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Saint-Etienne
city, capital of Loire departement, Rhone-Alpes region, on the northeast border of the Massif Central, east-central France. From its beginning as a small community in a coal basin, huddled around ...
Saint-Eustache
town, Laurentides region, southern Quebec province, Canada, on the Mille-Iles River, opposite Laval (Ile Jesus). Settled in the 18th century, it was the site of the final battle of the ...
Saint-Evremond, Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de
French gentleman of letters and amateur moralist who stands as a transitional figure between Michel de Montaigne (d. 1592) and the 18th-century Philosophes of the Enlightenment.
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
French aviator and writer whose works are the unique testimony of a pilot and a warrior who looked at adventure and danger with a poet's eyes.
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
generally acknowledged to be the foremost American sculptor of the late 19th century, noted for his evocative memorial statues and for the subtle modeling of his low reliefs.
Saint-Germain, Claude-Louis, comte de
(count of) French general who sought reforms in the French armies.
Saint-Germain, comte de
(count of) 18th-century adventurer, known as der Wundermann ("the Wonderman").
Saint-Germain, Treaty of
(1919), treaty concluding World War I and signed by representatives of Austria on one side and the Allied Powers on the other. It was signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, on ...
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
town, Yvelines departement, Paris region, western suburb of Paris, France. It is on the left bank of the Seine River, adjoining the Forest of Saint-Germain and just north of the ...
Saint-Gobain-Pont-a-Mousson, Compagnie de
leading French manufacturer and distributor of construction materials, packaging, and containers.
Saint-Hubert
municipality, Luxembourg province, southeastern Belgium. It lies in the Ardennes Forest, northwest of Arlon.
Saint-Hubert
city, Monteregie region, Quebec province, Canada, on the east side of the St. Lawrence River. The city is mainly a residential suburb of Montreal city, but it has two industrial ...
Saint-Hyacinthe
city, Monteregie region, southern Quebec province, Canada. It is situated along the Yamaska River. Founded in 1760, it was named after Hyacinthe de Lorme, who bought the territory in 1753.
Saint-Jean, Lac
lake in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, south-central Quebec province, Canada. A shallow lake, occupying 387 square miles (1,003 square km) of a large graben (a downfaulted basin), it receives the drainage of ...
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
town on Bay of Biscay, Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement, Aquitaine region, southern France. It lies on the right bank of the Nivelle River, near the Spanish frontier.
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Agreement of
(April 1917), pact concluded at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, on the French-Italian border, between Great Britain, France, and Italy to reconcile conflicting claims of France and Italy over southwestern Anatolia in the event ...
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
city, Monteregie region, southern Quebec province, Canada, on the west bank of the Richelieu River, opposite Iberville. Its site, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Montreal city, was first occupied ...
Saint-Jerome
city, Laurentides region, southern Quebec province, Canada, on the Nord (North) River. Settled in 1834, it was originally called Dumontville. Situated 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Montreal city, it ...
Saint-John Perse
French poet and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 "for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry."
Saint-John's-wort
common name for the family Hypericaceae, in the tea order (Theales), which contains 8 genera and 350 species of herbs or low shrubs. Some authorities consider this family to be ...
Saint-Just, Louis de
controversial ideologue of the French Revolution, one of the most zealous advocates of the Reign of Terror (1793-94), who was arrested and guillotined in the Thermidorian Reaction.
Saint-Lambert
city, Monteregie region, southern Quebec province, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River, opposite Montreal Island, with which it is connected by Victoria Bridge. Founded in 1647 as a freehold of ...
Saint-Laurent
city, Montreal region, southern Quebec province, Canada. It is a western suburb of Montreal city, in the centre of Montreal Island in the St. Lawrence River. Founded in 1845 on ...
Saint-Laurent du Maroni
port, northwest French Guiana, on the east bank of the Maroni River opposite Albina, Suriname. It was formerly headquarters of the country's penal colonies and the site of the largest ...
Saint-Leon, Arthur
French dancer, choreographer, violinist, and inventor of a method of dance notation, celebrated as the choreographer of the ballet Coppelia.
Saint-Lo
town, capital of Manche departement, Basse-Normandie region, northwestern France. It lies on a promontory dominating the Vire River valley. Called Briovera in Gallo-Roman times, it was renamed for St. Lo, ...
