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Sariwon: city and provincial capital, Hwanghae-pukto (North Hwanghae Province), southwestern North Korea. Situated on the middle channel of the Chaeryong-gang (river), it is the market centre for agricultural products of the ...
Sark: one of the Channel Islands (q.v.), in the English Channel. Sark lies 7 miles (11 km) east of Guernsey and about 25 miles (40 km) west of the Cherbourg Peninsula ...
Sarkar, Sir Jadunath: foremost Indian historian of the Mughal dynasty (1526-1857).
Sarmatian: and eventually settled in most of southern European Russia and the eastern Balkans.
Sarmatian Stage: major division of Miocene rocks and time (23.7 to 5.3 million years ago). The Sarmatian Stage, which occurs between the Pontian and Tortonian stages, was named for Sarmatia, the ancient ...
Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino: educator, statesman, and writer who rose from a position as a rural schoolmaster to become president of Argentina (1868-74). As president, he laid the foundation for later national progress by ...
Sarnath: archaeological site north of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, where, according to tradition, the Buddha first began teaching his followers; the site contains a stupa (shrine) and the famous ...
Sarnen: capital of Obwalden half canton, central Switzerland, at the efflux of the Sarner River from the northern end of Lake Sarnen, southwest of Lucerne. In its town hall (1729-31), the ...
Sarnia-Clearwater: city, seat of Lambton county, southeastern Ontario, east-central Canada, on the St. Clair River, at the southern end of Lake Huron, 55 miles (90 km) west of London. First visited ...
Sarno: town, Salerno provincia, Campania regione, southern Italy, at the foot of Saretto hill near the sources of the Sarno (ancient Sarnus) River, just northwest of Salerno. Near Sarno in AD ...
Sarnoff, David: American pioneer in the development of both radio and television broadcasting.
saro: rare South American species of otter (q.v.).
sarod: stringed musical instrument of the lute family that is common to northern India. The modern classical sarod is about 40 inches (102 cm) long and has a lightly waisted body ...
sarong: principal silk, cotton, or synthetic-fabric garment worn in the Malay Archipelago and the Pacific islands. Brightly coloured fabric 4 or 5 yards (up to 4 12 m) long is wrapped ...
Saronic Gulf: gulf of the Aegean Sea between Akra (cape) Sounion of the Attica peninsula and Akra Skillaion of the Argolis peninsula of the Greek Peloponnese. A maximum of 50 mi (80 ...
saros: in astronomy, interval of 18 years 11 13 days (10 13 days when five leap years are included) after which the Earth, Sun, and Moon return to nearly the same ...
Saroyan, William: U.S. writer who made his initial impact during the Depression with a deluge of brash, original, and irreverent stories celebrating the joy of living in spite of poverty, hunger, and ...
Sarpedon: in Greek legend, son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Laodameia, the daughter of Bellerophon; he was a Lycian prince and a hero in the Trojan War. Sarpedon ...
Sarpi, Paolo: Italian patriot, scholar, and state theologian during Venice's struggle with Pope Paul V. Between 1610 and 1618 he wrote his History of the Council of Trent, an important work decrying ...
Sarraceniaceae: family of pitcher plants that belong to the order Nepenthales and are native to North and South America. These low-growing perennial herbs are notable for their pitcherlike leaves, which are ...
Sarraut, Albert: French Radical Socialist statesman most noted for his colonial policy and liberal rule as governor-general of Indochina.
Sarraute, Nathalie: French novelist and essayist, one of the earliest practitioners and a leading theorist of the nouveau roman, the French post-World War II "new novel," or "antinovel," a phrase applied by ...
SARS: highly contagious respiratory illness characterized by a persistent fever, headache, and bodily discomfort, followed by a dry cough that may progress to great difficulty in breathing. SARS appeared in November ...
sarsaparilla: aromatic flavouring agent made from the roots of several tropical vines belonging to the Smilax genus of the lily family (Liliaceae). Once a popular tonic, sarsaparilla is now used to ...
Sarsfield, Patrick: Jacobite soldier who played a leading role in the Irish Roman Catholic resistance (1689-91) to England's King William III. Sarsfield remains a favourite hero of the Irish national tradition.
Sartawi, 'Isam: Palestinian nationalist who, as one of the moderate leaders in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), attracted much hostility from Palestinian extremists because he advocated coexistence with Israel.
