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Santiago de Cuba: provincia, southern Cuba, bounded on the west by the province of Granma, on the north by Holguin, on the east by Guantanamo, and on the south by the Caribbean Sea. ...
Santiago de Cuba: city, capital of Santiago de Cuba provincia, eastern Cuba. The second largest city in Cuba, it nestles in a valley of the Sierra Maestra that is pierced by a pouch-shaped ...
Santiago de los Caballeros: city, northern Dominican Republic. It is situated on the Yaque del Norte River, in the heart of the fertile Cibao Valley. Whether founded in 1494 by Christopher Columbus (as some ...
Santiago de Surco: community and district, southeastern Lima-Callao metropolitan area, Peru. Created in about 1824 (reorganized 1893 and 1929), it stretches eastward from the Rio Surco to the foothills of the Andes and ...
Santiago del Estero: city, capital of Santiago del Estero provincia (province), northwestern Argentina, and the oldest continuous settlement in the country. It was founded in 1553 by Spaniards coming from ...
Santiago del Estero: provincia (province), north-central Argentina. It is located mostly at the southwestern margins of the vast Gran Chaco lowland plains, but it also extends onto the Andean piedmont ...
Santiago Rodriguez: city, capital of Santiago Rodriguez province, northwestern Dominican Republic, on the northern slopes of the Cordillera Central. It was called Sabaneta until 1936, and it was named capital of the ...
Santiago Rodriguez: province, northwestern Dominican Republic, occupying the northern slopes and foothills of the Cordillera Central. It was created in 1951 from Montecristi province, with an area of 394 sq mi (1,020 ...
Santiago, Battle of: (June-July 1898), concluding engagement fought near Santiago de Cuba in the Spanish-American War, in which U.S. successes on land and sea resulted in final victory over the Spaniards.
Santiago, Order of: Christian military-religious order of knights founded about 1160 in Spain for the purpose of fighting Spanish Muslims and of protecting pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Santiago de ...
Santiago, Rio Grande de: river in Jalisco and Nayarit estados ("states"), west-central Mexico. It flows out of Lake Chapala near Ocotlan and is sometimes considered an extension of the Lerma River (q.v.), which enters ...
Santillana, Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, marques de: (marquess of) Spanish poet and Humanist who was one of the great literary and political figures of his time. As lord of the vast Mendoza estates, he led the nobles ...
Santiniketan: former town, now part of Bolpur town, Birbhum district, West Bengal state, northeastern India. Santiniketan (Sanskrit: The Abode of Peace) began as Santiniketan Asram, a meditation centre founded and endowed ...
Santipur: city, eastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just north of the Hooghly River, about 55 miles (90 km) north of Kolkata (Calcutta). It was the centre of large factories under ...
Santiraksita: Indian Buddhist teacher and saint who was instrumental in the development of Tibetan Buddhism.
Santo Andre: city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado ("state"), Brazil. It lies along the Tamanduatei River at 2,438 feet (743 m) above sea level. Santo Andre is part of the Sao Paulo (southeastern) ...
Santo Angelo: city, northwestern Rio Grande do Sul estado ("state"), southern Brazil. It lies near the Ijui River, at 1,004 feet (306 m) above sea level. It was founded in 1707. Santo ...
Santo Antao Island: northwesternmost island of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles (640 km) off the western African coast. It has an area of 301 square miles (779 square km) ...
Santo Domingo: capital of the Dominican Republic and the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. It is situated on the southeast coast of the island of Hispaniola, at ...
Santo Tomas de Castilla: port, northeastern Guatemala. It lies on Amatique Bay off the Gulf of Honduras and is administratively a part of Puerto Barrios. Santo Tomas was settled originally by Belgians in the ...
Santonian Stage: the fourth of six main divisions (in ascending order) of the Upper Cretaceous Series, representing all rocks worldwide that were deposited during the Santonian Age (87.5 to 84 million years ...
Santorio Santorio: Italian physician who was the first to employ instruments of precision in the practice of medicine, and whose studies of basal metabolism introduced quantitative experimental procedure into medical research.
Santos: port city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It occupies an alluvial plain on the inner side of Sao Vicente Island, cut off from the mainland ...
Santos Montejo, Eduardo: prominent Latin American journalist, president of Colombia, 1938-42.
Santos, Lucia dos: Portugese shepherd girl, later a Carmelite nun, who claimed she saw visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917 at Fatima, Portugal, which subsequently became one of the most famous Marian ...
Santos-Dumont, Alberto: Brazilian aviation pioneer who in 1909 produced his famous "Demoiselle" or "Grasshopper" monoplanes, the forerunners of the modern light plane.