Saint-Louis
island city and seaport near the mouth of the Senegal River, and rail terminus north-northeast of Dakar, Senegal, western Africa. The island and city are connected to the mainland by ...
Saint-Malo
seaport, Ille-et-Vilaine departement, Brittany region, northwestern France. It is situated on the English Channel and on the right bank of the estuary of the ...
Saint-Malo, Gulf of
gulf of the English Channel indenting the north coast of Brittany, France. The Gulf of Saint-Malo extends from the island of Brehat (west) to the peninsula of Cotentin of Normandy ...
Saint-Maur-des-Fosses
town, Val-de-Marne departement, Paris region, France. The town is a residential southeastern suburb of Paris lying on a loop of the Marne River. The locality received its name from the ...
Saint-Maurice River
river in Mauricie-Bois-Francs region, southern Quebec province, Canada. It is a major tributary of the St. Lawrence River. From its sources in the mountains of south-central Quebec, the river flows ...
Saint-Mihiel
town, Meuse departement, Lorraine region, northeastern France. It lies on the right bank of the Meuse River, 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Verdun. The town grew around a Benedictine ...
Saint-Nazaire
town and seaport, Loire-Atlantique departement, Pays de la Loire region, western France. It lies on the right bank of the Loire River estuary, 38 ...
Saint-Omer
town, Pas-de-Calais departement, Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, northeastern France. It lies along the canalized Aa River and is 22 miles (36 km) southwest of the Belgian ...
Saint-Ouen
city, Seine-Saint-Denis departement, Paris region, a northern industrial suburb of Paris, France. It is bounded to the northwest by the Seine River, along the ...
Saint-Pierre
town and small port on the Caribbean island of Martinique, French West Indies. Founded in 1635 by French settlers, it was the island's commercial centre until May 8, 1902, when ...
Saint-Pierre
port town on the eastern shore of Saint-Pierre island and capital of the French collectivite of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Settled by European fishermen in the 17th century, the town grew ...
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
archipelago about 15 miles (25 km) off the southern coast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada, a collectivite of France since 1985. The area of the main islands is 93 ...
Saint-Pierre, Charles-Irenee Castel, abbe de
influential French publicist and reformist, one of the first modern European writers to propose an international organization for maintaining peace.
Saint-Porchaire faience
lead-glazed earthenware (inaccurately called faience, or tin-glazed ware) made in the second quarter of the 16th century at Saint-Porchaire in the departement of Deux-Sevres, France. Its uniqueness consisted in its ...
Saint-Quentin
city, Aisne departement, Picardie region, northeastern France. The city is situated on the slopes of a hill on the right bank of the Somme River at its junction with the ...
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
new town (French ville nouvelle), located in the departement of Yvelines and situated approximately 15 miles (25 km) southwest of Paris. Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines was established in 1972 and is one of ...
Saint-Saens, Camille
composer chiefly remembered for his symphonic poems-the first of that genre to be written by a Frenchman-and for his opera Samson et Dalila. Saint-Saens was notable for ...
Saint-Simon, Henri de
French social theorist and one of the chief founders of Christian socialism. In his major work, Nouveau Christianisme (1825), he proclaimed a brotherhood of man that must accompany the scientific ...
Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Duke de
soldier and writer, known as one of the great memoirists of France. His Memoires are an important historic document of his time.
Sainte Genevieve
city, seat (1812) of Sainte Genevieve county, eastern Missouri, U.S. It lies along the Mississippi River, opposite Kellogg, Ill., approximately 60 miles (100 km) south of St. Louis. The first ...
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre
town, Quebec region, southern Quebec province, Canada. It lies along the St. Lawrence River near the mouth of the Sainte-Anne. Settled about 1650, the town, about 20 miles (32 km) ...
Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin
French literary historian and critic, noted for applying historical frames of reference to contemporary writing. His studies of French literature from the Renaissance to the 19th century constitute a great ...
Sainte-Claire Deville, Henri-Etienne
French chemical researcher who invented the first economical process for producing aluminum.
Sainte-Foy
city, Quebec region, southern Quebec province, Canada. Although chiefly a residential suburb of Quebec city, Sainte-Foy has some zoned industrial development in Colbert and Jean Talon parks. Originally named after ...
Sainte-Therese
city, Laurentides region, southern Quebec province, Canada. It lies along the Montreal-Laurentian Autoroute. The parish of Sainte-Therese, dating from 1789, and the community were named for Therese de Blainville, daughter ...