Sarthe River: river, rising in the Perche hills north of Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne departement, northwestern France. The Sarthe flows alternately west and south to a point near Angers, where it joins the Loire ...
Sarti, Giuseppe: Italian conductor and composer of liturgical music and more than 50 operas.
Sarton, George Alfred Leon: Belgian-born U.S. scholar and writer whose voluminous research and publications concerning the history of science did much to make the subject an independent discipline.
Sarton, May: American poet, novelist, and essayist whose works were informed by themes of love, mind-body conflict, creativity, lesbianism, and the trials of age and illness.
sartorius muscle: (from the Latin sartor, "mender"), long, narrow, ribbonlike thigh muscle beginning at the front of the crest of the pelvic girdle, extending obliquely down the front and side of the ...
Sartre, Jean-Paul: French novelist, playwright, and exponent of Existentialism-a philosophy acclaiming the freedom of the individual human being. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, but he declined it.
Sarudahiko: in Japanese mythology, an earthly deity who offered himself as a guide to the divine grandchild Ninigi, when he descended to take charge of the earth. His brilliance while he ...
sarugaku: form of popular Japanese entertainment dating from at least the 11th century, which reached its high point by the 14th century. Originally, sarugaku involved mainly acrobatics, juggling, and mime. During ...
Saruhan Dynasty: Turkmen dynasty (c. 1300-1410) that ruled in the Manisa region of western Anatolia.
Saruk carpet: originally, floor covering handwoven in the village of Saruq, north of Arak (Soltanabad) in western Iran; later, floor covering commercially produced mainly in Arak but also in the weaving villages ...
Sarum chant: liturgical chant of the Sarum Use, the medieval church rite centred at Salisbury, Eng. The name derives from the Latin name for Salisbury, Sarisberia.
Saruwaged Range: mountain range on the Huon Peninsula, northeastern New Guinea, on the border of Morobe and Madang provinces, Papua New Guinea. The range, rising to 13,520 ft (4,121 m) at Mt. ...
Sarvastivada: (Sanskrit: Doctrine That All Is Real), important early Buddhist school of philosophy. A fundamental concept in Buddhist metaphysics is the assumption of the existence of dharmas, cosmic factors and events ...
Saryan, Martiros: major Armenian painter of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits.
Sarykol Range: mountain range on the border of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous oblast (province) of Tajikistan and the People's Republic of China. Lying in the eastern Pamirs parallel to the Kashgar (or Mustagh-Ata) ...
Sarzana: town, La Spezia province, Liguria region, northern Italy, on the fertile plain of the Magra River, just east of La Spezia. Mentioned as a fortress in 963 and as a ...
Sarzec, Ernest de: French archaeologist whose excavation of the mound of Tello (ancient Girsu, Arabic Tall Luh), in present-day southern Iraq, uncovered the Sumerian capital of Lagash and revealed much of what is ...
Sasak: largest ethnic group on Lombok, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, constituting most of the island's population and numbering about 2,000,000 in 1977. The Sasak are of Deutero-Malay ...
Sasan: eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian dynasty in ancient Persia. Details of his life vary, but most scholars believe he was originally a prince in the province of Persis and a ...
Sasanian Dynasty: (AD 224-651), ancient Iranian dynasty evolved by Ardashir I in years of conquest, AD 208-224, and destroyed by the Arabs during the years 637-651. The dynasty was named after Sasan, ...
Sasaram: city, administrative headquarters of Rohtas district, Bihar state, northeastern India. Located at a major road and rail junction, it is an agricultural trade centre; carpet and pottery manufacture are important. ...
Sasebo: city, Nagasaki Prefecture (ken), Kyushu, Japan, near the mouth of Omura-wan (Omura Bay). Originally a small village on a good natural harbour, it expanded rapidly in the late 19th century ...
sashimi: specialty of Japanese cuisine, fresh fish served raw. The fish, which must be utterly fresh, is sliced paper thin or alternately one-quarter to one-half inch (0.75-1.5 centimetres) thick, cubed, or ...
Saskatchewan: province of Canada, one of the Prairie Provinces. It is one of only two Canadian provinces without a saltwater coast, and it is the only province all of whose boundaries ...
