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Sirat Antar
Sirat Antar (سيرة عنترة) is an Arabic popular epic built around ʿAntara ibn Shaddād, a 6th-century poet of the Muʿallaqāt, recounting his battles and his love for ʿAbla.
Sirat Bani Hilal
Sirat Bani Hilal (سيرة بني هلال, al-Sirah al-Hilaliyyah) is an Arabic oral epic telling of the Bani Hilal Bedouin tribe's tenth-century migration from Arabia to North Africa.
Sirat Dhat al-Himma
Sirat Dhat al-Himma (سيرة الأميرة ذات الهمة, Story of the Princess Possessor of Resolve) is an Arabic popular epic, the only long-standing one with a woman as its heroic figure.
Sirat Rasul Allah
Sirat Rasul Allah, 'The Life of the Messenger of God,' is the earliest surviving traditional biography of Muhammad, compiled for al-Mansur's heir al-Mahdi and preserved through Ibn Hisham's abridgment.
Sirat-un-Nabi
Sirat-un-Nabi (سیرت النبی, "Life of the Prophet") is a landmark multi-volume Urdu biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, begun by Shibli Nomani and completed by Syed Sulaiman Nadvi.
Sirdaryo power station
The Sirdaryo power station, also known as Syrdarya TPP, is a gas-fired thermal plant located in Shirin, Uzbekistan. Built 1972–1981, it is the largest facility in the country.
SirDavis
SirDavis is an American whisky brand founded by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter in partnership with Moët Hennessy and launched in 2024, named for her great-grandfather Davis Hogue, a Prohibition-era moonshiner; she became sole owner in 2026.
Sire Records
Sire Records, also Sire Productions, is an American label founded in 1966 by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, known for importing British acts and signing the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Madonna; owned by Warner Music Group.
Sireesha Bhagavatula
Sireesha Bhagavatula is an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh who sings in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi, known for "Ghodey Pe Sawaar" from Qala (2022).
Sireli Maqala
Sireli Maqala, born 2000 in Labasa, Fiji, is a Fijian rugby player who won sevens gold at Tokyo 2020 and plays outside centre for Bayonne in the Top 14.
Siren
Sirens (Greek Seirenes, Σειρῆνες) are Greek mythology's bird-bodied, woman-headed singers who lured sailors to death; Odysseus escaped them in Odyssey 12, and medieval bestiaries later reshaped them as fish-tailed mermaids.
Siren (2006 film)
Siren (サイレン, Sairen; Forbidden Siren) is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, based on the PS2 Siren games, starring Yui Ichikawa, released by Toho on February 11, 2006.
Siren (2024 film)
Siren (Tamil: சைரன்; certified Siren 108) is a 2024 Tamil action thriller, Antony Bhagyaraj's directorial debut, starring Jayam Ravi as an ambulance driver freed on parole after 14 years for his wife's murder; produced by Home Movie Makers, released 16 February 2024.
Siren (alarm)
A siren, also called a fire horn, is a loud warning device that makes sound mechanically or electronically, used on emergency vehicles and in outdoor community warning systems.
Siren (Roxy Music album)
Siren (1975) is the fifth studio album by English art rock band Roxy Music, produced by Chris Thomas at AIR Studios, led by the UK No. 2 single Love Is the Drug, their first US top-40 hit, with Jerry Hall on the cover; the last album before the band's first split.
Siren (TV series)
Siren (2018-2020) is a Freeform mermaid drama set in Bristol Cove, starring Eline Powell, Alex Roe, and Rena Owen; canceled after three seasons, noted for dark, predatory mermaids and ecological themes.
Siren (サイレン) (video game)
Siren (サイレン), aka Forbidden Siren, is a 2003 PS2 survival horror game by Project Siren/Japan Studio, directed by Keiichiro Toyama, set in the cursed village of Hanuda and known for its sightjacking mechanic.
Siren Sundby
Siren Sundby (born 1982) is a Norwegian sailor, Olympic gold medalist in the Europe dinghy at Athens 2004, two-time Europe world champion (2003, 2004), 2003 ISAF World Sailor of the Year, later a Capgemini executive.
Siren: Survive the Island (사이렌: 불의 섬)
Siren: Survive the Island (사이렌: 불의 섬) is a 2023 Korean Netflix reality competition in which 24 women in six profession-based teams (police, firefighter, guard, soldier, athlete, stunt) play capture-the-flag survival on an island; no prize money, no season 2.
Siren's Curse
Siren's Curse is a steel tilt roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, opened in 2025 as the first tilt coaster in North America.
Siren's Kiss (세이렌의 키스)
Siren's Kiss (세이렌, Seiren) is a 2026 tvN Korean romantic thriller, 12 episodes, March 2 to April 7, 2026, starring Park Min-young and Wi Ha-jun; a remake of Fuji TV's 1999 Koori no Sekai, streaming on TVING and Prime Video.
Siréna
Siréna is a 1935 generational and social novel by Czech writer Marie Majerová, following four generations of the mining family Hudec in Kladno and regarded as a peak of the Czech social novel.
Sirenia
Sirenia (sea cows) is an order of herbivorous aquatic mammals: three manatee species and the dugong, plus the extinct Steller's sea cow. Eocene origin, dense bones, one calf per cycle, all species Vulnerable or Endangered.
Sirenidae
Sirenidae is a family of eel-like aquatic salamanders with external gills and no hind limbs, comprising 7 species in the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico.
Sirenomelia
Sirenomelia, or mermaid syndrome, is a rare lethal congenital malformation with fused lower limbs, single umbilical artery, renal agenesis, and visceral defects, distinct from caudal regression syndrome.
Sirens (1994 film)
Sirens (1994 film), John Duigan's Australian-British comedy-drama starring Sam Neill, Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, and Elle Macpherson, about a clergyman and his wife visiting painter Norman Lindsay; released March 1994, rated R/MA 15+.
Sirens (2014 TV series)
Sirens (2014 TV series), also known as Sirens USA, is an American comedy adapted from a British series, created by Bob Fisher and Denis Leary, following three Chicago EMTs; it ran two seasons on USA Network, 2014-2015, starring Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, and Kevin Bigley.
Sirens (2025 TV series)
Sirens is a 2025 Netflix limited dark-comedy drama series created by Molly Smith Metzler, adapted from her play Elemeno Pea. Starring Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, and Milly Alcock, its five episodes premiered May 22, 2025.
Sirenum Fossae
Sirenum Fossae, a roughly 2,731 km system of tectonic graben in Mars' southern highlands, radiating from Arsia Mons in Tharsis; IAU-named 1973 from the classical albedo feature Mare Sirenum, the Sea of the Sirens.
Sirenum Mons
Sirenum Mons, a roughly 123-km-wide mons on Mars in Terra Sirenum at 38.22 degrees south, 212.15 degrees east; IAU-approved 2013; a listed major Martian volcanic center on the Tharsis flank.