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(sy ´rä m r ´nä) (KEY) , mountain range, SW Spain, extending c.375 mi (600 km) eastward along the southern edge of the Meseta (central plateau) fr...
(yô´z f väts´läf slä´d k) (KEY) , 1845–1912, Czech poet and translator. He lived in the United States from 1868 to 1870. Sládek later taught...
(s r k´ ) (KEY) [Ital., from Arab. sharq=east], hot, dust-laden, dry, southerly wind originating in the N African desert (most commonly in the sprin...
1823–83, English electrical engineer, b. Germany; brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens. Originally his name was Carl Wilhelm Siemens. After visiting ...
(sl v ´n ) (KEY) , Croatian Slavonija, historic region, part of Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the ...
(s b ´z ) (KEY) , 1899–1982, king of Swaziland (1921–82). He became paramount chief of the Swazi in 1921, after a 22-year regency, and was recogn...