, north of the entrance to Hare Bay, on the northern peninsula of Newfoundland, Newfoundland ... Saint Anthony's cross (from the article "cross") ...with four equal arms; the crux immissa, or Latin cross, whose base stem is longer ... Saint Asaph cathedral village, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) county, historic county of Flintshire (Sir Fflint), Wales. It stands ... Saint Augustine oldest continuously settled city in the United States, seat (1822) of St. Johns county, northeastern ... [2 Related Articles] Saint Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), low, mat-forming perennial grass of the family Poaceae, native to central and southeastern ... [1 Related Articles] Saint Augustine, Second Order of (from the article "Augustinian") Among nuns, the term Second Order of St. Augustine applies only to those nuns who ... Saint Austell town, Restormel borough, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, southwestern England. St. Austell was originally ... Saint Barbara, Cathedral of (from the article "Kutna Hora") The magnificent Gothic Cathedral of St. Barbara, built in the town's most flourishing period in ... Saint Bartholomew (from the article "Plzen") The medieval town square forms the centre of Plzen and is dominated by St. Bartholomew's ... Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of (August 24/25, 1572), massacre of French Huguenots (Protestants) in Paris plotted by Catherine de Medicis ... [11 Related Articles] Saint Bartholomew's Hospital oldest hospital in London. It lies just southeast of the Central Markets in the Smithfield ... [1 Related Articles] Saint Bartholomew, Church of (from the article "Durer, Albrecht") In 1506, in Venice, Durer completed his great altarpiece "The Feast of the Rose Garlands" ... Saint Bartholomew, Church of (from the article "Renwick, James, (Jr.)") ...in the Second Empire style Renwick favoured for hospitals, mansions, and other nonecclesiastical structures in ... Saint Basil the Blessed church constructed on Red Square in Moscow between 1554 and 1560 by Tsar Ivan IV ... [3 Related Articles] Saint Bernard working dog credited with saving the lives of some 2,500 people in 300 years of ... [1 Related Articles] Saint Bernard, hospice of (from the article "Great Saint Bernard Pass") A famous hospice on the pass, founded by St. Bernard in the 11th century, still ... Saint Blaise, Bay of (from the article "Dias, Bartolomeu") ...north that he sighted land on February 3. He had thus rounded the Cape without ... Saint Boniface historical district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the confluence of the Seine and Red rivers. ...

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