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Svyatoslav's Danube campaigns
Svyatoslav's Danube campaigns (Походы Святослава на Дунай) were the wars of Kievan prince Svyatoslav I against Bulgaria and Byzantium in 968–971, ending in Byzantine victory.
SW postcode area
SW postcode area (London SW, South Western): Royal Mail postcode area covering south-west London, districts SW1-SW20 with two alphabetical cycles (South Western and Battersea), numbered in 1917 from 1856 districts.
SW Sextantis variable
An SW Sextantis variable, or SW Sex star, is a nova-like cataclysmic variable, a close binary with a white dwarf, defined by single-peaked emission lines rather than brightness changes.
SW_CIDP trial
SW_CIDP (NCT04529291) was a withdrawn interventional trial by Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph testing InertiaLocoGraphy as a biomarker of immunoglobulin therapy efficacy in CIDP; registered 2020, stopped before enrollment in 2022.
SW1116
SW1116 (SW-1116, SW 1116), human colon adenocarcinoma cell line CVCL_0544 established in 1976 from a 73-year-old male; microsatellite-stable, APC/KRAS/TP53-mutant, epithelial, CEA-producing colorectal cancer research model.
SW13
SW13 (SW-13, Scott and White No. 13) is a human cancer cell line isolated in 1971 from the adrenal cortex of a 55-year-old woman, long used with NCI-H295R as an adrenocortical carcinoma model despite non-steroidogenic, debated small cell carcinoma origin.
SW1990
SW1990 is a human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell line established in 1978 from a spleen metastasis, known as a standard model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and for its gemcitabine resistance.
SW4
SW4, also known as South West Four, is an inner-city electronic music festival held on Clapham Common in London. It was last held in 2019 and is currently taking a break.
SW48
SW48 (SW-48, CVCL_1724) is a human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line from the transverse colon, MSI-high, near-diploid, KRAS/NRAS/BRAF/PIK3CA wild type, widely used in EGFR, KRAS isogenic, and pharmacogenomic studies.
SW480
SW480 (SW-480, CVCL_0546) is a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line established in 1976 from a male donor's primary tumor, KRAS G12V, APC-null, TP53 R273H/P309S, MSS, paired with metastatic line SW620.
SW620
SW620 (SW-620, CVCL_0547) is a human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line from a lymph node metastasis of a 51-year-old male, sister line to SW480; MSS, CMS4, KRAS G12V, APC and TP53 mutant, used to model metastatic colorectal cancer.
SW948
SW948 (SW-948, SW 948; ATCC CCL-237, DSMZ ACC 326) is a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line from an 81-year-old woman, Dukes' C grade III, MSS, KRAS Q61L-mutant, established by Leibovitz.
Swa Saw Ke
Swa Saw Ke (Burmese: မင်းကြီး စွာစော်ကဲ, 1330–1400) was king of Ava in Upper Burma from 1367 to 1400, elected by ministers after Thadominbya left no heir.
Swaalina
Swaalina (Halina Kuchey), born 1995 in Finland, is a Finnish model-actress in Indian Punjabi music videos and films, known for "Prada" (2018), Shooter (2022), and marriage to rapper Emiway Bantai.
Swab sampling
Swab sampling collects cells, microbes, and DNA from surfaces, skin, and mucous membranes by rubbing an absorbent applicator over the area, then releasing the material into a transport medium.
Swabia
Swabia (Schwaben, Schwabenland, Ländle) is a historical and cultural region of southwestern Germany, spanning parts of Baden-Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia, defined by the Swabian Alemannic dialect, the old Duchy of Swabia, and its distinctive diphthongization.
Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve
Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve (Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Alb), UNESCO biosphere reserve in Baden-Württemberg since 2009, centered on the former Münsingen military training area; 121,445 ha after 2026 expansion, 36 municipalities, three-zone model, ALBGEMACHT regional brand.
Swabian colonization of the Banat
The Swabian colonization of the Banat was the Habsburg state's settlement of German-speaking colonists in the Banat of Temeswar in three waves, the Schwabenzüge, between 1722 and 1787.
Swabian German
Swabian German (Schwäbisch) is an Alemannic Upper German dialect group of Baden-Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia, bounded by the Lech, marked by diphthongization, /ʃC/ clusters, and the -le diminutive.
Swabian League
The Swabian League (Schwäbischer Bund), 1488–1534, was a peacekeeping military alliance of Swabian imperial cities, prelates, princes, and knights in the Holy Roman Empire, founded under Frederick III, led first by Eberhard of Württemberg, and dissolved by Reformation-era divisions.
Swachh Bharat Mission (स्वच्छ भारत मिशन)
Swachh Bharat Mission (स्वच्छ भारत मिशन), Clean India Mission, launched by PM Modi 2 October 2014; rural and urban sanitation campaign that declared India ODF by 2019 with over 100 million rural toilets, followed by ODF Plus Phase II and SBM-U 2.0.
Swaddling
Swaddling is the practice of wrapping an infant snugly in a light blanket to calm the baby and promote sleep, a once-universal child-care practice still common in parts of the Middle East.
Swades
Swades (स्वदेस), or Swades: We the People, is Ashutosh Gowariker's 2004 Hindi drama starring Shah Rukh Khan as NASA project manager Mohan Bhargava, who returns to village Charanpur; a box-office flop later reappraised as a classic.
Swadesh list
A Swadesh list is a standardized list of basic vocabulary words used in linguistics to measure how closely related languages are, proposed by Morris Swadesh in 1950.
Swadeshi movement (স্বদেশী আন্দোলন)
The Swadeshi movement (স্বদেশী আন্দোলন) was a campaign of boycott of British goods and promotion of Indian production, launched in Bengal in 1905 against the partition of Bengal.
Swadlincote
Swadlincote: market town and largest settlement of South Derbyshire, England, near the Leicestershire and Staffordshire borders. Former coal and clay town famed for sanitary ware (Sharpe's Pottery, 1821); now the district's administrative center at the heart of The National Forest.
Swae Lee
Swae Lee (Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown, born 1993, Inglewood, California) is an American rapper and singer from Tupelo, Mississippi, half of Rae Sremmurd with brother Slim Jxmmi, known for "Black Beatles", "Unforgettable", and the double-diamond "Sunflower" with Post Malone; his solo album Same Difference arrived in 2026.
Swaffelen
Swaffelen (zwaffelen) is a Dutch slang verb meaning to swing the penis and tap it against an object. It gained international fame after a 2008 Taj Mahal incident.
Swag (film)
Swag (Telugu: స్వాగ) is a 2024 Telugu comedy-drama written and directed by Hasith Goli, starring Sree Vishnu in four roles alongside Ritu Varma and Meera Jasmine, about the Swaganika bloodline's shift from matriarchy to patriarchy; released October 4, 2024, it underperformed at the box office.
Swag (Justin Bieber album)
SWAG is Justin Bieber's seventh studio album, surprise-released 11 July 2025 on Def Jam after billboard teasers. The 21-track alt-R&B project, made with Dijon and Mk.gee, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, earned four 2026 Grammy nominations, and was followed by SWAG II.