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Sunan Kalijaga
Sunan Kalijaga, also written Sunan Kalijogo, was a Walisongo saint traditionally born Raden Mas Said around 1450 in Tuban, known for spreading Islam in Java through Javanese arts like wayang and gamelan.
Sunan Kuning
Sunan Kuning, born Raden Mas Garendi, was a ruler of the Mataram court at Kartasura in central Java, installed in 1742 by a Javanese-Chinese coalition and exiled to Ceylon.
Sunanda Pushkar
Sunanda Pushkar, also known as Sunanda Dass, was a Dubai-based Indian businesswoman who held a controversial sweat-equity stake in the Kochi IPL franchise and died in Delhi in 2014.
Sunanda Sharma
Sunanda Sharma (ਸੁਨੰਦਾ ਸ਼ਰਮਾ) is a Punjabi pop singer from Fatehgarh Churian, near Amritsar, India, whose 2017 breakout single "Jaani Tera Naa" peaked at number 2 on the UK charts.
Sunao Ishiharada
Sunao Ishiharada (石原田 愿, 1915–1987), Japanese freestyle swimmer from Kagoshima and Meiji University; ninth in the 1500 m freestyle at Los Angeles 1932 and fourth at Berlin 1936.
Sunao Tawara
Sunao Tawara (田原淳), 1873 to 1952, was a Japanese pathologist at Kyushu University who discovered the AV node and mapped the heart's conduction system in his 1906 monograph.
Sunashshura
Sunashshura, also written Sunassura, was king of Kizzuwatna, a kingdom in south-eastern Anatolia, in the 15th century BC, known from a treaty with a Hittite king of the Tudhaliya line.
Sunay Bulut
Sunay Bulut (born 1967, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Turkish weightlifter, two-time European champion (1996, 1997), 1994 World bronze medalist, and 210.5 kg light-heavyweight clean & jerk world record holder; 13th at Barcelona 1992 and 4th at Atlanta 1996.
Sunbeam Alpine
The Sunbeam Alpine is a British Rootes Group sports car: a 1953–1955 drophead coupé, then a roadster built from 1959 to 1968 that spawned the Sunbeam Tiger.
Sunbeam Tiger
The Sunbeam Tiger is a British two-seat sports roadster produced from 1964 to 1967, created by fitting Ford small-block V8 engines into the Sunbeam Alpine.
Sunbird
Sunbirds (Nectariniidae) are small Old World passerine birds from Africa to northern Australia that drink nectar with curved bills and tubular tongues using intralingual suction, convergent with but unrelated to hummingbirds, and pollinate many useful African plants.
Sunbird Bio
Sunbird Bio is a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotechnology company developing blood-based diagnostics for neurological disorders and early-stage cancer, formed by a 2023 merger with Glympse Bio.
Sunbit
Sunbit is a Los Angeles-based financial technology company, founded in 2016, that offers point-of-sale buy now, pay later financing for services like auto repair and dental care.
Sunburn
Sunburn, also called erythema solare, is acute UV-induced skin inflammation causing redness, pain, and blisters; UVB (280–320 nm) is the main cause, healing in 3–5 days, and it raises skin cancer risk.
Sunburn (festival)
Sunburn Festival is an Indian electronic dance music festival founded in 2007 on Candolim Beach in Goa, now owned by BookMyShow and ranked among DJ Mag's top festivals.
Sunburn erythema
Sunburn erythema (ICD-11 EJ40.0), also called solar erythema, is UV-induced skin redness peaking 12–24 hours after exposure; 35.1% of U.S. adults sunburn yearly, raising skin cancer risk.
Sunbury line
The Sunbury line is a suburban railway line in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1859 as part of the first government railway in Victoria, built to British standards.
Suncébeat
Suncébeat is a soulful house, disco, soul, and funk festival founded in 2010 at The Garden Petrcane on Croatia's coast, relocated to Costa da Caparica, Portugal, in 2024.
Sunch’ŏn
Sunch’ŏn (순천시; 順天市) is a city in southeastern South Jeolla Province, South Korea, with about 274,000 residents, Suncheonman Bay wetlands, and Naganeupseong; a same-named city lies in North Korea's South Pyongan Province.
Suncheon
Suncheon (순천시, 順天市) is a city of about 280,000 in southeastern Jeollanam-do, South Korea, central city of the province's east, home to Suncheonman Bay (Ramsar 2006, World Heritage 2021) and Suncheon Bay National Garden; distinct from the North Korean Suncheon-si in Pyeongannam-do.
Suncheon Bay Ecological Park
Suncheon Bay Ecological Park (순천만자연생태공원) is a 2004 visitor and education complex at Suncheon Bay, South Korea, a 3,550-hectare Ramsar wetland (2006) famed for its reed beds, hooded cranes, and 1.9 million annual visitors.
SunCoke Energy
SunCoke Energy is an American company based in Lisle, Illinois that produces metallurgical coke for steelmakers, the largest independent US coke producer with over 60 years of experience.
Suncor Energy
Suncor Energy Inc. is a Canadian integrated energy company based in Calgary, Alberta, producing oil sands bitumen and operating refineries and the Petro-Canada retail network.
Suncorp Group
Suncorp Group is an ASX-listed trans-Tasman general insurer headquartered in Queensland, holding about 27% of the Australian market through brands including AAMI, GIO, and Vero.
SUNCT syndrome
SUNCT syndrome (short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing) is a rare trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia causing brief, severe one-sided eye-area pain with eye redness and tearing; treated with lamotrigine.
Suncus
Suncus (white-toothed shrews, musk shrews) is a genus of Crocidurinae shrews erected by Ehrenberg in 1832, type species S. sacer (= Sorex murinus); includes the tiny Etruscan shrew and the commensal house shrew, but molecular data indicate paraphyly.
Sunda Kelapa
Sunda Kelapa is the historic harbor of Jakarta, formerly the main port of Sunda Pajajaran. It transitioned to Dutch rule in 1619 and is famous for the Phinisi schooners.
Sunda Kingdom
The Sunda Kingdom (Kerajaan Sunda) was a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom in western Java that arose from Tarumanagara's breakup around 670 CE, flourished in the Pajajaran era, and fell to the Banten Sultanate in 1579.
Sunda Strait
Sunda Strait (Selat Sunda), sea passage between Java and Sumatra linking the Java Sea and Indian Ocean; 26-110 km wide, ALKI I sea lane, Krakatau volcanism, 1883 and 2018 tsunamis, 1942 naval battle.
Sunda Strait crossing
The Sunda Strait crossing is a proposed bridge or undersea tunnel connecting Java and Sumatra, first proposed by President Soekarno in 1958; the bridge was canceled and no link exists.