historic and cultural region encompassing the southeastern French departements of Haute-Savoie and Savoie and coextensive with the historic region of Savoy.
northwestern spurs of the Graian Alps (q.v.) in southeastern France between Lake Geneva (north), the middle Rhone River (west), and the Arc and Isere river valleys (south). The highest peak is Pointe de la Grande Casse (12,631 feet [3,850 m]), ...
meeting held in 1661 at the Savoy Palace, London, attended by 12 Anglican bishops and 12 Puritan ministers, with nine assistants from each side, in order to decide on revisions for The Book of Common Prayer; as a result of ...
statement of faith prepared in 1658 by a conference of English Congregationalists who met at Savoy Palace, London. The declaration consisted of three parts: a preface, a confession of faith, and a platform of discipline.
historic dynasty of Europe, the ruling house of Italy from 1861 to 1946. During the European Middle Ages the family acquired considerable territory in the western Alps where France, Italy, and Switzerland now converge. In the 15th century, the house ...
portion of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. It is bounded by the volcanic inner Banda Island arc (Flores, Solor, Lomblen, Pantar, and Alor) on the north and by the nonvolcanic outer arc (Sumba, Roti, ...
tool for cutting solid materials to prescribed lengths or shapes. Most saws take the form of a thin metal strip with teeth on one edge or a thin metal disk with teeth on the periphery. Usually the teeth are "set" ...
any of about four species of long-snouted marine sharks of the family Pristiophoridae. Saw sharks are found off South Africa, Australia, and eastern Asia and are characterized by a long, slender, sawlike snout equipped with sharp, toothlike projections on each ...
also called Galon U Saw Burmese political leader who conspired in the assassination of Aung San, the resistance leader who negotiated Burma's independence from the British.
(Echis carinatus), venomous snake of the family Viperidae, found in deserts and other arid regions from northern Africa to Ceylon. Though probably the most venomous of vipers, with a bite that is often fatal, it is rarely more than 60 ...
town, eastern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. Sawai Madhopur, a walled town, was laid out on a plan somewhat similar to that of Jaipur city by Madho Singh, maharaja of Jaipur (1751-68). The town is a major road and rail junction ...
town, northeastern Sudan, on the Red Sea coast south of Port Sudan. Originating in the 12th century as a rival port to 'Aydhab (Aidhab) to the north, where dues were levied on trade, it grew in importance after 'Aydhab's destruction ...
town, north-central Thailand, on the Yom River north of Sukhothai town. A few miles north of the present town are the remains of the ancient walled city of Sawankhalok. The old town was renowned for pottery manufacture. Pop. (1985 est.) ...
city, Chiba ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the lower Tone River. From the 17th to the early 20th century, Sawara was a commercial centre and river port whose importance was enhanced by the construction of the Narita Line (railway) to ...
segment of the southern Rocky Mountains in central Colorado, U.S., extending southeastward for 100 miles (160 km) from the Eagle River to the city of Saguache (a variant spelling of Sawatch). Bounded by the Arkansas River (east) and the Elk ...
any of several species of sharklike rays forming the genus Pristis and the family Pristidae. Sawfishes are found in shallow water in subtropical and tropical regions of the world. They are bottom dwellers, frequenting bays and estuaries and sometimes swimming ...
any member of the superfamily Tenthredinoidea (order Hymenoptera), a large and widely distributed group of insects. The superfamily consists of five families: Argidae, argid sawflies; Pergidae, pergid sawflies; Cimbicidae, cimbicid sawflies; Diprionidae, conifer sawflies; and Tenthredinidae, typical sawflies.
muhafazah (governorate) in Upper Egypt, south of Asyut and north of Qina governorates. It is a ribbonlike stretch of the fertile Nile River valley about 60 miles (100 km) long, with an area of 597 square miles (1,547 square km). ...
town and capital of Sawhaj muhafazah (governorate) in the Nile River valley of Upper Egypt. The town is located on the Nile's western bank between Asyut and Jirja, immediately across from Akhmim on the eastern bank. It has cotton-ginning, textile-weaving, ...
device for cutting up bars of material or for cutting out shapes in plates of raw material. The cutting tools of sawing machines may be thin metallic disks with teeth on their edges, thin metal blades or flexible bands with ...
