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Shibtu
Šibtu, also written Shibtu or Shiptu, was queen of Mari as the wife of King Zimri-Lim, active in the first half of the 18th century BC.
Shibu Baby John
Shibu Baby John is an Indian Revolutionary Socialist Party politician serving as a Kerala minister for Forests, Wildlife Protection, and Skill Development, and a former RSP state secretary.
Shibu Soren (शिबू सोरेन)
Shibu Soren (शिबू सोरेन), Dishom Guru or Guruji, co-founded the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in 1973, led the statehood movement, was elected to the Lok Sabha eight times from Dumka, served three terms as Jharkhand chief minister and as Union coal minister, and died August 4, 2025.
Shibui
Shibui (渋い) is a Japanese word for a quiet, restrained beauty that rewards long acquaintance, derived from the literal sense of astringent taste, as of an unripe persimmon.
Shibusashirazu Orchestra
Shibusashirazu Orchestra (渋さ知らズ, meaning "Never be cool") is a Japanese free-jazz orchestra formed in 1989 around bassist Daisuke Fuwa, known for festival shows combining music with butoh dancers.
Shibusawa Eiichi
Shibusawa Eiichi (渋沢栄一), 1840 to 1931, was a Japanese businessman known as the father of Japanese capitalism who helped found about 500 companies, beginning with the First National Bank.
Shibutani Subaru
Shibutani Subaru (渋谷すばる), born 1981 in Osaka Prefecture, was main vocalist of Kanjani Eight from 2004 to 2018 and has worked as a solo artist since 2019.
Shibuya (渋谷区)
Shibuya (渋谷区, Shibuya-ku) is one of Tokyo's 23 special wards, formed October 1, 1932 from the merger of Shibuya, Sendagaya, and Yoyohata towns; it contains Shibuya, Harajuku, Omotesando, Ebisu, and Daikanyama.
Shibuya Crossing (渋谷スクランブル交差点)
Shibuya Crossing (渋谷スクランブル交差点), also known as Shibuya Scramble Crossing, is a pedestrian scramble intersection outside Shibuya Station's Hachiko exit in Tokyo, established in 1973 and among the world's busiest.
Shibuya O-West
Shibuya O-West (渋谷O-WEST), currently named Spotify O-WEST, is a mid-size live house in the Dogenzaka area of Shibuya, Tokyo, opened in 1993 with a capacity of 600.
Shibuya Public Hall
Shibuya Public Hall (渋谷公会堂), also known as Shibukō, is a 1,956-seat concert hall in Shibuya, Tokyo. Built for the 1964 Olympics, it became a defining J-pop and rock venue.
Shibuya Station
Shibuya Station (渋谷駅) is a major railway station in Tokyo's Shibuya district, opened in 1885 and one of Japan's busiest hubs, serving JR East, Tokyu, Keio, and Tokyo Metro lines.
Shibuya-kei (渋谷系)
Shibuya-kei (渋谷系, "Shibuya style") is a 1990s Japanese pop microgenre and subculture from Tokyo's Shibuya district, led by Flipper's Guitar and Pizzicato Five, defined by sampling of imported Western retro-pop rather than a single sound.
Shichen and ke (traditional Chinese time units)
Shichen (时辰) and ke (刻) are the traditional Chinese units of daily timekeeping: twelve two-hour shichen named for the Earthly Branches, each subdivided into 100 ke of about 14.4 minutes each.
Shidao Bay nuclear power plant
Shidao Bay nuclear power plant (石岛湾核电站), also called Shidaowan, is a nuclear power station in Rongcheng, Shandong, China, whose pebble-bed HTR-PM reactor reached commercial operation in 2023.
Shiddat (शिद्दत)
Shiddat (शिद्दत), 2021 Hindi romantic drama directed by Kunal Deshmukh, starring Sunny Kaushal, Radhika Madan, Mohit Raina, and Diana Penty; released 1 October 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar, distinct from the 2005 Pakistani drama of the same name.
Shidduch (שידוך)
Shidduch (שידוך; plural shidduchim) is a match between two single Jews for the purpose of marriage, arranged by a matchmaker called a shadchan and practiced mainly in Orthodox communities.
Shidehara Diplomacy
Shidehara Diplomacy (幣原外交) was Japan's 1920s foreign policy under Foreign Minister Shidehara Kijūrō, built on non-intervention in China, international cooperation, and economic engagement; it ended after the Manchurian Incident of 1931.
Shideng Bao
Shideng Bao is a cancer biologist at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, known for showing in 2006 that glioma stem cells drive radioresistance in glioblastoma.
Shield
A shield is a piece of defensive armor carried on the arm or hand to block or deflect blows, the principal defense from the Bronze Age until firearms.
Shield (geology)
A shield, or continental shield, is a large exposed area of Precambrian crystalline rock forming the stable core of a continent, as in the Canadian Shield.
Shield (speleothem)
A cave shield, also called a disc, is a rare speleothem of two parallel calcite plates fed by pressurized seepage, growing from walls or ceilings at any angle.
Shield AI
Shield AI is an American defense technology company founded in San Diego in 2015, known for its Hivemind AI pilot software and V-BAT uncrewed aircraft.
Shield Capital
Shield Capital is a Burlingame, California venture capital firm founded by Philip Bilden and Raj Shah, investing in dual-use technology: AI, autonomy, cybersecurity, and space.
Shield drive operation: steering, grouting and settlement control
Shield drive operation is the phase of shield tunnelling in which a tunnel boring machine is steered along its alignment, with grouting and monitoring controlling settlement.
Shield Jaguar II
Shield Jaguar II, also known as Itzamnaaj B'alam II, was a Maya king who ruled Yaxchilan for six decades, from 681 until his death in 742.
Shield machine components and systems
A shield machine is a tunnel boring machine whose cylindrical steel shield protects workers as it excavates a tunnel and erects its segmental lining in one operation.
Shield of Heracles
The Shield of Heracles (Greek: Aspis Hērakleous) is an archaic Greek epic poem of 480 hexameter lines, attributed to Hesiod in antiquity, recounting Heracles' killing of Cycnus and describing his shield, forged by Hephaestus.
Shield of Sparrows
Shield of Sparrows is Devney Perry's 2025 romantasy debut (Entangled Red Tower), first of a trilogy with Rites of the Starling and Seven and the Swift; princess Odessa Cross of Quentis is wed by treaty into monster-haunted Calandra.
Shield of the Americas
Shield of the Americas (Escudo de las Américas), also the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C): a US-led hemispheric security coalition launched by Trump at Doral, Florida on 7 March 2026 to fight cartels militarily, excluding Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.