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SA
Nazi paramilitary organization that played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Sa-skya pa
Tibetan Buddhist sect granted sovereignty over Tibet by Kublai Khan and noted also for contributions to philosophy and linguistics.
Saadia ben Joseph
Egyptian-Babylonian Jewish philosopher and polemicist.
Saale River
River, east-central Germany.
Saar River
River, France and Germany.
Saar, Betye
U.S. artist and educator.
Saarbrücken
City (pop., 2002 est.: city, 182,858; urban agglom., 959,084), capital of Saarland state, southwestern Germany.
Saaremaa
Island, Estonia.
Saarinen, Eero
Finnish-born U.S. architect.
Saarland
State (pop., 2002 est.: 1,066,470), southwestern Germany.
Saba
Island (pop., 1994 est.: 1,180) of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.
Sabah dynasty
Ruling family of Kuwait since 1756.
Sabbath
Day of the week set aside for worship and observance of religious duties in Judaism and Christianity.
Sabin, Albert B(ruce)
Polish-born U.S. physician and microbiologist.
Sabine
Any member of an ancient Italic tribe located east of the Tiber River.
Sabine River
River, eastern Texas and western Louisiana, U.S.
Sabine, Sir Edward
British astronomer and geodesist.
sable
Carnivore (Martes zibellina, family Mustelidae) that inhabits forests of northern Asia and is highly valued for its fur.
Sabra and Shatila massacres
(1982) Massacre of Palestinian civilians by Christian militiamen in two Beirut refugee camps during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Sabratha
Ancient city, Roman Africa.
sabre-toothed tiger
Any of the extinct cat species forming the subfamily Machairodontinae.
Sabzevari, Hajji Hadi
Iranian philosopher and religious scholar.
Sacagawea
Shoshone Indian guide who led the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06).
saccharin
Synthetic organic compound, C7H5NSO3, that is 200–700 times as sweet as cane sugar.
Sacchi, Andrea
Italian painter.
Sacco-Vanzetti case
Murder trial in Massachusetts (1920–27).
Sachs, Curt
German-born U.S. musicologist.
Sachs, Nelly (Leonie)
German poet and dramatist.
Sachsenhausen
German Nazi concentration camp.
Sackler, Arthur M(itchell)
U.S. physician, medical publisher, and art collector.
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