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Sibasa village, Limpopo province, South Africa. It was once the capital of the nonindependent Bantustan of Venda. A station was established there in 1872 by Carl Beuster of the Berlin Mission. The village is an industrial growth centre just northeast of Thohoyandou and about 4 miles (7 km) north of the ... Sibawayh celebrated grammarian of the Arabic language. Sibbald, Sir Robert Scottish physician and antiquarian, who became the first professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh (1685), which became thereafter, for more than a century, one of the greatest centres of medical research in Europe. Sibelius, Jean Finnish composer, the most noted symphonic composer of Scandinavia. Sibenik port in Croatia. It lies along the estuary of the Krka River formed as the latter flows into the Adriatic Sea. Linked by a rail line to Zagreb, Sibenik is a coastal shipping station, with major exports of bauxite, timber, building stone, wines, and liqueurs. There is a shipyard, a ... Siberia vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan, constituting all of northern Asia. Siberia extends from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east and southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and the borders of Mongolia and China. Siberian anticyclone a semipermanent system of high atmospheric pressure centred in northeastern Siberia during the colder half of the year. The anticyclone forms because of the intense cooling of the surface layers of air over the continent during this season. It is usually quite shallow in vertical extent, rarely persisting to altitudes ... Siberian Chronicles a series of Russian chronicles dating from the late 16th through the 18th century and dealing with the history of Siberia. They individually go by such names as the Esipov, Kungur, Remezov, and Stroganov chronicles (about 40 in all) and collectively constitute the basic source for the study of early ... Siberian husky breed of working dog raised in Siberia by the Chukchi people, who valued it as a sled dog, companion, and guard. It was brought to Alaska in 1909 for sled-dog races and soon became established as a consistent winner. A graceful dog with erect ears and a dense, soft coat, ... Siberian peoples any of a large number of small ethnic groups living in Siberia. Most engage either in reindeer herding or fishing, while some also hunt furbearing animals or farm and raise horses or cattle. In the past, many had both summer and winter dwellings, their winter homes sometimes being partially or ... Siberut Island largest island in the Mentawai group of islands, Sumatera Barat provinsi (province), Indonesia. Siberut lies off the western coast of Sumatra, about 90 miles (145 km) west-southwest of and across the Mentawai Strait from Padang city. The island is 25 miles (40 km) wide and 70 miles (110 km) long. ... sibilant in phonetics, a fricative consonant sound, in which the tip, or blade, of the tongue is brought near the roof of the mouth and air is pushed past the tongue to make a hissing sound. In English s, z, sh, and zh (the sound of the s in "pleasure") are ... Sibiryakov, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Russian gold-mine proprietor, who was noted for both his financing of explorations in Siberia and for his own expeditions in the area. Sibiu judet (county), central Romania. The Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians), including the Sebes, Lotru, and Fagaras ranges, rise in the southern portion of the county. Settlement areas are in intermontane valleys. Sibiu city, a cultural and industrial centre, is the county capital. Metal products, chemicals, and machinery are manufactured in Sibiu, ... Sibiu city, central Romania. It lies along the Cibin River at an elevation of 1,350-1,400 feet (410-425 metres) above sea level. Sibiu is situated on the north side of the Turnu Rosu ("Red Tower") Pass, which links Transylvania to southern Romania across the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians). Sibley Provincial Park park, southwestern Ontario, Canada, on Sibley Peninsula on the northern shore of Lake Superior, 20 miles (32 km) east of Thunder Bay. Established in 1950, the park has an area of 94 square miles (243 square km). It is the site of the 19th-century village of Silver Islet (including a ... Sibley, Hiram a founder and president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. sibling typically, a brother or a sister. Many societies choose not to differentiate children who have both parents in common from those who share only one parent; all are known simply as siblings. In those societies that do differentiate children on this basis, the former are known as full siblings, and ... sibling rivalry intense competition among siblings for recognition and the attention of their parents. Sibling rivalry normally begins when a baby is introduced to a family and the older sibling fears the baby will replace him or her. The older child may become extremely jealous and display aggressive behaviour toward the baby ... Sibolga kota (city), western North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) propinsi (or provinsi; province), Indonesia. It is located on Sumatra's western coast about 130 miles (210 km) south of Medan, the provincial capital. Sibolga is a port on Sibolga Bay of the Indian Ocean and is linked by road with the cities of ... Sibsagar town, eastern Assam state, northeastern India. Sibsagar lies on the Dikhu River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, 30 miles (50 km) east-northeast of Jorhat. The Tai-speaking Ahoms came to the area from Yunnan province, China, in the 13th century. Sibsagar was the capital of the Ahom kingdom in the 18th ... Sibu city, Sarawak state, East Malaysia. It is situated at the confluence of the Rajang and Igan rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) from the South China Sea coast. As a river port, it serves small oceangoing vessels and exports timber, rubber, and pepper. Sibu has an airport and a technical ... Sibyl queen of the crusader state of Jerusalem (1186-90). Sibyl prophetess in Greek legend and literature. Tradition represented her as a woman of prodigious old age uttering predictions in ecstatic frenzy, but she was always a figure of the mythical past, and her prophecies, in Greek hexameters, were handed down in writing. In the 5th and early 4th centuries BC, ... Sibylline Oracles collection of oracular prophecies in which Jewish or Christian doctrines were allegedly confirmed by a sibyl (legendary Greek prophetess); the prophecies were actually the work of certain Jewish and Christian writers from about 150 BC to about AD 180 and are not to be confused with the Sibylline Books, a ... sic bo gambling game played with dice that is widely popular in Asia. During the 1980s and '90s, it spread to American and European casinos, partially in an effort to appeal