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Sisenna
Sisenna Koken, 1896 is an extinct genus of slit-bearing Pleurotomariid gastropods, type species P. turbinata, ranging Middle Triassic to Early Jurassic, mainly Tethyan, classified in Gosseletinidae.
Sisense
Sisense is a business intelligence and analytics software company founded in Israel in 2004 and headquartered in New York, focused on embedding dashboards and AI-powered insights into other companies' products.
Sishu
Sishu (শিশু, "The Child") is a 1903 Bengali poetry collection for children by Rabindranath Tagore, the main source for his English collection The Crescent Moon of 1913.
Sishui
Sishui (泗水) is a county in Jining, Shandong, China, named for the Si River rising at its Quanlin springs; 1091.79 km2, 528,800 residents (2023), 2024 GDP 23.383 billion yuan.
Sisi Stringer
Sisi Stringer, Australian actress born 1997 in Byron Bay, NSW; known as Mileena in Mortal Kombat (2021) and Rose Hathaway in Vampire Academy (2022); also Bloody Hell, Carnifex, Force of Nature: The Dry 2, and Sydney Theatre Company's Purpose (2026).
Sisi-Nubi Oil Field
Sisi-Nubi is a pair of offshore gas and condensate fields about 25 kilometers off the Mahakam Delta in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, producing gas since 2007.
Sisi, Kephali tou Agiou Antoniou
Sisi, Kephali tou Agiou Antoniou (Kremasma, Boufos): Minoan Bronze Age hill site at Sissi, Lasithi, Crete, 4 km east of Malia. Cemetery used 2650–1800 BCE; palace complex dependent on Malia; excavated since 1960, systematically since 2007.
Sisig
Sisig (sizzling sisig): Filipino Kapampangan dish of chopped pork face, ears, and liver with onions, chili, and calamansi, served on a hot plate; reinvented in 1970s Angeles City by Aling Lucing Cunanan, now a pulutan and heritage dish.
Sisingamangaraja XII
Sisingamangaraja XII, born Patuan Bosar Ompu Pulo Batu, was the last priest-king of the Batak peoples of North Sumatra, leading guerrilla war against the Dutch from 1878 until his death in battle in 1907.
Sisinius
Sisinius, also known as Sisinnius I, was bishop of Constantinople, later counted among the Ecumenical Patriarchs, from 426 to 427, elected by the laity and succeeded by Nestorius.
Sisinius II
Sisinius II (Greek Σισίννιος ὁ Β´) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, consecrated in 996 after a four-year vacancy and serving until his death in 998.
Sisinnius
Sisinnius, a Syrian and the 87th pope, reigned for just twenty days in early 708, dying suddenly after ordering lime prepared to restore the walls of Rome.
Siskel and Ebert
Siskel and Ebert: Gene Siskel (Chicago Tribune) and Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), rival critics whose TV movie-review show, from Sneak Previews (1975) to Siskel & Ebert, popularized the trademarked thumbs-up/thumbs-down verdict until Siskel's 1999 death.
Siskiwit Lake (Isle Royale)
Siskiwit Lake is the largest inland lake on Isle Royale, Michigan, in Lake Superior, cut off from the big lake about 5,000 years ago; site of the 1850 Siskowit Mining Company steam stamp mill and drumlin fields to its west.
Şişli
Şişli (Turkish district) is a central district on Istanbul's European side, north of Taksim; first settled at Tatavla in the 16th century, municipality since 1984, ranked Türkiye's most developed district, population 261,959 (2025).
Sisodia dynasty of Mewar
The Sisodia dynasty of Mewar (सिसोदिया वंश) was a Rajput ruling house founded by Rana Hamir in 1326, holding Chittor and later Udaipur, and remembered for resisting Mughal rule under Pratap Singh.
Sisodia house of Pratapgarh
The Sisodia house of Pratapgarh (प्रतापगढ़ के सिसोदिया) was the senior branch of the Sisodia Rajputs, descended from the royal house of Mewar, that ruled Pratapgarh state in southeastern Rajasthan from 1561.
Sisomicin
Sisomicin (J01GB08) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic from Micromonospora inyoensis, closely related to gentamicin C1a, with greater activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa; studied in the 1970s–1980s against gentamicin and tobramycin.
Sison
Sison L. is a genus of three accepted Apiaceae species, including stone-parsley (Sison amomum), native from western and southern central Europe to the Mediterranean, with seeds used as flavoring.
Sisonke District Municipality
Sisonke District Municipality (DC43) was a district municipality in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, seat Ixopo, established 2000 and renamed Harry Gwala District Municipality in May 2014; five local municipalities, agriculture-dominated economy.
Sisowath
Sisowath (ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ) was King of Cambodia from 1904 until his death in 1927, chosen by the French over his brother Norodom's sons; his reign saw Siam return Batdambang and Siemreab in 1907.
Sisowath Monivong
Sisowath Monivong (ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុនីវង្ស, 1875–1941) was King of Cambodia from 1927 to 1941 under French rule, founding the Buddhist Institute in 1930 and succeeded by Norodom Sihanouk.
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914–1975) was a Cambodian prince and politician who led the 1970 coup deposing his cousin, King Norodom Sihanouk, and was executed by the Khmer Rouge in 1975.
Sisqó
Sisqó (Mark Althavan Andrews, born 1978), American R&B singer, lead vocalist of Dru Hill; solo hits "Thong Song" (Hot 100 No. 3) and "Incomplete" (No. 1) from Unleash the Dragon (1999); four 2001 Grammy nominations, zero wins.
Sisse Marie Welling
Sisse Marie Welling (born 1986) is a Danish Socialist People's Party politician and Lord Mayor of Copenhagen from 1 January 2026, previously Mayor of Health and Care since 2018.
Sissel Kyrkjebø
Sissel Kyrkjebø, known as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano born 1969 in Bergen, a classical crossover singer famous for the 1986 Eurovision breakthrough, the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics, and the Titanic soundtrack.
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (Sissi – Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin, 1957) is Ernst Marischka's third Sissi film with Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Böhm, covering Elisabeth's Hungary years, illness, and Italian journey.
Sissi – The Young Empress
Sissi – The Young Empress (Sissi, die junge Kaiserin, 1956) is Ernst Marischka's second Sissi trilogy film, starring Romy Schneider as Empress Elisabeth adjusting to court life, Sophie's control, and the Hungarian coronation.
Sissi (film)
Sissi (1955) is an Austrian historical romance film by Ernst Marischka, the first of the Sissi trilogy, starring Romy Schneider as Empress Elisabeth and Karlheinz Böhm as Franz Joseph; a record postwar Austrian box-office hit and German Christmas TV tradition.
SISSO
SISSO, short for sure independence screening and sparsifying operator, is a materials-informatics algorithm using symbolic regression and compressed sensing to find short formulas that predict material properties.