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Saratoga, California
Saratoga, California: Santa Clara County residential city of about 30,400, incorporated 1956; began as an 1848 sawmill settlement, named 1865 for Saratoga Springs, New York, once a prune-orchard center.
Saratov
Saratov (Саратов), city on the Volga River and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia; founded 1590 as a fortress, a milling and trading hub by 1900, home of Saratov State University (1909) and Russia's first provincial conservatory (1912).
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast (Саратовская область), a Russian federal subject in the Lower Volga region formed 5 December 1936, capital Saratov; area about 101,200 km², population about 2.4 million, national leader in sunflower harvest, borders Kazakhstan for 550 km.
Saratov-Kuzmichi Oil Pipeline
The Saratov-Kuzmichi Oil Pipeline (Russian: Нефтепровод Саратов – Кузьмичи) is a 253 km Transneft trunk oil pipeline running from Saratov to Kuzmichi in Volgograd Oblast.
Saratovskaya hydroelectric plant
The Saratovskaya hydroelectric plant (Саратовская ГЭС, Saratov HPP) is a run-of-river hydroelectric station on the Volga River at Balakovo, Russia, with an installed capacity of 1,487 MW.
Sarauta system
The Sarauta system was the institutionalized kingship of the Hausa states of the central Sudan, built on titled offices, palace administration, and succession politics; it emerged in Katsina in the fifteenth century.
Saravana Stores
Saravana Stores is a family-owned discount retail group in T. Nagar, Chennai, founded in 1969 on Ranganathan Street, known for its low margin, high turnover model and cheap prices.
Saravanan (சரவணன்) (actor)
Saravanan (சரவணன்), born 1966 in Salem, is a Tamil film actor who debuted as a lead in Vaidehi Vanthachu (1991), won the 2008 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award for Paruthiveeran, and returned to lead roles with Sattamum Needhiyum; distinct from Legend Saravanan.
Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen
Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen (சரவணன் இருக்க பயமேன்) is a 2017 Tamil horror-comedy-romance directed by Ezhil, produced by and starring Udhayanidhi Stalin with Regina Cassandra, Soori, and Srushti Dange; released 12 May 2017, music by D. Imman, poorly received by critics.
Saravanan Meenatchi (சரவணன் மீனாட்சி)
Saravanan Meenatchi (சரவணன் மீனாட்சி), also known as Saravanan Meenakshi, is a Tamil-language romantic drama serial aired on Vijay TV from 2011 to 2018 in three seasons, led successively by Senthil–Sreeja, Kavin/Irfan–Rachitha, and Rio Raj–Rachitha, remade in Telugu, Kannada, and Bengali.
Sarawak
Sarawak, Malaysia's largest state (124,449.51 sq km) on northwest Borneo, joined Malaysia on 16 September 1963 under MA63 with an 18-point agreement; capital Kuching, population 2,453,677 (2020).
Sarawak Communist Organisation
The Sarawak Communist Organisation, known in government documents as the Clandestine Communist Organisation, fought a 27-year guerrilla campaign against the Malaysian state from 1963 to 1990.
Sarawak Delta UNESCO Global Geopark
Sarawak Delta UNESCO Global Geopark, in western Sarawak, Malaysia, covers Kuching, Bau, Padawan, and Siburan across 3,112 km². Designated 2026, it is Malaysia's fourth UGGp, first in Sarawak, marked by the Kuching Zone suture.
Sarawak Energy
Sarawak Energy Berhad is Malaysia's vertically integrated power utility in Sarawak, Borneo, wholly owned by the state government and built around large hydropower plants like Bakun.
Sarawak United Peoples' Party
The Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) is a multiracial, predominantly Chinese political party in Sarawak, Malaysia, founded in 1959 and led since 2014 by Sim Kui Hian.
Saray Mulk Khanum
Saray Mulk Khanum (سرای ملک خانم), also known as Bibi Khanum, was a Chingizid princess and chief wife of Timur, the most prominent woman of the Timurid court.
Saraya al-Salam (سرايا السلام)
Saraya al-Salam (سرايا السلام, Peace Companies), also called Peace Brigades, is Muqtada al-Sadr's Shia Iraqi militia founded June 2014 as a revival of the Mahdi Army; part of the Popular Mobilization Forces, it fought ISIS at Samarra and Tikrit and integrated into the Iraqi state forces in 2026.
Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah (سرايا أنصار السنة)
Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah (سرايا أنصار السنة) is a Salafi-jihadist group that emerged in post-Assad Syria in late 2024 or early 2025; the UN assesses it as an ISIL front. It claimed the 2025 Mar Elias church bombing and attacks on Alawites and Druze.
Saraya Bevis
Saraya-Jade Bevis (born 1992, Norwich), WWE's Paige and later AEW's Saraya, English wrestler; inaugural NXT Women's Champion, youngest two-time Divas Champion, subject of Fighting with My Family.
Sarayu Rao
Sarayu Rao (Sarayu Blue), American actress born 1975 in Madison, Wisconsin; starred as Dr. Sydney Napur in Monday Mornings, led NBC's I Feel Bad, and appeared in Blockers and A Million Miles Away.
Sarazm (Саразм)
Sarazm (Саразм), 'where the land begins', is a 4th–3rd millennium BCE proto-urban archaeological site in Tajikistan's Zeravshan valley, a 2010 UNESCO World Heritage Site known for early metallurgy and long-distance trade.
Sarbacane
Sarbacane is a French marketing software company founded in 2001 by Mathieu Tarnus in Hem, near Lille, selling email and SMS tools under the Sarbacane and Mailify names.
Sarbadars
The Sarbadars (سربداران, "head givers") were a religious movement that ruled from Sabzevar in northeastern Iran from 1337 until Timur's conquest ended its independence in the 1380s.
Sarbahara
Sarbahara (সর্বহারা, "The Proletariat") is a 1926 poetry collection by the Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, giving its name to the most socialist phase of his verse.
Sarbajit Banerjee
Sarbajit Banerjee is a materials and solid-state chemist known for vanadium dioxide smart-window coatings and battery materials, now a professor at ETH Zürich and head of battery science at the Paul Scherrer Institut.
Sarbananda Singha
Sarbananda Singha (শৰ্বানন্দ), also known as Mejera, was a Moamoria rebel leader who declared himself king at Bengmara, present-day Tinsukia in upper Assam, in the late eighteenth century.
Sarbananda Sonowal
Sarbananda Sonowal (born 1962), BJP leader from Dibrugarh, Assam; former AASU leader whose 2005 PIL struck down the IMDT Act; Assam Chief Minister 2016-2021; Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways since July 2021.
Sarbane/Sisara
Sarbane/Sisara, known in Greek sources as Sisauranon (Σισαυράνων), was a Sasanian fortress city east of Nisibis on the Roman–Persian frontier, captured and razed by Belisarius in 541 and identified with the modern village of Sirvan.
Sarbanes–Oxley Act
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), P.L. 107-204 of July 30, 2002: US federal law enacted after Enron and WorldCom scandals creating the PCAOB and requiring public-company internal control assessments under Section 404, with auditor attestation for accelerated filers.
Sarbat Khalsa
The Sarbat Khalsa (ਸਰਬੱਤ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ) was the assembly of the entire Khalsa, meeting at Amritsar on Baisakhi and Diwali to pass binding decisions called Gurmata.