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Skanda (film)
Skanda, released internationally as Skanda: The Attacker, is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Boyapati Srinu, starring Ram Pothineni, Sreeleela, and Saiee Manjrekar, released on 28 September 2023.
Skanda Purana (स्कन्द पुराण)
The Skanda Purana (स्कन्द पुराण) is a Sanskrit Purana named after Skanda, son of Shiva; though thirteenth in the traditional list of eighteen Mahapuranas, it is the largest in verses.
Skandagupta
Skandagupta was a Gupta emperor, son of Kumaragupta I, who reigned from about 455 to 467, repelled the Pushyamitras and the Hunas, and repaired the Sudarshana dam at Junagadh.
Skandagupta's Huna war
Skandagupta's Huna war was the mid-fifth-century campaign in which the Gupta emperor Skandagupta defeated an invasion by the Huna, or White Huns, ending in a Gupta victory.
Skandagupta's war against the Pushyamitras
Skandagupta's war against the Pushyamitras was a campaign in which Skandagupta, a prince and general of Kumaragupta I, defeated the Pushyamitra tribe of the Narmada river.
Skandagupta's war with the Hunas
Skandagupta's war with the Hunas (हूण युद्ध) was the Gupta emperor Skandagupta's defense against an invasion by the Hunas, a Central Asian people, around 455 CE, ending in Gupta victory.
Skandalopetra diving (σκανταλόπετρα)
Skandalopetra diving (σκανταλόπετρα), also called revera, is the traditional Greek Dodecanese sponge-diving method using a flat marble or granite stone as weight, revived as a CMAS and AIDA competitive freediving discipline.
Skandar Keynes
Skandar Keynes (Alexander Amin Casper Keynes, b. 1991), English former actor and political adviser, played Edmund Pevensie in the three Narnia films; retired from acting in 2016 and descendant of Charles Darwin.
Skandeia
Skandeia (Σκάνδεια), also Skandia, was the ancient port of Kythera at Kastri/Palaiopolis near Avlemonas: a Minoan Bronze Age colony from about 1750 BC, later a Spartan-Athenian contested harbor, destroyed by a 365/375 AD earthquake and Arab raiders in 673.
Skanderbeg
Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti, c. 1405–1468) was an Albanian prince and national hero who, after deserting the Ottoman army in 1443, led a quarter-century of resistance from his fortress at Krujë.
Skanderbeg's army
Skanderbeg's army (Ushtria e Skënderbeut) was the joint armed force of the League of Lezhë, founded in 1444 under Skanderbeg, which resisted Ottoman conquest for over two decades.
Skanderbeg's rebellion
Skanderbeg's rebellion, led by Gjergj Kastrioti, was an armed uprising against the Ottoman Empire in the central Balkans from 1443 to 1468, keeping core territory independent.
Skandgupta
Skandgupta (स्कंदगुप्त) is a 1928 Hindi historical drama by Jaishankar Prasad, dramatizing Gupta emperor Skandagupta's defense against the Huns and Shakas from 455 to 466.
Skandha (स्कन्ध)
Skandha (स्कन्ध, Pali khandha), "heap" or "aggregate": the five Buddhist constituents of the person, form, feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, whose grasping constitutes suffering and whose non-self analysis grounds Buddhist doctrine.
Skåne County
Skåne County (Skåne län), Sweden's southernmost county, formed 1 January 1997 from Kristianstad and Malmöhus counties; 33 municipalities, 1,433,083 inhabitants (2025/26), 11,007 km², governed by Region Skåne.
Skansen
Skansen, the world's oldest open-air museum, founded by Artur Hazelius on Djurgården, Stockholm, opening 11 October 1891; a living museum of Swedish buildings, animals, and traditions, run by the independent Skansen Foundation.
Skansen Aquarium
Skansen Aquarium (Skansen-Akvariet) is an independently operated tropical aquarium on Skansen, Stockholm, opened 1978 by Jonas Wahlström; separate admission, exotic animals, breeding centre for endangered small monkeys and prosimians.
Skanska
Skanska is a Swedish construction and project development group founded in 1887, headquartered in Stockholm, building infrastructure and property across the Nordics, Europe, and the USA.
Skara Brae
Skara Brae is a Neolithic stone village on the Bay of Skaill, Orkney, Scotland, occupied roughly 3500-2450 BC, with eight midden-embedded houses and fitted stone furniture, part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site.
Skardu
Skardu (Balti Skar-mDo) is a town at about 2,230 m in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, capital of Baltistan and gateway to K2; former raja capital, Dogra-ruled, liberated 14 August 1948.
Skarkos Hill
Skarkos Hill (Σκάρκος), Ios, Cyclades: a large, exceptionally preserved Early Cycladic II (Keros-Syros) settlement of the mid-3rd millennium BC, with 55 two-storey buildings, radiocarbon-dated to end c. 2550–2500 BC.
Skarn
Skarn is a coarse-grained metamorphic rock rich in garnet, pyroxene, and other calc-silicate minerals, formed where magma intrudes and alters carbonate rocks such as limestone.
Skarv field
Skarv is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea, discovered in 1998 and produced through an FPSO vessel by operator Aker BP since 2012.
Skarv Oil and Gas Field
Skarv is an oil and gas field in the northern Norwegian Sea, discovered in 1998, producing since 2013 and operated by Aker BP via a floating production vessel.
Skat (card game)
Skat, Germany's national card game: a three-player, 32-card trick-taking game with bidding, invented around 1810 in Altenburg from Schafkopf, L'Hombre, Solo, and Tarock; jacks are top trumps, declarer needs 61 of 120 card points.
Skate (2025 video game)
skate. (2025) is EA Full Circle's free-to-play, always-online multiplayer skateboarding sandbox set in San Vansterdam, released in Early Access September 16, 2025 on PC and consoles; first new Skate entry in 15 years, with seasons, San Van Bucks, and no offline mode.
Skate (fish)
Skates are flattened cartilaginous fishes (Rajiformes, 284 species) related to sharks and rays, with pointed snouts, thick tails, and egg cases (mermaid's purses) rather than live birth; they favor cold temperate and deep waters and support managed fisheries such as the NOAA Northeast skate complex.
Skate 3
Skate 3 (EA Black Box, May 11, 2010) is the third Skate series skateboarding game, set in Port Carverton with team-based career, Hall of Meat, Skate.Park editor, and Flick-It controls; predecessor to 2025's skate.
Skate America
Skate America is an annual international figure skating competition held in the United States as one stop of the ISU Grand Prix, traditionally the series' opening event.
Skate Canada International
Skate Canada International is an annual international figure skating competition held in Canada since 1973 and, since 1995, part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.