machine or plant with power-driven machines for sawing logs into rough-squared sections or into planks and boards. A sawmill may be equipped with planing, molding, tenoning, and other machines for finishing processes. The biggest mills are usually situated where timber ...
island and island group in the Savu Sea, Nusa Tenggara Timur provinsi ("province"), Indonesia. The island group includes Sawu (160 square miles [414 square km]), Raijua (14 square miles [36 square km]), and several other islets located about 100 miles ...
any of a family of brass wind instruments patented by the Belgian instrument-maker Antoine-Joseph Sax, known as Adolphe Sax, in Paris in 1845. Saxhorns, one of many 19th-century developments from the valved bugle, provided military bands with a homogeneous series ...
the saxifrage family of flowering plants, in the order Rosales, comprising 36 genera of mostly perennial dicotyledonous herbs. The members are cosmopolitan in distribution but native primarily to northern cold and temperate regions. Members of the family have leaves that ...
any of a genus of flowering plants, of the family Saxifragaceae, native in temperate, subarctic, and alpine areas. About 300 species have been identified. Many of them are valued as rock-garden subjects, and some are grown in garden borders. As ...
historian whose Gesta Danorum ("Story of the Danes) is the first important work on the history of Denmark and the first Danish contribution to world literature.
member of a Germanic people who in ancient times lived in the area of modern Schleswig and along the Baltic coast. The period of Roman decline in the West was marked by vigorous Saxon piracy in the North Sea. During ...
several former states in the Thuringian region of east-central Germany, ruled by members of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin between 1485 and 1918; today their territory occupies Thuringia Land (state) and a small portion of northern Bavaria ...
ruling house of German kings (Holy Roman emperors) from 919 to 1024. It came to power when the Liudolfing duke of Saxony was elected German king as Henry I (later called the Fowler), in 919.
Land (state), eastern Germany. Saxony Land was re-created in the process of the reunification of East with West Germany in 1990 from the former East German Bezirke (districts) of Dresden, Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt), and most of Leipzig, along with a ...
any of several major territories in German history. It has been applied: (1) before AD 1180, to an extensive far-north German region including Holstein but lying mainly west and southwest of the estuary and lower course of the Elbe River; ...
Land (state), east-central Germany. Saxony-Anhalt had its origins in the principality of Anhalt (q.v.), which was a duchy from 1863 to 1918 and a Land of Germany from 1918 until 1945, when it became part of Saxony-Anhalt. The latter was ...
any of a family of single-reed wind instruments ranging from soprano to bass and characterized by a conical metal tube and finger keys. The first saxophone was patented by Antoine-Joseph Sax in Paris in 1846.
naturalist often considered to be the founder of descriptive entomology in the United States. His work, which was almost entirely taxonomic, was quickly recognized by European zoologists.
large upland region lying along the frontiers of east-central Russia and Mongolia. Within Russia the mountains occupy the southern parts of the Krasnoyarsk kray (region) and Irkutsk oblast (province), the northern part of Tuva, and the west of Buryatiya.
British language scholar whose many valuable contributions to ancient Middle Eastern linguistic research included the first grammar in English of Assyrian.
English scholar and writer whose numerous mystery stories featuring the witty and charming Lord Peter Wimsey combined the attractions of scholarly erudition and cultural small talk with the puzzle of detection.
American gridiron football player who in 1977 became the youngest player ever voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Though knee injuries shortened his career, Sayers showed in his seven seasons that he was one of the most elusive ...
ruler of northern Syria who was the founder and the most prominent prince of the Arab Hamdanid dynasty of Aleppo. He was famous for his patronage of scholars and for his military struggles against the Greeks.
(Arabic: "master," or "lord"), Arabic title of respect, sometimes restricted, as is the title sharif, to the Banu Hashim, members of Muhammad's clan; in particular, the descendants of Muhammad's uncles al-'Abbas and Abu Talib and of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib ...
rulers of India's Delhi sultanate (c. 1414-51) as successors of the Tughluq dynasty until displaced by the Afghan Lodis; this family claimed to be sayyids, or descendants of the Prophet Muhammad. The central authority of the Delhi sultanate had been ...
