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S. H. Kress & Co.
A Kress store building, showing the characteristic design S. H. Kress & Co. was the trading name of a chain of "five and dime" retail department stores in the United States, which operated from 1896 to 1981. The subsidiary chain in Puerto Rico survived the parent company and is still in busines..
Sähkö Recordings
Sähkö Recordings is a record label in Helsinki, Finland. Sähkö ("electricity" in Finnish) was founded by Tommi Grönlund in 1993. The label gained international acclaim by its minimalist electronic releases. Sähkö Recordings has also such sublabels as Puu, Keys of Life and Jazzpuu. On Sähkö ..
ShKAS machine gun
The ShKAS (Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelnij, Shpitalny-Komaritski rapid fire machine gun for aircraft; Russian: ШКАС - Шпитальный, Комарицкий, Авиационный, Скорострельный) is a 7.62 mm machine gun widely used by Soviet aircraft in the ..
Shkembe
Shkembe chorba İşkembe or (Bulgarian) shkembe (шкембе) is a kind of tripe soup prepared mainly in Turkey and Bulgaria. The name işkembe is a Turkish word of for belly, but also stands as the short for İşkembe çorbası or shkembe chorba in Bulgarian. (chorba is also Turkish for soup..
Shkhara
Shkhara is the highest point in Georgia (the country) at 17,060 feet/5,201 metres. Some sources, including the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, give the estimation of only 5,068 metres (16,627 feet). Located in the Svaneti region along the Russian frontier, Shkhara lies 55 miles north of the isolated cit..
ShKH Zuzana
--> ZUZANA - 155 mm Self-propelled Gun Howitzer is a modern Slovak artillery system with a 45-caliber gun and automatic loader for loading of both, a projectile and charge. It is based on the DANA 152mm self-propelled howitzer. The system features long range, high accuracy and rate of fire, promp..
Shkin
Shkin is a village in the Paktika Province of Afghanistan. Located across from the Pakistani border town of Angoradah. The area of Shkin and immediately to the north, the Bermel Valley, is primarily populated by Ethnic Pashtuns who share many of the same characteristics of their neighbors in South..
Shklar
Shklar can refer to: Judith N. Shklar, an American political scientist;Leon Shklar, a software developer and an author on the subject of web development. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, yo..
Shkloŭ
Škłoŭ (Belarusian: ; Russian: ) is a town in the Mogilev Province of Belarus, located 35 km north of Mogilev on the Dnieper river. It is a station on the railway line between Orsha and Mogilev. The population is 15,900 (2004). Contents 1 History2 Transport3 People4 Extern..
Shkodër
Shkodër --> Latin nameScodra Alternative and foreign namesAlbanian: Shkodra Italian: Scutari Serbian: Скадар/Skadar German: Skutari Turkish: İşkodra Founded4th century B.C. LanguageAlbanian and Italian ReligionThe Catholics and Muslims coexist and religious freedom does exis..
Shkodër County
The County of Shkodër (Albanian: Qarku i Shkodrës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. It consists of the districts Malësi e Madhe, Pukë and Shkodër. The capital of the County of Shkodër is the city Shkodër. ..
Shkodër District
The District of Shkodër (Albanian: Rrethi i Shkodrës) is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania. It has a population of 185,000 (2004 estimate), and an area of 1,631 km². It is in the north of the country, and its capital is Shkodër. Districts of Albania Berat | Bulqizë | Delvinë | ..
Shkumbin
The Shkumbin (Albanian indefinite form, the definite form is Shkumbini) is a river in central Albania, flowing into the Adriatic Sea. It is considered the dividing line for two dialects of the Albanian language: Tosk (to the south) and Gheg (to the north). Elbasan is a large city on this river. ..
Shōkei
Shōkei (証恵; 1496-1574) was a relative to Honganji Kennyo, and the administrator of the Ganshou Temple (願証寺). In the battle between Shōkei and Oda Nobunaga, Shōkei even sent out Nobunaga's brother Oda Nobuoki to take his own life. In the face of many fierce attacks, he finally accepted d..
Shōki (Inuyasha)
In the manga and anime series, InuYasha, shōki (瘴気), which is known as miasma in the English version, is a poisonous gas employed by Naraku. It is not so much an attack as it is a boundary. The shōki is a standing field of purplish gas, toxic in nature, which surrounds any place he wishes to..
Shūkanshi
Shūkanshi (週刊誌) is a Japanese term for controversial muckraking weekly tabloid newspapers, named after the Shukan Shincho, a pioneer in the Japanese news market after World War II. As noted by Watanabe and Gamble in the Japan Media Review, the genre is "often described as bizarre blends of v..
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