Saintes
town, Charente-Maritime departement, Poitou-Charentes region, western France. It lies along the Charente River, 47 miles (76 km) southeast of La Rochelle. Saintes was the administrative centre of the Charente Inferieure ...
Saintes, Battle of the
(April 12, 1782), in the American Revolution, major British naval victory in the West Indies, ending the French threat to British possessions in that area. Setting out from Martinique on ...
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
village of the Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone departement, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region, southern France. The village lies along the Mediterranean coast. Its name originates in the ancient Provencal tradition that the early Christian figures ...
Saintonge
former province of western France, covering most of the present departement of Charente-Maritime. Its chief city was Saintes. Saintonge was originally the territory inhabited by the Santones, a Gallic tribe. ...
saints, communion of
in Christian theology, the fellowship of those united to Jesus Christ in Baptism; the phrase is first found in the 5th-century version of the Apostles' Creed by Nicetas of Remesiana. ...
Saintsbury, George
the most influential English literary historian and critic of the early 20th century. His lively style and wide knowledge helped make his works both popular and authoritative.
Saionji Kimmochi
the longest-surviving member of the oligarchy that governed Japan after the Meiji Restoration (1868), which had overthrown the ruling Tokugawa family and formally reestablished the authority of the emperor. As ...
Saipan
island, part of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in the western Pacific Ocean. Saipan served as headquarters of the U.S.-administered United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific ...
Sais
ancient Egyptian city (Sai) in the Nile River delta on the Canopic (Rosetta) Branch of the Nile River, in Al-Gharbiyah muhafazah (governorate). From prehistoric times Sais was ...
Saisset, Bernard
first bishop of Pamiers (in present-day Ariege departement, southern France), an aggressive and outspoken prelate whose activities exacerbated the disputes between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV the Fair ...
Saisunaga Dynasty
ancient ruling family in the Indian kingdom of Magadha. The Saisunaga line of kings followed the reigns of Bimbasara and Ajatasatru (both contemporaries of the Buddha). The line is generally ...
Saitama
ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan. The eastern portion of the prefecture lies on the Kanto Plain, north of Tokyo metropolis. The land rises toward the west, culminating ...
Saitama
capital of Saitama ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan. Situated in the southeastern part of the prefecture, the city was created in 2001 through the merger of the ...
Saito Makoto, Shishaku
(Viscount) Japanese naval officer and statesman who was prime minister of Japan (1932-34) and twice governor-general of Korea (1919-27, 1929-31).
Saiva-siddhanta
a religio-philosophical system of South India in which Siva is worshiped as the supreme deity. The Saiva-siddhanta system is realistic and dualistic, in contrast to Kashmir Saivism (q.v.), which is ...
Saivism
cult of the Indian god Siva, with Vaisnavism and Saktism, one of the three principal forms of modern Hinduism. Saivism includes such diverse movements as the highly philosophic Saiva-siddhanta, the ...
saivo
one of the Sami regions of the dead, where the deceased, called saivoolmak, lead happy lives in the saivo world with their families and ancestors; they build tents, hunt, fish, ...
Saka language
Middle Iranian language spoken in Sinkiang, in northwestern China, by the Saka tribes. Two dialectal varieties are distinguished. Khotanese, from the kingdom of Khotan, is richly attested by Buddhist and ...
Saka Satrap
either of two dynasties of satraps in northwestern India who ruled with considerable independence on behalf of the Pahlava suzerains. The two families are both known to Indian literature as ...
Sakai
city, Osaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. Many large earthen tomb mounds in the area attest to the city's antiquity. The mausoleum of the emperor Nintoku-1,594 feet ...
Sakai
(pejorative), any of various pagan peoples of the Malay Peninsula, especially the Senoi and Jakun (qq.v.). The term is in the Malay language.
Sakai Hoitsu
Japanese painter and poet of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1867).
Sakai Toshihiko
socialist leader and one of the founders of the Japan Communist Party.
Sakaida Family
celebrated family of Japanese potters whose founder, Sakaida Kizaemon (1596-1666), was awarded the name Kakiemon in recognition of his capturing the delicate red colour and texture of the persimmon (kaki) ...
Sakaide
city, Kagawa ken (prefecture), Shikoku, Japan, facing the Inland Sea. The city has been a centre of salt manufacture since the early 17th century. Part of the salt fields were ...

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