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Sarajevo International Airport
Sarajevo International Airport, also known as Butmir Airport, is the main airport of Bosnia and Herzegovina, opened in 1969 near Sarajevo and known for the 1992–1995 humanitarian airlift.
Sarajevo Safari
Sarajevo safari, also 'sniper safari' or 'human safari': alleged 1992–1996 practice of wealthy foreigners, mainly Italians, paying Bosnian Serb forces to shoot at besieged Sarajevo's residents; unproven, under investigation since 2022.
Sarajevo Safari (film)
Sarajevo Safari is a 2022 Slovenian-Bosnian 75-minute documentary by Miran Zupanič alleging wealthy foreigners paid to snipe civilians in besieged Sarajevo; it prompted investigations in Milan and Austria but evidence remains unproven.
Saraji Coal Mine
The Saraji Coal Mine is an open-cut metallurgical coal mine near Dysart in Queensland's Bowen Basin, operated by the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance and opened in the 1970s.
Sārakāni
Sārakāni was a Sakyan lay disciple of the Buddha at Kapilavatthu whom the Buddha declared a stream-enterer after his death, provoking a dispute among the Sakyans.
Sarakhs-Sari Pipeline
The Sarakhs-Sari Pipeline is a 795 km natural gas pipeline in Iran, running from Sarakhs near the Turkmenistan border to Sari on the Caspian Sea.
SARAL
SARAL, also known as SARAL-AltiKa, is a joint Indo-French satellite launched in 2013 to measure ocean surface topography with the first Ka-band radar altimeter used for oceanography.
Sarala Das
Sarala Das (ସରଳ ଦାସ), also written Sarala Dasa, was a 15th-century Odia poet, born under King Kapilendra Deva, who composed the Odia Mahabharata, the first regional-language Mahabharata.
Sarala Dasa
Sarala Dasa (ସାରଳା ଦାସ) was a fifteenth-century Odia poet and soldier who wrote the Sarala Mahabharata. He was a peasant by birth and self-described as a Shudra sage.
Sarala Mahabharata
The Sarala Mahabharata (ସାରଳା ମହାଭାରତ) is a 15th-century Odia retelling of the Sanskrit Mahabharata by Sarala Das, the first complete single-author rendition in any language other than Sanskrit.
Sarala Puraskar
The Sarala Puraskar (ଶାରଳା ପୁରସ୍କାର) is an annual Odia literary award given by IMFA's charitable trust, founded by Bansidhar and Ila Panda in 1980 and named for the poet Sarala Das.
Sarala V. Nagala
Sarala V. Nagala, also known as Sarala Vidya Nagala, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Connecticut since 2021.
Saralasin
Saralasin (P-113) is a synthetic peptide analog of angiotensin II, developed in the 1970s as the first angiotensin II receptor blocker and used as a diagnostic agent for renin-mediated hypertension.
Saramati
Saramati (Mount Saramati) is Nagaland's highest peak, about 3,826-3,841 m, on the India-Myanmar border in Kiphire district near Thanamir village; an ultra-prominent Patkai range summit with winter snow and a 2-3 day trek.
Sāran
Sāran (सारण), or Chapra district, a district of Bihar, India, headquarters Chapra, in Saran Division with Siwan and Gopalganj; 2,641 sq km, 3.95 million people (2011), agriculture-based economy between the Ganges, Gandak, and Ghaghra rivers.
Saran (director)
Saran (K. V. Saravanan, born 1966, Coimbatore) is a Tamil film director, screenwriter, and producer, a former assistant to K. Balachander. His debut Kaadhal Mannan (1998) and hits Amarkalam (1999), Gemini (2002), and Vasool Raja MBBS (2004) starred Ajith Kumar, Vikram, and Kamal Haasan. He owns Gemini Productions and Saran Movie Factory.
Sarana Menara Nusantara
Sarana Menara Nusantara is an Indonesian holding company that owns telecommunication towers and fiber optic networks through its subsidiary Protelindo, trading on the Indonesia Stock Exchange as TOWR.
Sarandë
Sarandë (Saranda) is a coastal city and municipality in southern Albania on the Ionian Sea opposite Corfu, the largest town of the Albanian Riviera, ancient Onhezmi, named for the Monastery of the 40 Saints, with ferries to Corfu and Butrint nearby.
Sarandib Planitia
Sarandib Planitia, a 165-km-wide ridged plains region on Saturn's moon Enceladus named for Sindbad's island Ceylon, formed by unstable lithospheric extension with 3-4 km ridges and high heat flow.
Sarangadeva
Sarangadeva (सारंगदेव) was a king of the Vaghela dynasty of Gujarat who ruled from Anhilwad Patan from about 1275 to 1296, defeating the king of Malwa and repairing the Somnath temple.
Sarangapani Jathakam
Sarangapani Jathakam (సారంగపాణి జాతకం) is a 2025 Telugu comedy-drama directed by Mohanakrishna Indraganti, starring Priyadarshi as a superstitious car salesman; released April 25, 2025, streamed on Prime Video from May 23.
Sarangapani Temple
Sarangapani Temple (சாரங்கபாணி சுவாமி கோயில்), also called Thirukudanthai, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India, and one of the 108 Divya Desams.
Sarangchae Folk Village
Sarangchae Folk Village (사랑채민속촌) is a theme park in Uichang-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea, named for the sarangchae men's quarters of a hanok; Changwon Station lies 210 m west.
Sarangi
Sarangi (सारंगी), bowed fretless short-necked lute of Hindustani classical music; carved from one tun wood block, 3 gut melody strings plus 35-40 sympathetic tarabs, stopped with the nail side, famed for voice-like meend and as khayal-thumri accompaniment, distinct from the folk sarinda.
Sāraṅkara
Sāraṅkara (සරණංකර), also known as Väliviṭa Saraṅaṅkara, was an 18th-century Kandyan Theravada monk and Pali grammarian appointed Saṅgharāja by King Kīrti Śrī Rājasimha, whose 1753 restoration of higher ordination founded the Siam Nikāya.
Sarankenye Mori
Sarankenye Mori, also written Sarankenyi-Mori, was a son of the Almami Samori Ture, designated heir over elder brothers, who defeated a British column in 1897.
Saransk
Saransk (Саранск) is the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, founded in 1641 as a frontier fortress on the Atemar abatis line; about 310,900 residents in 2024, 642 km east of Moscow, and a 2018 FIFA World Cup host city.
Saranya Mohan (சரண்யா மோகன்)
Saranya Mohan (சரண்யா மோகன்), also called Appu, is an Indian dancer and former actress from Alappuzha, Kerala, born 1989, known for Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008) and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009) in Tamil and Malayalam cinema.
Saranya Ponvannan (சரண்யா பொன்வண்ணன்)
Saranya Ponvannan (சரண்யா பொன்வண்ணன்), born Sheela Christina Raj in Alappuzha, Kerala, is an Indian actress; debuted in Nayakan (1987), won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Thenmerku Paruvakaatru.
Sararken Ridges
Sararken Ridges (formerly Sararken Ridge) is an undersea ridge feature in Indonesian waters named for the Papuan word for octopus, adopted into the IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer at SCUFN-38 in Bali, November 2025.