Saskatchewan River: largest river system of Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces, Canada, rising in the Canadian Rockies of western Alberta in two great headstreams, the North and South Saskatchewan rivers (800 miles [1,287 ...
Saskatoon: city, south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Founded in 1883 as the proposed capital of a temperance colony, its name was derived from Mis-sask-guah-too-min, a Cree Indian word ...
Sasolburg: town, northern Free State province, South Africa, south of Johannesburg. Established in 1954, it was built by Sasol Ltd. (the former South African Coal, Oil, and Gas Corporation Ltd.) to ...
Sasquatch: a large, hairy humanlike creature believed by some persons to exist in the northwestern United States and western Canada. It seems to represent the North American counterpart of the Abominable ...
sassaby: (genus Damaliscus), any of a few species of antelope belonging to the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla) and inhabiting sub-Saharan grasslands, floodplains, and dense brush from western to eastern Africa and ...
sassafras: (species Sassafras albidum), North American tree of the laurel family (Lauraceae), the aromatic leaf, bark, and root of which are used as a flavouring, as a traditional home medicine, and ...
Sassafras Mountain: highest point in South Carolina, U.S., at 3,560 feet (1,085 metres). It lies in the Blue Ridge (a segment of the Appalachian Mountains) about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of ...
Sassandra River: river in western Africa, rising as the Tienba in the highlands between Odienne and Boundiali, northwestern Cote d'Ivoire, and becoming the Sassandra 36 miles (58 km) east-northeast of Touba at ...
Sassari: city, capital of Sassari provincia, Sardinia, Italy, near the north coast of the island on the edge of the limestone hills above the plain of Riu Mannu, north-northwest of Cagliari. ...
Sassetta: original name Stefano Di Giovanni Gothic-style painter considered to be the greatest Sienese painter of the early 15th century.
Sassoon, Siegfried: English poet and novelist, known for his antiwar poetry and for his fictionalized autobiographies, praised for their evocation of English country life.
Sastri, Srinivasa: in full Valangiman Sankarana-rayana Srinivasa Sastri liberal Indian statesman and founder of the Indian Liberal Federation, who served his country under British colonial rule in many important posts at home ...
Sasuntzi Davith: Armenian folk epic dealing with the adventures of the Christian king David of Sasun in his defense against infidel invaders from Egypt and Persia. The epic was based on oral ...
sat: (Sanskrit: "the existent"), in Vedic and early Hindu thought, a significant notion of the nature of ultimate reality. While sat originally described the divine as manifest in the perceptible world ...
Satan: in Judaism and Christianity, the prince of evil spirits and adversary of God.
satanic school: pejorative designation for the poets John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Leigh Hunt, and Lord Byron, used of them by Robert Southey in the preface to his A Vision of Judgement ...
satanism: worship of Satan, or the devil, the personality or principle regarded by the Judeo-Christian tradition as embodying absolute evil in complete antithesis to God. This worship may be regarded as ...
Satara: town, southwestern Maharashtra state, western India, west of the confluence of the Krishna and Venna rivers, southeast of Pune (Poona). The town was named for the walls of its fort, ...
Satavahana Dynasty: Indian family that, according to some interpretations based on the Puranas (ancient religious and legendary writings), belonged to the Andhra jati ("tribe") and was the first Deccanese dynasty to build ...
Satcher, David: American medical doctor and public health administrator who was (1998-2002) the 16th surgeon general of the United States.
satellite: natural object (moon) or spacecraft (artificial satellite) orbiting a larger astronomical body. Most known natural satellites orbit planets; the Earth's Moon is the most obvious example.
satellite communication: in telecommunication, the use of artificial satellites to provide communications links between various points on Earth. Communications satellites relay voice, video, and data signals between widely separated fixed locations (e.g., ...
satellite observatory: Earth-orbiting spacecraft that allows celestial objects and radiation to be studied from above the atmosphere. Astronomy from Earth's surface is limited to observation in those parts of the electromagnetic spectrum ...
Satie, Erik: French composer whose spare, unconventional, often witty style exerted a major influence on 20th-century music, particularly in France.
satiety: desire to limit further food intake, as after completing a satisfying meal. The hypothalamus, part of the central nervous system, regulates the amount of food desired. Eating is thought to ...
satin: any fabric constructed by the satin weave method, one of the three basic textile weaves. The fabric is characterized by a smooth surface and usually a lustrous face and dull ...