Saint Petersburg, n.
a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
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a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort
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Saint Polycarp, n.
Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155)
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Saint Teresa of Avila, n.
Spanish mystic and religious reformer; author of religious classics and a Christian saint (1515-1582)
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Saint Thomas, n.
(Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)
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the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes
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Saint Thomas Aquinas, n.
(Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)
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Saint Thomas a Becket, n.
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)
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Saint Ulmo's fire, n.
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
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Saint Ulmo's light, n.
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
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Saint Valentine's Day, n.
a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
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Saint Vincent, n.
an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, n.
an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979
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Saint Vitus dance, n.
chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever
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Saint-Bernard's-lily, n.
southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
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Saint-John's-bread, n.
powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
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Saint-Mihiel, n.
a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
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Saint-Saens, n.
French pianist and composer (1835-1921)
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Saintpaulia, n.
east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated
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Saintpaulia ionantha, n.
tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers
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Saints Peter and Paul, n.
first celebrated in the 3rd century
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Saipan, n.
US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
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the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States
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Sajama, n.
a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high)
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Sakartvelo, n.
a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
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Sakharov, n.
Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)
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Saki, n.
British writer of short stories (1870-1916)
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Sakkara, n.
a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids
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Sakti, n.
the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi
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Saktism, n.
worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
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a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti
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Saladin, n.
sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
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Salafast Group for Call and Combat, n.
an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa
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Salafi movement, n.
a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world
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