Saros may refer to:
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Saros (astronomy)
The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros period ...
, an 18-year period, across which lunar and solar eclipses repeat
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Saros (Nigeria)
The Saro, or Nigerian Creoles of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, were Yoruba Liberated Africans emancipated and initially resettled in Freetown, Sierra Leone by the Royal Navy, which, with the West Africa Squadron, enforced the abo ...
, descendants of free slaves from Sierra Leone who migrated to Nigeria
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SS Saros, a shipwreck off the southeast coast of Australia
* SAROS, a
wave-powered desalination
Desalination is a process that takes away mineral components from saline water. More generally, desalination refers to the removal of salts and minerals from a target substance, as in soil desalination, which is an issue for agriculture. Saltw ...
technology
People
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Juuse Saros
Juuse Saros (born 19 April 1995) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Saros was selected by the Predators in the fourth round (99th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
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(born 1995), Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Nashville Predators
Places
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Botaş Saros FSRU Terminal
Botaş Saros FSRU Terminal ( tr, BOTAŞ Saros FSRU Limanı) is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal under construction. Owned by the Turkish state-owned corporation BOTAŞ, it is located at the northeastern shore of the Gulf of Saros in Turkey. ...
, an LNG terminal in the Gulf of Saros, Turkey
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Saros (Greece)
Saros or Sarus ( grc, Σάρος) was a city and ''polis'' (city-state) of ancient Greece on the island of the same name. It was a member of the Delian League
The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, numbe ...
, an ancient city-state in the Aegean Sea
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Saros (island)
Saria Island ( el, Σαρία), anciently known as Sarus or Saros ( grc, Σάρος), is an island in Greece. It is a rocky, volcanic island just to the north of Karpathos, separated from it by a strait 100 m (330 ft) wide. It is part ...
, an island in the Aegean Sea
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Gulf of Saros
Saros Bay or Gulf of Saros ( tr, Saros Körfezi; el, κόλπος του Σάρρου) is a gulf in the Dardanelles, Turkey. Ancient Greeks called it the Gulf of Melas (), before it was renamed.
The bay is long and wide. Far from industrial ...
, an inlet of the Aegean Sea
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Sáros county
Sáros (- Hungarian, Slovak: ''Šariš'', Latin: ''comitatus Sarossiensis'', German: ''Scharosch'') was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northeastern Slovakia. Today, Šariš is only an infor ...
, a former division (''vármegye'') of the Kingdom of Hungary
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Šariš
Šariš is the traditional name of a region situated in northeastern Slovakia. It encompasses the territory of the former (comitatus) Sáros county.
History
Sáros county was created in the 13th century from the ''comitatus Novi Castri'' (name ...
( hu, Sáros, links=no), a historical region of Slovakia, encompassing the territory of the former Sáros county
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Șoarș
Șoarș (german: Scharosch bei Fogarasch; Saxon dialect: ''Schursch''; hu, Sáros) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bărcuț, Felmer, Rodbav, Seliștat and Șoarș. Each village has a fortifie ...
( hu, Sáros, links=no), Brașov County, a commune in Romania
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Șaroș pe Târnave, a village in Dumbrăveni town, Sibiu County, Romania
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Saroș, a tributary of the
Bâsca in Covasna County, Romania
* Șaroș, a tributary of the
Tisza
The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders.
The Tisza be ...
in Maramureș County, Romania
* The ancient name of the
Seyhan River
The Seyhan River (formerly written ''Seihan'', ''Sihun''; ancient name: grc, Σάρος, ''Sáros''), alternatively known as ''Sarus'' (or in Turkish as ''Sarus Su''),John Garstang and O.R. Gurney is the longest river of Cilicia and the lon ...
, Turkey
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