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Sanna Marin
Sanna Marin, Finnish Social Democratic politician, prime minister of Finland 2019-2023 and the world's youngest serving head of government at 34; led Finland through COVID-19 and NATO accession, then joined the Tony Blair Institute.
Sannai-Maruyama Site
The Sannai-Maruyama Site (三内丸山遺跡) is one of the largest known Jomon-period settlements in Japan, occupied in Aomori City for about 1,700 years from 3900 BC, and part of a UNESCO World Heritage property since 2021.
Sannaka
Sannaka (සන්නක) is a thera of the Apadāna, the Pali collection of Buddhist saints' poems, whose four-verse legend tells of worshipping a Buddha's ragged robe.
Sanne Koolen
Sanne Koolen (Sanne Anne Leonie Koolen, born 1996), Dutch field hockey player, two-time Olympic gold medalist with the Netherlands women's team at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, also 2018 World Cup winner, 163 senior caps.
Sanne Wevers
Sanne Wevers, Dutch artistic gymnast born 1991 in Leeuwarden, balance beam specialist; 2016 Rio Olympic beam champion (15.466), first Dutch woman with individual Olympic gymnastics gold, 2015 world silver, 2018 and 2023 European champion.
Sannidhanam P.O
Sannidhanam P.O (சன்னிதானம் பி.ஓ) is a 2026 Tamil drama directed by Amutha Sarathy, starring Yogi Babu, Sithara, Roopesh Shetty, and Varsha Viswanath, about a mute mother searching for her son lost at Sabarimala; released 5 June 2026 with a U certificate.
Sannine Limestone
The Sannine Limestone, also called the Sannine Formation, is a thick Late Cretaceous limestone formation in Lebanon and one of the country's two main aquifers.
Sannyasa (संन्यास)
Sannyasa (संन्यास), also spelled Sanyasa, is the fourth and final stage of the Hindu scheme of religious life, in which a person renounces family, property, and social identity to pursue liberation.
Sannyasi Rebellion
The Sannyasi Rebellion (সন্ন্যাসী বিদ্রোহ) was a series of armed uprisings in Bengal and Bihar, led by Hindu sannyasis and Muslim fakirs against the East India Company.
Sanofi
Sanofi S.A. is a Paris-headquartered French biopharmaceutical company formed by the 2004 Sanofi-Synthélabo–Aventis merger. FY2024 net sales €41.1 billion; flagship Dupixent (€13.1bn in 2024), Beyfortus, vaccines; Opella consumer unit sold to CD&R in 2025.
Sanook Park
Sanook Park (สนุกปาร์ค) is an adventure park on Thepprasit Road, Pattaya, Thailand, founded 1989 as Pattaya's first bungee operator. It offers a 60 m lake bungee jump, 86 m human slingshot at 150 km/h, paintball, airsoft, ATVs, and a floating water park.
Sanpaku (三白)
Sanpaku (三白, "three whites") is a Japanese face-reading term for eyes with sclera visible on three sides of the iris; yin (below) and yang (above). Western medicine calls it scleral show, usually a normal eyelid-position feature, sometimes from thyroid eye disease.
Sanqu
Sanqu (散曲), sometimes rendered "song poems," is a genre of Chinese sung verse written to fixed tunes without staging or acting, flourishing under the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368).
Sanquhar
Sanquhar, a former Royal Burgh in Upper Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the A76; known for its 1735 William Adam Tolbooth Museum, Sanquhar Castle ruins, the UK's oldest Post Office (1763), Sanquhar Pattern knitting, and a nearby Roman fortlet.
Sanremo
Sanremo (San Remo) is a Ligurian resort city in the Province of Imperia, Italy, on the Riviera di Ponente, known for the Casino, the Festival della Canzone Italiana, the Milano-Sanremo cycling finish, and its 19th-century winter tourism history.
Sanremo Festival newcomer section (Nuove Proposte)
Nuove Proposte is the emerging-artist competition of Italy's Sanremo Music Festival, running since 1984 and serving as the launch pad for Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, and Mahmood.
Sanremo Music Festival
Sanremo Music Festival (Festival di Sanremo), Italy's annual song competition since 1951, held at the Teatro Ariston; five nights of jury and televote judging that also selects Italy's Eurovision entry.
Sanremo Music Festival 2012
62nd edition of Italy's Sanremo song contest (Festival di Sanremo 2012), Teatro Ariston, 14-18 February 2012, hosted by Gianni Morandi; won by Emma Marrone with "Non è l'Inferno", Arisa second, Noemi third, marked by a voting blackout and Celentano's return.
Sanremo Music Festival 2024
Sanremo Music Festival 2024, the 74th Festival della Canzone Italiana (6–10 February 2024, Teatro Ariston, Rai 1), hosted and artistically directed by Amadeus; won by Angelina Mango with "La noia" over Geolier, Annalisa, Ghali, and Irama.
Sanremo Music Festival 2026
Sanremo Music Festival 2026 (Festival di Sanremo 2026), the 76th Italian Song Festival at the Teatro Ariston, 24–28 February 2026, hosted by Carlo Conti and Laura Pausini; won by Sal Da Vinci with "Per sempre sì", ahead of Sayf and Ditonellapiaga, earning Italy's Eurovision 2026 slot in Vienna.
Sanremo Music Festival 2027
Sanremo Music Festival 2027, the 77th Festival della Canzone Italiana, runs 16-20 February 2027 at the Teatro Ariston under Stefano De Martino, with 24 Campioni, a separate Eurovision Performance night, and a generative-AI ban.
Sanremo Music Festival winners
Sanremo Music Festival winners, the albo d'oro of Italy's Festival di Sanremo since 1951, from Nilla Pizzi and Domenico Modugno to Måneskin, Olly, and 2026 winner Sal Da Vinci.
Sanrio (サンリオ)
Sanrio (サンリオ) is a Japanese character licensing company founded in Tokyo in 1960 by Shintaro Tsuji, known for Hello Kitty and more than 450 characters, earning most of its revenue from royalties.
Sanrio Puroland
Sanrio Puroland (サンリオピューロランド) is Japan's indoor Hello Kitty theme park in Tama, Tokyo, opened December 7, 1990; Sanrio Entertainment also runs outdoor Harmonyland in Oita and the VRChat park Virtual Sanrio Puroland.
Sans Famille
Sans Famille (English: Nobody's Boy) is an 1878 French novel by Hector Malot following the orphan Rémi, sold to a traveling performer, as he searches across France for his family.
Sans Pareil (locomotive)
Sans Pareil was a steam locomotive built by Timothy Hackworth in 1829 to compete in the Rainhill Trials; it failed to finish but was bought by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
Sans Soleil
Sans Soleil (Sunless) is Chris Marker's 1982 French essay film, built from letters by fictional cameraman Sandor Krasna read by a female narrator, mixing footage from Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco in a meditation on memory, images, and history.
Sans-culottes
The sans-culottists were working-class Parisian radicals of the French Revolution, named for wearing long trousers instead of the knee-breeches of the upper classes, who demanded direct democracy and price controls.
SANS-PVC trial
SANS-PVC (NCT07093034) is a UC San Diego early feasibility trial of prolonged, nocturnal, non-invasive auricular vagus nerve stimulation with the Parasym device in 16 patients with ≥5% PVC burden, assessing safety, tolerability, feasibility, and PVC burden over 10 weeks.
Sans-serif
Sans-serif typefaces lack the small finishing strokes (serifs) of serif letterforms. First seen in Caslon IV's 1816 specimen, named in Figgins' 1832 book, classified as grotesque, neo-grotesque, geometric, and humanist; dominant on screens and in accessibility guidance.