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(Encyclopedia) Sophia, Santa: see Hagia Sophia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Santa Maura, Greece: see Lefkás.

(Encyclopedia) Santa Sophia: see Hagia Sophia.

(Encyclopedia) Segni, Antonio äntôˈnyō sĕnˈyē [key], 1891–1972, Italian political leader. A lawyer, he entered national politics in 1919 as a leader of the Popular party, the forerunner of the Christian Dem...

(Encyclopedia) Noriega, Manuel Antonio mänwĕlˈ äntōˈnyō nôryāˈgə [key], 1934–2017, Panamanian general. Commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces from 1983, when he promoted himself to full general, Nor...

(Encyclopedia) Ulloa, Francisco de ᵺā o͞olyōˈä [key], d. c.1540, Spanish explorer in Mexico. Against the orders of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, Hernán Cortés sent Ulloa to explore the Gulf of California. In...

(Encyclopedia) Éboli, Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda, princesa de äˈnä ᵺā māndōˈthä ᵺā lä thārˈdä prēnthāˈsä ᵺā āˈbōlē [key], 1540–92, Spanish noblewoman. After the death (1573) of her hus...

(Encyclopedia) Lucia, Santa: see Lucy, Saint.

(Encyclopedia) Santa Isabel: see Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. ...