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Sant Kavya

Sant Kavya (संत काव्य) is the knowledge-oriented branch of nirguna bhakti poetry in Hindi, written by poet-saints such as Kabir between the 14th and 17th centuries.

Sant Nirankari Mission (ਸੰਤ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੀ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ)

The Sant Nirankari Mission (ਸੰਤ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੀ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ), whose followers are called Sant Nirankaris, is a spiritual organization founded in Rawalpindi in 1929 by Baba Buta Singh, teaching realization of the formless God through a living Satguru.

Sant Pere de Rodes

Sant Pere de Rodes is a former Benedictine monastery above El Port de la Selva in Catalonia, Spain, known for its Romanesque church consecrated in 1022.

Sant Sahitya

Sant Sahitya (संत साहित्य, "saint literature") is Marathi devotional literature composed by the poet-saints of Maharashtra from the thirteenth century onward, centered on Vitthal of Pandharpur.

Sant Sakhu

Sant Sakhu (संत सखूबाई), also known as Sakhubai or Sakkubai, is a woman saint of the Varkari tradition of Maharashtra devoted to the god Vitthal of Pandharpur.

Sant Singh Sekhon

Sant Singh Sekhon (ਸੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੇਖੋਂ, 1908–1997) was a Punjabi playwright, novelist, and critic, widely called the father of modern Punjabi literary criticism; his play Mittarpiara won the 1972 Sahitya Akademi Award.

Oct 3, 2026

Sant Tukaram (संत तुकाराम)

Sant Tukaram (संत तुकाराम), also Saint Tukaram: 1936 Prabhat Film Company Marathi/Hindi biopic of the 17th-century saint poet, directed by Damle and Fattelal, starring Vishnupant Pagnis; first Indian film to win a prize at Venice (1937), ran 57 weeks in Mumbai.

Sep 21, 2026

Sant‐Rayn Pasricha

Sant-Rayn Pasricha is an Australian hematologist and epidemiologist at WEHI who researches iron deficiency and anemia and heads the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.

Sant'Anna SoftHand

The Sant'Anna SoftHand, also called the Pisa/IIT SoftHand, is an anthropomorphic robotic hand developed by the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, the University of Pisa, and the Italian Institute of Technology.

Sep 19, 2026

Sant'Antioco bilingual

The Sant'Antioco bilingual is a Latin and Neo-Punic inscription found at Sant'Antioco, Sardinia, around the mid-1st century BC, commemorating a statue erected by Himilco for his father.

Sant'Imbenia Roman Villa

Sant'Imbenia Roman Villa (Villa romana di Sant'Imbenia), a luxurious seaside Roman residence in Porto Conte bay near Alghero, Sardinia; built late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD, used to the 4th century AD, the richest Roman villa known in Sardinia.

Santa (singer)

Santa (Samanta Cotta), French singer-songwriter from Nice, frontwoman of Hyphen Hyphen (Victoire 2016) and solo artist behind the diamond hit "Popcorn salé" and the 2025 Album de l'année "Recommence-moi".

Santa Ana

Santa Ana (Ilamatepec) volcano, El Salvador's highest at 2,381 m, a stratovolcano west of Coatepeque caldera; historic eruptions since 1520, 1722 San Marcelino lava flow, VEI 3 eruption on 1 October 2005.

Santa Ana Mountains

The Santa Ana Mountains are a Peninsular Ranges range on the Orange-Riverside county border in southern California; Santiago and Modjeska peaks form Old Saddleback, and the range is a tilted fault block uplifted along the Elsinore fault.

Santa Ana River

The Santa Ana River (Rio Santa Ana) is a 96-mile river in Southern California, flowing from the San Bernardino Mountains to the Pacific Ocean near Huntington Beach.

Santa Ana winds

Santa Ana winds are dry, warm offshore winds of southern California and northern Baja California, blowing from the deserts toward the coast from September to May and driving the region's worst wildfires.

Santa Ana, California

Santa Ana, California: county seat of Orange County, founded 1869 by William H. Spurgeon on the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana; about 315,000 residents, 76.6% Hispanic, dense transit-served urban center.

Santa Ana, Santa Ana Department

Santa Ana, El Salvador: capital of Santa Ana Department, the country's second city (250,760 in 2024 census), founded 1569, coffee-era architecture, Ilamatepec volcano 2,381 m, home of C.D. FAS.

Santa Anita - Los Ficus

Santa Anita - Los Ficus is the urban core designated capital of the Santa Anita district, Lima, Peru, created by Law 25116 on October 25, 1989 from the urbanizaciones Santa Anita and Los Ficus; about 185,000 residents.

Santa Anita Oil and Gas Field

Santa Anita Oil and Gas Field is an onshore natural gas field in the Burgos Basin of northeastern Mexico, producing from tight Tertiary sandstones since its discovery in 1957.

Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park, opened December 25, 1934 in Arcadia, California, is a major Thoroughbred racetrack with an Art Deco Gordon Kaufmann grandstand, home of the Santa Anita Derby and Handicap, a WWII Japanese American assembly center, and site of the 2019 horse-fatality crisis and later safety reforms.

Santa Baby

Santa Baby: 1953 Christmas novelty song by Joan Javits and Philip Springer, first recorded by Eartha Kitt with Henri René, a US No. 4 hit, RIAA gold, widely covered and often disliked.

Santa Barbara (TV series)

Santa Barbara, NBC daytime soap opera created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, aired 1984–1993 in 2,137 episodes. Low US ratings but consecutive Outstanding Drama Series Emmys and a large international following.

Santa Barbara County, California

Santa Barbara County, California: coastal county, county seat Santa Barbara, one of the original 27 counties created February 18, 1850, named for Mission Santa Barbara (1786); 2020 population 448,229.

Santa Bárbara d'Oeste

Santa Bárbara d'Oeste is a São Paulo state municipality in the Campinas metropolitan region, founded 4 December 1818 by Margarida da Graça Martins, settled by US Confederate immigrants after 1867, and home of the Romi-Isetta, the first Brazilian automobile; 2022 population 183,347.

Santa Barbara oil spill

The Santa Barbara oil spill was a 1969 blowout at Union Oil's Platform A that oiled 90 km of California coastline and helped launch the environmental movement.

Santa Barbara Surft School

Santa Barbara Surf School (Santa Barbara Surf School), a surf school and rental shop at 736 Carpinteria Street, Santa Barbara, teaching since 2002; private lessons mainly at Mondos Beach, $75-$125 per person, board, wetsuit, and instructor included.

Santa Bárbara-Aguasay 2 Gas Pipeline

The Santa Bárbara-Aguasay 2 Gas Pipeline (Gasoducto Santa Bárbara-Aguasay 2) is a 49 km natural gas pipeline in Monagas state, eastern Venezuela, owned and operated by PDVSA.