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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.

Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai

Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (सिर्फ़ एक बंदा काफ़ी है), also called Bandaa, is a 2023 ZEE5 Hindi courtroom drama directed by Apoorv Singh Karki, starring Manoj Bajpayee as lawyer PC Solanki in the Asaram Bapu case; it won five Filmfare OTT Awards.

Sirf Tum (सिर्फ़ तुम)

Sirf Tum (सिर्फ़ तुम), also released as Only You, is a 1999 Hindi romance directed by Agathiyan, produced by Boney Kapoor, remaking Kadhal Kottai; Sanjay Kapoor and Priya Gill play letter-writing lovers who meet only at the end.

Sirhan Sirhan (سرحان بشارة سرحان)

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (سرحان بشارة سرحان), born 1944 in Jerusalem, is the Palestinian Christian convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel; serving life after his death sentence was commuted, repeatedly denied parole.

Siri

Siri is Apple's voice-based intelligent assistant across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and HomePod, launched as an iPhone 4S feature in October 2011 after Apple acquired it in 2010.

Siri (Apple Intelligence revamp)

Siri AI is Apple's rebuilt, large language model-powered Siri, announced at WWDC in June 2026 and shipped in beta in September 2026 as part of Apple Intelligence.

Siri AI

Siri AI is Apple's rebuilt, conversational version of the Siri voice assistant, announced at WWDC in June 2026 and released in beta in September 2026.

Siri Dahl

Siri Dahl, born 1988 in Minneapolis, is an American adult film performer, podcaster, and powerlifter, formerly known as simply Siri; active 2012–2015 and from 2020, an Adult Time ambassador and sex workers' rights advocate.

Siri Gunasinghe

Siri Gunasinghe (සිරි ගුණසිංහ, 1925–2017) was a Sri Lankan scholar, poet, and filmmaker who introduced free verse into Sinhala poetry with his 1956 collection Mas Le Nathi Ata.

Siri Remote

The Siri Remote, sold as the Apple TV Remote where Siri is unavailable, is Apple's wireless remote for Apple TV HD and 4K, introduced in 2015.

Siri Siri Muvva (సిరిసిరిమువ్వ)

Siri Siri Muvva (సిరిసిరిమువ్వ) is a 1976 Telugu musical drama directed by K. Viswanath, starring Jayaprada as a mute dancer and Chandramohan as a dappu drummer, with K.V. Mahadevan's 10-song score; remade in Hindi as Sargam (1979).

Siri Wigger

Siri Wigger, Swiss cross-country skier (born 2003, club am Bachtel), won two golds and a silver at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympics and junior world relay gold, then returned to World Cup racing in 2026 after years of illness.

Siriki Dembélé

Siriki Dembélé (Ben Siriki Dembélé, born 1996) is an Ivorian-born Scottish left winger at Oxford United; formerly Grimsby Town, Peterborough United, Bournemouth, Auxerre, and Birmingham City.

Sirikit (สิริกิติ์)

Queen Sirikit (สิริกิติ์) of Thailand, queen consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, Queen Mother and SUPPORT Foundation founder, born 1932, died 24 October 2025 at age 93; year-long royal mourning declared.

Sirikit Oil and Gas Field

The Sirikit Oil and Gas Field, also called S1, is Thailand's largest onshore oil field, discovered in 1981 and producing since 1982 in Kamphaeng Phet Province.

Sirilak Kwong (ศิรลักษณ์ คอง)

Sirilak Kwong (ศิริลักษณ์ คอง, 鄺玲玲), aka Lingling Kwong, born 1995 in Hong Kong, is a Thai-Hong Kong Channel 3 actress, Dior ambassador, founder of Always Wonder, and star of the 2024 GL hit The Secret of Us.

Sīrimaṇḍa Thera

Sīrimaṇḍa Thera (सीरिमण्ड थेर) is a monk-poet of the Theragāthā, the Pali verse collection, traditionally placed in the Buddha's own age and known through six verses.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike (සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක)

Sirimavo Bandaranaike (සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක; 1916–2000), Sri Lankan stateswoman and SLFP leader, became the world's first female prime minister on 21 July 1960, serving three terms (1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000) after her husband S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike's 1959 assassination.

Sirin Labs

Sirin Labs was an Israeli consumer-hardware startup founded in Tel Aviv in 2013 by Moshe Hogeg and Kenges Rakishev, maker of the $14,000 Solarin secure smartphone.

Sirindhorn

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (สมเด็จพระเทพรัตนราชสุดาฯ สยามบรมราชกุมารี), born 1955, is a daughter of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, known for education and rural development projects, science initiatives, and international cooperation.

Sirio

Sirio (Serione, Sirione) was a Roman road station in Gaul on the Burdigala–Aginnum road, 15–16 leagues from Bordeaux, near the Ciron–Garonne confluence; distinct from Siris of Magna Graecia and Sirino.

Siripon Kaewduang Ngam

Siripon Kaewduang Ngam (ศิริพร แก้วดวงงาม), Thai windsurfer born 1994 in Pattaya; Youth Olympic gold 2010 Techno 293, Asian Games gold 2022 RS:X after bronzes in 2014 and 2018, Olympian 2016 and 2020.