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Sige Dorsa
Sige Dorsa is a 478-km-diameter ridge system (dorsum) on Venus at 31.2°N, 106.9°E, in quadrangle V-11. Named for a Babylonian sky goddess, adopted by the IAU in 1991.
Sigebert III
Sigebert III (630/631–656), Merovingian king of Austrasia from 633/634, son of Dagobert I and Ragnetrude; child ruler at Metz defeated by Duke Radulf, dominated by Mayor Grimoald, whose 656 coup exiled Dagobert II and installed Childebert the Adopted.
Sigeion
Sigeion (Σίγειον, Sigeum), ancient Greek city in the Troad at the Scamander mouth near Troy, founded by Mytilene, contested and won by Athens, later ruled by Chares, taken by Lysimachus, and identified with the Yenişehir plateau.
Siger of Brabant
Siger of Brabant (Siger de Brabant, c. 1240–d. before November 1284), Parisian arts master and leading Latin Averroist with Boethius of Dacia; defended a single, separate intellect united to the body in operation, clashed with Thomas Aquinas, and was targeted by the 1270 and 1277 condemnations.
Sigeric Serio
Sigeric Serio was Archbishop of Canterbury from 990 to 994, whose recorded 990 journey to Rome to receive his pallium became the Via Francigena itinerary.
sigeup
Sigeup (식읍) was a Korean institution, from antiquity to early Joseon, granting tax and labor rights over a district's households to a meritorious person for life.
Sigfrid Siwertz
Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970) was a Swedish novelist, poet, and playwright best known for Selambs (1920) and Mälarpirater (1911), serving in the Swedish Academy from 1932.
Siggy Flicker
Siggy Flicker (Sigalit Paldiel, born 1967 in Israel) is an Israeli-American matchmaker, relationship expert, and author of Write Your Own Fairy Tale; VH1's Why Am I Still Single? star and RHONJ cast member seasons 7-8, later a Trump appointee to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council.
Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album)
Sigh No More is the 2009 debut album by English folk rock band Mumford & Sons, produced by Markus Dravs, featuring "Little Lion Man" and "The Cave", peaking at UK No. 2.
SighCO2 trial
SighCO2 (NCT05682937), a terminated before-after trial by Prince of Songkla University, tested sigh breaths during neonatal HFOV; in 30 intubated neonates, sighs lowered PaCO2 by 3.6 mmHg over 2 hours.
Sight and Sound
Sight and Sound is the British Film Institute's monthly film magazine, published since 1932, known for its decennial Greatest Films of All Time critics' poll, whose 2022 edition named Jeanne Dielman number one with 1,639 voters.
Sight distance
Sight distance is the length of roadway ahead visible to a driver, measured along the line of sight; a controlling criterion of highway design with four AASHTO types: stopping, intersection, passing, and decision.
Sight Sciences
Sight Sciences, Inc. is an ophthalmic medical device company in Menlo Park, California, founded by Paul Badawi in 2010 and traded on Nasdaq as SGHT since its 2021 IPO.
Sight Unseen (TV series)
Sight Unseen is a Canadian CTV/CW crime drama (2024–2025) created by Karen and Nikolijne Troubetzkoy, starring Dolly Lewis as clinically blind detective Tess Avery and Agam Darshi as remote guide Sunny Patel; 20 episodes, two seasons, filmed in Vancouver.
Sighthound
Sighthound (gazehound): a hound type hunting fast prey by sight, not scent; FCI Group 10, 16 AKC breeds from Greyhound to Whippet. Aerodynamic, low-fat builds, speeds up to 40 mph, ancient Egyptian origins, lure coursing sport today.
Sightless
Sightless (2020) is an American psychological thriller written and directed by Cooper Karl, adapted from his short film. Madelaine Petsch plays Ellen Ashland, a violinist blinded in an attack; 89 minutes, IMDb 5.5/10.
Sightline Healthcare
SightLine Healthcare, also known as SightLine Partners LLC, is a Bloomington, Minnesota private equity firm founded in 2004 that buys stakes in late-stage medical device and diagnostics companies.
Sigil
Sigil, from Latin sigillum (seal), means both a signet and a magical sign or image. Covers medieval seals and sigillography, astrological sigils of Agrippa, and Austin Osman Spare's chaos-magic sigil method.
Sigil of Baphomet
The Sigil of Baphomet, or Seal of Baphomet, is the official symbol of the Church of Satan, a goat's head in an inverted pentagram ringed by Hebrew letters.
Sigilkore
Sigilkore is an internet-born microgenre of trap music that emerged on SoundCloud in the late 2010s, defined by distorted, bass-boosted 808s, bitcrushed production, tempo shifts, and occult imagery.
Sigiriya (සීගිරිය)
Sigiriya (සීගිරිය), also called Sinhagiri or Lion Rock, is a 5th-century rock fortress and palace built by King Kassapa I in central Sri Lanka, inscribed by UNESCO in 1982.
Sigismund Báthory
Sigismund Báthory (Zsigmond Báthori, 1572–1613), four-time prince of Transylvania from 1581, allied with Habsburg Rudolf II against the Ottomans in the Long Turkish War, won at Sinan Pasha's expense in 1595, and ceded Transylvania in 1602 for Oppeln, Ratibor, and 50,000 ducats yearly.
Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I the Old (Zygmunt I Stary) was king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1506 to 1548, known for wars with Muscovy and the Prussian Homage of 1525.
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus (Zygmunt II August, Žygimantas Augustas), 1520–1572, last Jagiellon king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania; crowned 1530, arranged the Union of Lublin in 1569, died childless.
Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa (Zygmunt III Waza, 1566–1632), King of Poland-Lithuania 1587–1632 and King of Sweden 1592–1599; deposed at Stångebro, moved the capital to Warsaw, lost Livonia to Sweden.
Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Sigismund Kęstutaitis (Žygimantas Kęstutaitis), born around 1365 in Trakai, was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1432 to 1440, defeating Švitrigaila in civil war before his assassination.
Sigismund Korybut
Sigismund Korybut (Lithuanian Žygimantas Kaributaitis) was a Lithuanian prince, nephew of King Władysław II Jagiełło and Grand Duke Vytautas, who twice served as regent of Hussite Bohemia and failed to win its crown.
Sigismund of Habsburg-Lorraine
Sigismund of Habsburg-Lorraine, born in 1966, is the head of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the claimant to the defunct Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Sigismund Rákóczi
Sigismund Rákóczi (Rákóczi Zsigmond, 1544–1608) was a Hungarian magnate who won the battle of Szikszó against the Ottomans in 1588 and served as Prince of Transylvania from 1607 until his abdication in 1608.
Sigismund von Herberstein
Sigismund von Herberstein (Сигизмунд Герберштейн, 1486–1566) was an Austrian diplomat who twice visited Moscow, in 1517 and 1526, and wrote the first detailed Western description of Muscovy.