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South Australian Railways 520 class
The South Australian Railways 520 class, nicknamed the "Whispering Giants", was twelve streamlined 4-8-4 steam locomotives built at Islington Workshops between 1943 and 1947 for fast passenger work on lightly laid lines.
South Australian Railways steel carriage stock
The South Australian Railways steel carriage stock was a fleet of all-steel broad gauge passenger carriages built at the Islington Railway Workshops between 1936 and 1942.
South Australian Register
South Australian Register, originally the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, was South Australia's first newspaper, founded in London in June 1836, an Adelaide daily from 1850, closed 1931 after purchase by Keith Murdoch.
South Bačka
South Bačka, also called the South Bačka District (Serbian: Južnobački okrug), is an administrative district of Serbia in southern Bačka, Vojvodina, with about 607,000 inhabitants and its seat at Novi Sad.
South Bangkok power station
South Bangkok power station (โรงไฟฟ้าพระนครใต้) is an Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand plant in Samut Prakan Province south of Bangkok, operating as a combined cycle plant since the 1980s.
South Bay (bay)
South Bay: name of several Antarctic bays, chiefly a large inlet between Hannah Point and Miers Bluff on the south coast of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands (62°39′S 60°29′W), known to sealers from 1820, hosting Bulgarian and Spanish bases and a leopard seal aggregation; also a bay at Cape Evans, Ross Island.
South Bay Lakers
South Bay Lakers, formerly Los Angeles D-Fenders, were the Los Angeles Lakers' NBA G League affiliate in El Segundo from 2006 to 2026, renamed Coachella Valley Lakers in 2026.
South Beach
South Beach (SoBe) is the southernmost neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida, south of 23rd Street on a barrier island. Known for the Art Deco Historic District, listed 1979, Ocean Drive, Lincoln Road, and sea level rise exposure.
South Beach Tow
South Beach Tow: truTV reality-style docudrama (2011-2014, four seasons) about Tremont Towing of Miami, produced with Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions; real business, but truTV admitted scenes were staged reenactments.
South Bend, Indiana
South Bend, Indiana: city on the St. Joseph River, county seat of St. Joseph County, home of Notre Dame and the Studebaker Corporation (wagons from 1852, autos 1902–1963); population about 103,000.
South Border (group)
South Border is a Filipino pop and R&B band formed in Davao City in 1993 and led by Jay Durias, known for the ballads "Kahit Kailan" and "Rainbow".
South Boston
South Boston (Southie), a Boston peninsula annexed in 1804, became the city's defining Irish American enclave, site of Dorchester Heights, the Evacuation Day parade, the 1970s busing crisis, and Seaport redevelopment.
South Bow
South Bow, formally South Bow Corporation, is a Canadian energy infrastructure company created when TC Energy spun off its Liquids Pipelines business on October 1, 2024, operating the Keystone Pipeline system.
South Bridge
South Bridge, also called Crowthorpe Bridge, is an 18th-century seven-arch limestone bridge over the River Nene between Oundle and Barnwell, Northamptonshire; a scheduled monument (NHLE 1003627) and Grade II listed building, distinct from Edinburgh's South Bridge.
South Bronx
The South Bronx is the area of the Bronx south of the Cross Bronx Expressway, known for 1970s urban decline, community-led rebuilding, and the birth of hip-hop.
South by Southwest
South by Southwest (SXSW), annual March conference and festival in Austin, Texas, founded 1987 by Austin Chronicle staff; combines tech, film & TV, music, and comedy programming; 309,300 attendees in 2025.
South by Southwest London
South by Southwest London (SXSW London) is the first European edition of the Austin festival, held each June in Shoreditch, East London. Launched June 2025 with 25,327 attendees and a visit from King Charles III, it combines conference, music, film and visual arts programming, independently owned from the US event.
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCS), formerly RAAS, one of Nicaragua's two Caribbean coast autonomous regions created by Law 28 in 1987, seat Bluefields, 11 municipalities, 45-member Regional Council, communal land regime under Law 445.
South Carolina
South Carolina: southeastern U.S. state, one of the 13 original colonies; first state to secede December 20, 1860. Three regions (Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain); population 5,570,274 (2025 est.).
South Carolina Democratic Party
South Carolina Democratic Party (SCDP), state Democratic Party affiliate founded in the 1790s, reformed after 1876. Chaired by Christale Spain since 2023; lost 31 straight statewide races; first 2028 primary state.
South Carolina Department of Transportation
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is the state agency responsible for South Carolina's highways, established in 1993. It maintains over 41,000 road miles, the fourth largest state-owned system in the nation.
South Carolina Gamecocks
South Carolina Gamecocks: University of South Carolina athletic teams (also Fighting Gamecocks), NCAA Division I, SEC since 1990; nickname adopted 1902 after a Clemson banner dispute; garnet and black; mascot Cocky since 1980; nine national titles.
South Carolina Gamecocks football
South Carolina Gamecocks football, the University of South Carolina's SEC team since 1992. Gamecock mascot since 1902, ACC champs 1969, 21-year independent era, Heisman winner George Rogers, plays at Williams-Brice Stadium.
South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball: University of South Carolina NCAA Division I program in the SEC. Under Dawn Staley (hired 2008) it won national titles in 2017, 2022, and a perfect 38-0 2024 season, with record attendance at Colonial Life Arena.
South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina General Assembly: bicameral state legislature with a 124-member House (two-year terms) and 46-member Senate (four-year terms), meeting in Columbia; post-2024 Republican majorities of 89-35 and 34-12.
South Carolina in the American Civil War
South Carolina in the American Civil War: first state to secede (December 20, 1860), site of Fort Sumter's opening shots (April 12, 1861), major Confederate manpower and supply source, and overrun by Sherman's army in early 1865.
South Carolina Lowcountry
South Carolina Lowcountry: coastal plain region of southern South Carolina, home of Gullah Geechee culture, rice plantations, vast salt marshes, tourism and agriculture economies, and sea-level rise risk.
South Carolina Public Service Authority
South Carolina Public Service Authority, commonly known as Santee Cooper, is a state-owned electric and water utility headquartered in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, created by the General Assembly in 1934.
South Caucasus
South Caucasus (Transcaucasia): region of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia south of the Greater Caucasus between the Black and Caspian Seas; independent since 1991, shaped by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and pipeline corridors.
South Caucasus Gas Pipeline
The South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), also known as the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline, carries gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field through Georgia to Turkey's grid at Erzurum, completed in 2006.