Sanudo, Marino: Venetian historian whose Diarii is an invaluable source for the history of his period. In his enthusiasm for historical and classical learning, Sanudo collected a notable library of manuscripts, rare ...
Sanusi, as-: in full Sidi Muhammad Ibn 'ali As-sanusi Al-mujahiri Al-hasani Al-idrisi North African Islamic theologian who founded a militant mystical movement, the Sanusiyah, which helped Libya win its independence in the ...
Sanusiyah: a Muslim Sufi (mystic) brotherhood established in 1837 by Sidi Muhammad ibn 'Ali as-Sanusi. In modern history, the head of the Sanusi brotherhood was king of the federal kingdom of ...
Sanwa Bank: former Japanese commercial bank that became part of UFJ Holdings in 2001 through its merger with Asahi Bank and Tokai Bank. Sanwa was established in 1933 by the merger of ...
Sao Domingos: town, Cacheu region, northwestern Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. It is situated on an estuary of the Rio Cacheu, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean (south). Its economy is based on agriculture; ...
Sao Francisco River: major river of South America. With a length of 1,811 miles (2,914 kilometres), it is the fourth largest river system of the continent and the largest river wholly within Brazil. ...
Sao Joao Baptista de Ajuda: former Portuguese exclave (detached portion) of Sao Tome and Principe, in the city of Ouidah, Benin (formerly Dahomey). Founded in 1788, it consisted of a fort and old factory (trading ...
Sao Joao da Boa Vista: city, east central Sao Paulo state, Brazil, lying at 2,392 ft (729 m) above sea level on the Rio Jaguari-Mirim, near Pocos de Caldas and the Minas Gerais state border. ...
Sao Joao de Meriti: city and northwestern suburb of Rio de Janeiro city, Rio de Janeiro estado ("state"), eastern Brazil. Sao Joao de Meriti, founded in 1647, was given city status in 1931. It ...
Sao Joao del Rei: city, south-central Minas Gerais estado ("state"), Brazil. It lies along the Lenheiro River on a site sandwiched between two hills, at 2,822 feet (860 m) above sea level. Originally a ...
Sao Jorge Island: volcanic island of the central Azores, east-central North Atlantic. Lying 35 miles (56 km) south of the island of Graciosa, the island measures 36 by 4 miles (58 by 6 ...
Sao Jose do Rio Preto: city, in the highlands of northwestern Sao Paulo estado ("state"), Brazil. It lies at 1,558 feet (475 m) above sea level near the headwaters of the Preto River. Originally called ...
Sao Jose dos Campos: city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado ("state"), Brazil. It lies along the Paraiba do Sul River at 2,110 feet (643 m) above sea level. Known successively as Vila Nova de Sao ...
Sao Leopoldo: city, eastern Rio Grande do Sul estado ("state"), Brazil. It lies along the Sinos River at 85 feet (26 m) above sea level, just north of Porto Alegre, the state ...
Sao Lourenco River: northeastern tributary of the Paraguay River. The Sao Lourenco rises near Poxoreu, in southeastern Mato Grosso estado ("state"), Brazil, and flows approximately 300 miles (480 km) southwest through the Paraguay ...
Sao Luis: city, capital of Maranhao estado ("state"), northeastern Brazil. It lies on the west side of Sao Luis Island on the Atlantic coast. The island is really a long, narrow peninsula ...
Sao Marcos Bay: bay of the Atlantic Ocean in Maranhao estado ("state"), northeastern Brazil. It is about 60 miles (100 km) long and up to 10 miles (16 km) wide.
Sao Miguel Island: island, largest of the Azores, in the North Atlantic Ocean, 740 miles (1,190 km) west of Cape Roca, Portugal. Up to 40 miles (65 km) long and 9 miles (15 ...
Sao Nicolau Island: island of Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, between the islands of Santa Luzia and Boa Vista, about 400 miles (640 km) off the West African coast. Of volcanic origin ...
Sao Paulo: estado ("state") of southeastern Brazil, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast and bounded by the states of Minas Gerais (northeast), Rio de Janeiro (east), Parana (southwest), and Mato ...
Sao Paulo: city, capital of Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It is the foremost industrial centre in Latin America. With one of the world's fastest growing metropolitan populations, ...
Sao Roque, Cape: headland on the northeastern Atlantic coast of Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte state, 20 miles (32 km) north of Natal, the state capital. It is frequently called the easternmost point ...
Sao Tome and Principe: country of central Africa, located on the Equator in the Gulf of Guinea. It consists of two main islands (Sao Tome and Principe) and a number of islets. The total ...
