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Sapajus
Sapajus (robust or tufted capuchins, Kerr 1792) is a South American primate genus of eight species split from gracile capuchins Cebus about 6.2 million years ago, originating in the Atlantic Forest and later invading the Amazon; known for ape-like stone tool use.
Sapalulme
Sapalulme (Akkadian Šapalulme) was a king of Pattin, a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the Plain of Antioch, who resisted the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III in the campaigns of 858–857 BC.
Săpânța
Săpânța is a village of about 3,000 people in Maramureș County, far northern Romania, on the Tisa river that borders Ukraine, known worldwide for its Merry Cemetery.
SAPAP family
SAPAP family (DLGAP1-4, GKAPs): postsynaptic density scaffold proteins binding PSD-95 via its GK domain and SHANK via PDZ ligand; SAPAP3 linked to OCD-like grooming, DLGAP4 to cerebellar ataxia.
Sapardi Djoko Damono
Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940–2020) was an Indonesian poet, literary scholar, and University of Indonesia professor, best known for the poem "Hujan Bulan Juni" and simple, lyrical diction.
Saparmurat Niyazov
Saparmurat Niyazov, called Turkmenbashi (Father of All Turkmen), ruled Turkmenistan from Soviet times until 2006 as president-for-life, built a vast personality cult around the Ruhnama, renamed months, and was succeeded by Berdimuhamedov.
Sapas Mons
Sapas Mons is a large shield volcano on Venus at about 8°N, 188°E on the western edge of Atla Regio, roughly 400-600 km across and 1.5-2.4 km high, with a double summit, named for a Phoenician goddess.
Săpata de Jos
Săpata de Jos: Roman archaeological site in Argeș County, Romania, two adjoining castella on the Limes Transalutanus near Mârțești, excavated 1929–1930, with a hoard of 17 denarii and 27 antoniniani buried in the Carpic attack of AD 245.
Sapcote
Sapcote (Scepecote, 'sheep shelters') is a Leicestershire village, Domesday-recorded in 1086, with a 1st-century AD Roman villa and bath house at Calver Hill, a scheduled Basset castle site, and 12th-century All Saints Church.
Sapele
Sapele (Urhiapele) is a port town in Delta State, Nigeria, on the Ethiope River; an Okpe-Urhobo village made a British colonial township in 1891-1917 and a timber port that gave its name to sapele hardwood.
Sapera (software)
Sapera is a machine vision software suite from Teledyne DALSA in Waterloo, Ontario, combining the Sapera LT acquisition SDK with the separately sold Sapera Processing library.
Saperavi (საფერავი)
Saperavi (საფერავი), meaning "to dye," is Georgia's leading teinturier red wine grape, origin Kakheti, first mentioned in Vakhtang VI's Dasturlamali; basis of Mukuzani, Napareuli, Kindzmarauli, and Akhasheni PDO wines.
Sapere aude
Sapere aude, "dare to know", is a Latin phrase from Horace's Epistles (I.2.40) that Kant made the motto of the Enlightenment in his 1784 essay, commanding courage to use one's own reason; now a common university motto.
Sapgyoho Amusement Park
Sapgyoho Amusement Park (삽교호놀이동산) is a small retro-themed amusement park in Dangjin, South Chungcheong, on Sapgyoho lake by the West Sea, known for its Ferris wheel, per-ride pricing, and K-drama filming locations.
SAPHO syndrome
SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis) is a rare autoinflammatory bone-joint and skin disease, described by Chamot in 1987, affecting the anterior chest wall, treated with NSAIDs, bisphosphonates, and biologics.
Sapi-Portuguese ivories
Sapi-Portuguese ivories are carved ivory saltcellars, horns, and spoons made by Sapi artists in Sierra Leone in the late 15th and 16th centuries for Portuguese buyers.
Sapieha family
The Sapieha family (Polish: Sapiehowie, Lithuanian: Sapiegos) was a magnate dynasty of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, second in riches and standing only to the Radziwiłł family.
Sapiens International
Sapiens International is a global provider of AI-centric, SaaS-based software for the insurance industry, serving more than 600 insurers in over 30 countries from its London headquarters.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (קיצור תולדות האנושות)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (קיצור תולדות האנושות) is Yuval Noah Harari's 2011 big-history bestseller, structured around the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions; critically received by historians and anthropologists.
Sapienza University of Rome
Sapienza University of Rome (Sapienza Università di Roma, Studium Urbis), founded by Pope Boniface VIII in 1303, is a large Italian public research university, first in Italy in ARWU and CWUR rankings and first worldwide in Classics & Ancient History.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae, the soapberry family (Juss., 1789), is a Sapindales family of about 1,900 species in roughly 140-147 genera, now including maples (Aceraceae) and horse chestnuts (Hippocastanaceae); it yields lychee, longan, rambutan, guarana, and maple syrup.
Sapindales
Sapindales (Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl) is an APG IV order of flowering plants including Sapindaceae (soapberries, maples) and Meliaceae (mahogany); example species Sapindus saponaria, NCBI taxid 41937.
Sapindus
Sapindus (soapberry, soapnut, reetha) is a genus of about 20 accepted Sapindaceae trees native from Chad and Asia to the Pacific and the Americas, whose saponin-rich fruit pericarp is used as a natural detergent and whose seed oil suits biodiesel.
Sapindus mukorossi
Sapindus mukorossi (soapnut, Chinese soapberry, reetha, wu huan zi) is a Sapindaceae tree native to southern China whose saponin-rich pericarp is used as a natural detergent and in traditional medicine; IUCN Least Concern.
Sapinhoá Oil and Gas Field
Sapinhoá is a Brazilian pre-salt oil and gas field in the Santos Basin, operated by Petrobras and discovered in 2008, with recoverable resources of about 2.1 billion barrels.
Sapinuwa
Sapinuwa, also written Šapinuwa, was a Hittite city and royal residence of the 14th century BC, identified with a site near Ortaköy in Çorum Province, Turkey.
Sapir Prize
The Sapir Prize, named for former finance minister Pinchas Sapir, is Israel's leading literary award for a Hebrew-language book, given annually by Mifal HaPais since 2000.
Sapitwa
Sapitwa, on the Mulanje Massif in southern Malawi, is the country's highest point at 3,002 m and the highest summit in south-central Africa. Its Chichewa name means "don't go there"; the peak is sacred to Yao, Mang'anja, and Lhomwe traditions and lies in a UNESCO biosphere reserve and 2025 World Heritage site.
Sapium
Sapium is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, with about 27 accepted species of monoecious trees and shrubs native to tropical and subtropical America.
Sápmi
Sápmi, also known as Samiland, is the traditional homeland of the Indigenous Sámi people across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, from Dovre to the White Sea.