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Somnolence
Somnolence, also called drowsiness, is the state of wanting to fall asleep; severe, lasting cases are called excessive daytime sleepiness, affecting 4–20% of the population.
Somnophilia
Somnophilia is a paraphilia, coined by John Money in 1986, involving sexual arousal toward sleeping or unconscious people; distinct from sexsomnia, it becomes a paraphilic disorder only with distress, impairment, or consent violations.
Somogy megye
Somogy megye (Somogy County), a Hungarian county in Southern Transdanubia with seat Kaposvár, bordering Lake Balaton and Croatia; Hungary's most sparsely populated county, 246 settlements, agriculture-dominated economy, fifth largest by area.
Somos Novios (It's Impossible)
Somos Novios (It's Impossible): bolero written and first recorded by Armando Manzanero in 1968; Sid Wayne's 1970 English adaptation became a top-ten Perry Como hit and a Latin Grammy Hall of Fame recording.
Somos.
Somos. is a 2021 Netflix Mexican miniseries created by James Schamus with Monika Revilla and Fernanda Melchor, dramatizing the 2011 Allende massacre by Los Zetas from the victims' perspective, based on Ginger Thompson's ProPublica investigation.
Somoza family
The Somoza family ruled Nicaragua 1936–1979 through the National Guard and US backing: founder Anastasio Somoza García, assassinated 1956, then sons Luis and Anastasio Somoza Debayle, overthrown by the FSLN in July 1979.
Sompo
Sompo Holdings, Inc. is a Japanese insurance group headquartered in Tokyo, tracing its origins to 1888, known for owning van Gogh's Sunflowers and writing more than ¥4.8 trillion in premiums.
Somtutefnakht
Somtutefnakht, also transliterated Sematawitefnakhte, was a priest and dignitary of Herakleopolis in Middle Egypt who lived through the Second Persian Domination and the early Macedonian period.
SOMUA SM
SOMUA SM: experimental French heavy tank prototype (1946–1953) by SOMUA of Saint-Ouen, rival to the AMX-50, with 100-mm autoloader gun in an oscillating turret; one 56-tonne prototype built, scrapped after failed 1953 trials. Not a trolleybus.
Somy Ali
Somy Ali (Somy Madan Ali), born 1976 in Karachi, is a Pakistani-born American former Bollywood actress of the 1990s (Anth, Andolan) and founder of the No More Tears nonprofit for domestic violence and trafficking victims.
Son
The Son (सोन), also written Sone, is a major ephemeral right-bank tributary of the Ganges in India, rising near Amarkantak and joining it near Patna.
Son (novel)
Son (2012) by Lois Lowry is the fourth and final Giver Quartet novel, following Birthmother Claire's search for her son Gabriel across the worlds of The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger, published by Houghton Mifflin.
Son 14
Son 14, also billed as Conjunto Son 14, is a Cuban son band founded in Santiago de Cuba in 1978, known for "A Bayamo en coche".
Son ar chistr
Son ar chistr, Breton "song of cider," opening "Ev chistr 'ta, Laou!", is a drinking song composed in 1929 by brothers Jean Bernard and Jean-Marie Prima, published by Polig Monjarret in 1951 and popularized by Alan Stivell's 1970 Reflets; it later became Bots' Zeven Dagen Lang and Scooter's How Much Is the Fish? Not an old folk air, despite its traditional sound.
Son Bou Basilica
Son Bou Basilica: early Christian basilica ruin at the east end of Son Bou beach, Alaior, Menorca; three naves, tripartite apse, monolithic cruciform font; traditionally 5th century, radiocarbon suggests 677-708 AD.
Son Byeong-hui
Son Byeong-hui (손병희, 1861 to 1922) was a Korean religious leader, third patriarch of Donghak, who renamed it Cheondogyo in 1905 and led the March First Movement of 1919.
Son Chang-hyun
Son Chang-hyun (손창현, born 1977) is a South Korean entrepreneur who founded OTD Corporation in 2014, creator of Korea's first restaurant select-shop, Over the Dish.
Son cubano
Son cubano: Cuban music-dance genre from eastern Cuba (Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, Holguín), fusing Spanish strings and song with Bantu rhythms and clave; base of salsa, mambo, chachachá; UNESCO heritage 2025.
Son Dam-bi (손담비)
Son Dam-bi (손담비), born 1983 in Seoul, is a South Korean singer and actress who debuted in 2007 with Cry Eye under Pledis Entertainment, known for Crazy, On a Saturday Night, and her role in When the Camellia Blooms.
Son Dong-myeong
Son Dong-myeong (손동명), known as Dongmyeong, is a South Korean singer and keyboardist in the boy band ONEWE, and the twin brother of Xion of ONEUS.
Son Dong-woon
Son Dong-woon (손동운) is a South Korean singer and the youngest member of the boy band Highlight, which he joined at its 2009 debut as Beast.
Son Espases Roman Camp
Son Espases Roman camp: late Republican legionary camp found in 2007 under the Son Espases hospital in Palma, Mallorca; founded c. 120/110 BC, abandoned c. 50 BC, capacity at least one legion, with a Talayotic sanctuary nearby.
Son Heung-min (손흥민)
Son Heung-min (손흥민), born 1992, is a South Korean footballer who won the 2021/22 Premier League Golden Boot and captained Tottenham before joining Los Angeles FC in 2025.
Son House
Son House (Eddie James House Jr., 1902–1988) was a Delta blues singer and bottleneck-slide guitarist, recorded by Paramount in 1930 and Alan Lomax in 1941–42, rediscovered in 1964 and celebrated in the folk revival.
Son huasteco
Son huasteco, also called huapango, is a Mexican folk music-and-dance style from the Huasteca region of northeastern Mexico, performed by a trio of violin, huapanguera, and jarana.
Son Hwa-jung
Son Hwa-jung (손화중, 1861–1895) was a Korean Donghak leader and one of three principal commanders of the 1894 Donghak Peasant Movement, executed in 1895 after the rising failed.
Son jarocho
Son jarocho is a Mexican regional music, dance, and poetic tradition from southern Veracruz, named for the jarocho people, blending Spanish, African, and Indigenous elements and performed communally at fandangos.
Son Jong-won
Son Jong-won (손종원) is a South Korean chef, executive chef of Seoul's two one-Michelin-star restaurants L'Amant Secret (French) and Eatanic Garden (Korean), a Culinary Class Wars 2 contestant, and a former civil engineering student trained at the CIA, Benu, and Noma.
Son La hydroelectric plant
The Son La hydroelectric plant (Thủy điện Sơn La) is a 2,400 MW hydropower station on the Da River in northwestern Vietnam, inaugurated in 2012.
Son Lux
Son Lux is an American experimental post-rock trio formed in 2007 in New York by Ryan Lott, later joined by Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang; Oscar-nominated for scoring Everything Everywhere All at Once.