Sao Tome and Principe, history of: history of the islands from their discovery by the Portuguese in the 15th century to the present.
Sao Tome, Cape: headland on the Atlantic coast of eastern Brazil, Rio de Janeiro state, 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Campos. It was formed by sediments deposited by the Paraiba do Sul ...
Sao Vicente: city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado ("state"), Brazil. It lies on Sao Vicente Island and adjoins Santos city in Santos Bay. Although the exact date of its settlement is unknown, Sao ...
Sao Vicente Island: island of Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, between the islands of Santo Antao and Santa Luzia, about 400 miles (640 km) off the western African coast. It has an ...
Saone River: river that rises near Viomenil, southwest of Epinal, in eastern France, and flows generally southward to join the Rhone River at Lyon. From its source it flows southwestward into Haute-Saone ...
Saoshyans: in Zoroastrian eschatology, final saviour of the world and quencher of its evil; he is the foremost of three saviours (the first two are Oshetar and Oshetarmah) who are all ...
sap: watery fluid of plants. Cell sap is a fluid found in the vacuoles (small cavities) of the living cell; it contains variable amounts of food and waste materials, inorganic salts, ...
sap beetle: any member of some 2,000 species of the insect family Nitidulidae (order Coleoptera), usually found around souring or fermenting plant fluids (e.g., decaying fruit, moldy logs, fungi). Sap beetles are ...
Sapele: town and port, Delta state, southern Nigeria. It lies along the Benin River just below the confluence of the Ethiope and Jamieson rivers, 98 miles (158 km) from the Escravos ...
Sapieha Family: princely family, important in Polish history, that was descended from Ukrainian boyars subject to Lithuania.
Sapindales: order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Rosidae. It includes the citrus and other species important for their fruits. Most of its members are trees (some of ...
Sapir, Edward: one of the foremost American linguists and anthropologists of his time, most widely known for his contributions to the study of North American Indian languages. A founder of ethnolinguistics, which ...
Sapir, Pinhas: influential Israeli politician who was noted for securing funds and military aid for Israel.
sapodilla: (species Manilkara, or Achras, zapota), tropical evergreen tree of the family Sapotaceae and its distinctive fruit. Though of no great commercial importance in any part of the world, the sapodilla ...
sapogenin: any of a class of organic compounds occurring in many species of plants as derivatives of the steroid and the triterpenoid groups in the form of their glycosides, the saponins ...
saponin: any of numerous substances, occurring in plants, that form stable foams with water, including the constituents of digitalis and squill that affect the heart and another group that does not ...
saponite: clay mineral of the montmorillonite group. See montmorillonite.
sapote: (species Calocarpum mammosum), plant of the sapodilla family (Sapotaceae), native to Central America but cultivated as far north as the southeastern United States. It grows to about 23 m (75 ...
sapper: military engineer. The name is derived from the French word sappe ("spadework," or "trench") and became connected with military engineering during the 17th century, when attackers dug covered trenches to ...
Sapper: British soldier and novelist who won immediate fame with his thriller Bull-Dog Drummond (1920), subtitled "The Adventures of a Demobilized Officer Who Found Peace Dull." Sapper published numerous popular sequels, ...
sapphire: transparent to translucent, natural or synthetic variety of corundum (q.v.; aluminum oxide, Al₂O₃) that has been highly prized as a gemstone since about 800 BC. Its colour is due mainly ...
Sappho: Greek lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style. She ranks with Archilochus and Alcaeus, among Greek poets, for her ability to impress readers ...
Sapporo: capital, Hokkaido Territory (do), Japan, on the Ishikari-gawa (Ishikari River). Laid out in 1871, with wide, tree-lined boulevards intersecting each other at right angles, the city was made the prefectural ...
sapropel: unconsolidated sedimentary deposit rich in bituminous substances. It is distinguished from peat in being rich in fatty and waxy substances and poor in cellulosic material. When consolidated into rock, sapropel ...
Sapru, Sir Tej Bahadur: jurist and statesman important in the progress of British India toward self-government. For his integrity and wisdom he was trusted both by the British government and by Indian intellectual and ...
sapsucker: either of two species of North American woodpeckers of the family Picidae (order Piciformes), noted for drilling holes in neat close rows through the bark of trees to obtain sap ...
Saptamatrka: (Sanskrit: "Seven Divine Mothers"), in Hinduism, a group of seven mother-goddesses, each of whom is the sakti, or female counterpart, of a god. They are Brahmani, Mahesvari, Kaumari, Vaisnavi, Varahi, ...