to gamblers from the East. The name sic bo means "dice pair" in Chinese. The game is closely related to grand ... Sicani according to ancient Greek writers, the aboriginal inhabitants of central Sicily, as distinguished from the Siculi of eastern Sicily and the Elymi of western Sicily. Archaeologically there is no substantial difference between Sicani and Siculi (Sicels) in historical times; but the Greek historian Thucydides believed the Sicani to be Iberians ... Sicard, Roch-Ambroise Cucurron, Abbe French educator who was a pioneer in the teaching of the deaf. Sicel language language spoken by the ancient Siculi (Sicels) in Italy and Sicily. The language is known from four inscriptions dating from the 3rd century BC and from several coins dating from the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Sichuan sheng (province) of China. It is located in the upper Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) valley in the southwestern part of the country. Sichuan is the second largest of the Chinese provinces. It is bordered by the provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi to the north, the territory of Chongqing municipality to ... Sichuan Basin basin comprising the greater part of eastern Sichuan province and the western portion of Chongqing municipality, southwestern China. It is surrounded by the highlands of the Plateau of Tibet on the west and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau on the south and the Wu Mountains on the east and the Daba Mountains ... Sichuan earthquake of 2008 massive earthquake that on May 12, 2008, brought enormous devastation to the mountainous central region of Sichuan province in southwestern China. The epicentre of the magnitude-7.9 quake (measured as magnitude 8.0 by the Chinese) was in the city of Wenchuan, about 60 miles (100 km) north-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial ... Sicilian octave an Italian stanza or poem having eight lines of 11 syllables (hendecasyllables) rhyming abababab. The form may have originated in Tuscany about the 13th century, though little is known about its origins. The Sicilian octave was in use until the 16th century, when the madrigal overtook it in popularity. Sicilian school group of Sicilian, southern Italian, and Tuscan poets centred in the courts of Emperor Frederick II (1194-1250) and his son Manfred (d. 1266); they established the vernacular, as opposed to Provencal, as the standard language for Italian love poetry, and they also, under the influence of Provencal, northern French, and ... Sicilian Vespers (1282) massacre of the French with which the Sicilians began their revolt against Charles I, Angevin king of Naples and Sicily; it precipitated a French-Aragonese struggle for possession of that kingdom. Its name derives from a riot that took place in a church outside Palermo at the hour of vespers ... Sicily island of Italy, the largest and one of the most densely populated in the Mediterranean Sea. Together with the Egadi, Lipari, Pelagie, and Panteleria islands, Sicily forms an autonomous region of Italy. It lies about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Tunisia (northern Africa). The island is separated from the ... Sickel, Theodor von German historian of the early European Middle Ages who is considered the founder of modern diplomatics, the critical method for determining the authenticity of documents. Sickert, Walter Richard painter and printmaker who was a pivotal figure in British avant-garde painting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sickingen, Franz von prominent figure of the early years of the Reformation in Germany. sickle one of the most ancient of harvesting tools, consisting of a metal blade, usually curved, attached to a short wooden handle. The short handle forces the user to harvest in a stooped or squatting position. The longer-handled scythe, the user of which remains upright, evolved from the sickle. Harvesting with ... sickle cell anemia hereditary disease that destroys red blood cells by causing them to take on a rigid "sickle" shape. The disease is characterized by many of the symptoms of chronic anemia (fatigue, pale skin, and shortness of breath) as well as susceptibility to infection, jaundice and other eye problems, delayed growth, and ... Sickles, Daniel Edgar American politician, soldier, and diplomat remembered for acquiring the land for Central Park in New York City. He was also the first person in the United States acquitted of murder on the grounds of temporary insanity. Siculi ancient Sicilian tribe that occupied the eastern part of Sicily. Old tales related that the Siculi once lived in central Italy but were driven out and finally crossed to Sicily, leaving remnants behind-e.g., at Locri. They are hard to identify archaeologically, although some words of their Indo-European language are known. ... Sicyon ancient Greek city in the northern Peloponnese about 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Corinth. Inhabited in Mycenaean times and later invaded by Dorians, Sicyon was subject to Argos for several centuries. In the 7th century BC, Sicyonian independence was established by non-Dorian tyrants, the Orthagorids. Under the Orthagorid ruler ... Sidamo any of the Cushitic-speaking peoples of southwestern Ethiopia who are not Oromo; they are mostly concentrated in the Omo River and Rift Valley regions. The Sidamo founded the Kefa kingdom in about AD 1400 and were subsequently controlled by both the "Abyssinians" (Amhara and Tigray) and the Oromo, whose invasions ... siddha in Jainism, one who has achieved perfection. By right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct a siddha has freed himself from the cycle of rebirths and resides in a state of perpetual bliss in the siddha-sila, at the top of the universe. The siddha and the other ascetics constitute the ... Siddha medicine traditional system of healing that originated in South India and is considered to be one of India's oldest systems of medicine. The Siddha system is based on a combination of ancient medicinal practices and spiritual disciplines as well as alchemy and mysticism. It is thought to have developed during the ... Siddhartha novel by Hermann Hesse based on the early life of Buddha, published in German in 1922. It was inspired by the author's visit to India before World War I. Siddique, Teepu Pakistani American neurologist best known for his discoveries concerning the genetic and molecular abnormalities underlying the neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; or Lou Gehrig disease). Siddons, Sarah one of the greatest English tragic actresses. siddur Jewish prayer book, which contains the entire Jewish liturgy used on the ordinary sabbath and on weekdays for domestic as well as synagogue ritual. It is distinguished from the mahzor, which is the prayer book used for the High Holidays. The prayers and benedictions of a siddur breathe Old Testament ...