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Samastīpur
Samastipur (समस्तीपुर), a district in Bihar, India, created 14 November 1972 from Darbhanga district; headquarters Samastipur; area 2,904 km²; 2011 population 4,261,566; four subdivisions: Samastipur, Dalsinghsarai, Rosera, Patori.
Samator Indo Gas
Samator Indo Gas, formerly PT Aneka Gas Industri Tbk until 2022, is an Indonesian industrial gas producer and distributor operating 58 plants and 103 filling stations across 29 provinces.
Samaveda (सामवेद)
The Samaveda (सामवेद), also called Samved, is the shortest of the four Vedas, a liturgical collection of Rigveda verses arranged for singing at the Soma sacrifice.
Samaw'al ibn Adiya
Samaw'al ibn Adiya (السموأل بن عادياء) was a pre-Islamic Arab poet and Jewish chieftain of Tayma, famed for keeping a trust at the cost of his son's life.
Samay Raina
Samay Raina is an Indian stand-up comedian, YouTuber, and chess streamer who co-won Comicstaan season 2 and created the YouTube talent show India's Got Latent in 2024.
Samay Sargam
Samay Sargam (समय सरगम, "The Music of Time") is a 2000 Hindi novel by Krishna Sobti following two elderly neighbors in Delhi who build a late-life friendship, awarded the Vyas Samman in 2007.
Samay: When Time Strikes (समय)
Samay: When Time Strikes (समय) is a 2003 Hindi serial-killer thriller directed by Robby Grewal, starring Sushmita Sen as ACP Malvika Chauhan; inspired by Se7en, a box-office disaster that won a National Film Award for editing.
Samaʼ Abdulhadi (سما عبد الهادي)
Sama' Abdulhadi (سما عبد الهادي), also called SAMA', is a Palestinian techno DJ and producer from Ramallah whose 2018 Boiler Room Palestine set made her internationally known; arrested in 2020 at Nabi Musa, she runs Union and released fabric presents in 2023.
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian music and dance genre with syncopated rhythms, percussion, and Afro-Brazilian origins, linked to semba and batuque, codified in Rio de Janeiro after Donga's 1916 "Pelo telefone", popularized via radio and samba schools, distinct from pagode and bossa nova.
Samba (Brazilian dance)
Samba (Brazilian dance): Afro-Brazilian dance genre, also samba de roda, with circle-based umbigada movements from Bahia's Recôncavo; UNESCO intangible heritage 2005; distinct from ballroom DanceSport samba.
Samba (Krishna's son)
Samba (Sāmba, साम्ब), son of Krishna and Jambavati, cursed with leprosy, healed by twelve years' worship of Surya, bringer of the Maga Brahmins, cause of the Yadavas' ruin via an iron pestle.
Samba (software)
Samba is a free, open source suite of Unix programs that implements the SMB protocol, letting Unix and Linux servers share files and printers with Windows clients.
Samba effect
The samba effect is the January 1999 collapse and float of the Brazilian real, which fell roughly 78 percent against the dollar within 45 days of floating.
Samba Esquema Noise
Samba Esquema Noise is the 1994 debut album by the Recife band Mundo Livre S/A, released on Banguela Records and, alongside Da Lama ao Caos, a founding landmark of the manguebeat movement.
Samba Konaté
Samba Konaté, born 2009 in Le Havre, is a French youth international attacker, 1.90 m, right-footed, who joined RB Leipzig in July 2025 after spells at Le Havre AC, Marseille clubs, and Cavigal de Nice; distinct from Ibrahima Konaté.
Samba Ousemane Sow
Samba Ousemane Sow is a Malian doctor and epidemiologist who directs the CVD-Mali vaccine research center in Bamako and served as Mali's health minister from 2017 to 2019.
Samba Ousmane Sow
Samba Ousmane Sow is a Malian epidemiologist who directs the vaccine research center CVD-Mali in Bamako and served as Mali's Minister of Health from 2017 to 2019.
Sambal
Sambal (sambel) is a Southeast Asian chili paste or relish family from the Indonesian-Malay world, pounded with aromatics like shallot, garlic, and shrimp paste, with over 110 named Indonesian varieties and contested origins.
Sambalpur (ସମ୍ବଲପୁର)
Sambalpur (ସମ୍ବଲୁପୁର), city in western Odisha on the Mahanadi's eastern bank; district headquarters, Municipal Corporation since 2013, 335,761 people (2011), 41 wards, known for Samaleswari Temple, Hirakud Dam and Sambalpuri handloom.
Sambalpuri ikat
Sambalpuri ikat, locally known as Bandha, is a handwoven textile tradition from western Odisha, India, where yarn is tie-dyed before weaving, best known for its sarees.
Sambandar
Sambandar (சம்பந்தர்), also called Tirujnana Sambandar, was a Tamil Shaiva poet-saint of the seventh century, credited with converting the Pandya king of Madurai and authoring the first three Tevaram books.
SambaNova Cloud
SambaNova Cloud is a hosted inference service launched in September 2024 by AI chip company SambaNova Systems, running open-source models like Llama and DeepSeek on its RDU processors.
SambaNova Systems
SambaNova Systems is an American AI hardware and cloud company founded in 2017 in Palo Alto by Kunle Olukotun, Christopher Ré, and Rodrigo Liang, maker of the SN40L accelerator chip.
Sambar (சாம்பார்) (dish)
Sambar (சாம்பார்), a South Indian lentil-vegetable stew of toor dal, tamarind, sambar powder and tempering, served with rice, idli, dosa, and vada; its Thanjavur Maratha origin legend is disputed.
Sambar deer
The sambar deer (Rusa unicolor, formerly Cervus unicolor) is a large deer native to South and Southeast Asia and the largest deer in Asia, listed as Vulnerable.
Sambas Sultanate
The Sambas Sultanate (Kesultanan Sambas) was a Malay Muslim sultanate centered at Kota Sambas on the Sambas River in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, ruled by sultans of Brunei descent until it joined Indonesia in 1949.
Sambashiva Banala
Sambashiva Banala is a chemical biologist and Senior Scientist in Luke Lavis's group at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus, known for photoactivatable compounds and co-authoring a widely cited 2018 Science paper.
Sambata
Sambata is the stage name of Pratham Jogdand, a Marathi hip-hop artist from Pune known to fans as Don, who debuted in 2020 and released the album 'Maaz' in 2026.
Sambation Flumina
Sambation Flumina: a 210-km flumen, or channel, on Titan near the north pole (center 87.33°N, 90.12°W), IAU-approved December 14, 2020 and named for a legendary river in Jewish literature.
Sambenedettese
Sambenedettese is an Italian football club based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche, founded in 1923 and playing at Stadio Riviera delle Palme in Serie C Group B.