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Żagań
Żagań (French language, French and , ) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019), capital of Żagań County in the Lubusz Voivodeship, located in the historic region of Lower Silesia.
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Duchy of Żagań
The Duchy of Żagań (, ) or Duchy of Sagan () was one of the duchies of Silesia ruled by the Silesian Piasts. Its capital was Żagań in Lower Silesia, the territory stretched to the town of Nowogród Bobrzański in the north and reached the Lusa ...
(1274–1549), one of the duchies of Silesia
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Sagan, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
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Sagan, West Azerbaijan, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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Sagan, Ethiopia
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Sagan River, Ethiopia
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ÅžaÄŸan
ÅžaÄŸan (also, Shagan and Shagany) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,191. Shaghan Castle is located here.
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2709 Sagan, asteroid named after Carl Sagan
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Sagan (crater), impact crater on Mars named after Carl Sagan
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Segan
The Aramaic term ''segan'' (סגן) or ''segan hakohanim'' () is a title used in the Talmud to refer to the priest serving as the deputy to the High Priest of Israel.
Hebrew Bible
The form ''segan'' is Aramaic (סְגַן), appearing 5 times in th ...
, an Aramaic term for the deputy of a civil or religious leader, rendered as ''sagan'' in Hebrew
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Anna of Sagan (died 1541), duchess by marriage to Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels
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Alexandra "Sasha" Sagan (born 1982), American author, television producer, and filmmaker
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Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, including e ...
(1934–1996), American astronomer, science writer, and advocate for rationalism and skepticism
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Dorion Sagan (born 1959), American writer, one of Carl Sagan's sons
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Françoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan (; born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois ch ...
(1935–2004), French writer
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Ginetta Sagan
Ginetta Sagan (June 1, 1925 – August 25, 2000) was an Italian-born American human rights activist best known for her work with Amnesty International on behalf of prisoners of conscience.
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(1925–2000), American human-rights activist
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Hedwig of Sagan
Hedwig of Sagan (; before 1350 – 27 March 1390) was Queen of Poland as the fourth wife of Casimir III. Casimir's lack of male heir spelled the end of the Piast dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland.Jerzy Jan Lerski, Piotr Wróbel, Richard J. Kozic ...
(died 1390), Queen of Poland as wife of Casimir III
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Jacob Dungau Sagan (born 1946), Malaysian politician and Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia
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Jeanne Sagan (born 1979), American musician, bassist for All That Remains
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Juraj Sagan (born 1988), Slovak cyclist, Peter Sagan's brother
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Leontine Sagan
Leontine Sagan (born Leontine Schlesinger; 13 February 1889 – 20 May 1974) was a theatre director and actress of Jewish descent, whose life and career took her from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to South Africa, Britain and the United States. ...
(1889–1974), Austrian film director and actress
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Nick Sagan (born 1970), American writer, one of Carl Sagan's sons
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Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak former professional cyclist who competed in road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing. Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-c ...
(born 1990), Slovak cyclist, Juraj Sagan's brother
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Scott Sagan (born 1955), professor of political science at Stanford University
Engineering, science and technology
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Sagan (number), the number of stars in the observable universe
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Sagan (unit of measurement)
Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, including e ...
, humorous unit of measurement named after Carl Sagan
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S.A.G.A.N., social and collaborative web-platform
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Sagan (software)
Sagan is an open source (GNU/GPLv2) multi-threaded, high performance, real-time log analysis & correlation engine developed by Quadrant Information Security that runs on Unix operating systems. It is written in C and uses a multi-threaded ar ...
, a high performance, multi-threaded log analysis engine
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Sagan (ceremony)
Sagun () is a Nepalese ceremony which involves ritualized presentation of auspicious food to a person to invoke good fortune and show respect. It is a highly revered ceremony in Newar society of the Kathmandu Valley. The food items served are boi ...
, a Nepalese sacred ritual
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''Sagan'' (film), 2008 French film about the French writer Françoise Sagan
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Sagan Tosu
is a Japanese professional Association football, football club based in Tosu, Saga, Tosu, Saga Prefecture. The club plays in the J2 League, the second tier of Japanese football, since 2025 following relegation from the J1 League in 2024 J1 Leag ...
, Japanese professional football club based in Tosu, Saga Prefecture
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Sagen (disambiguation)
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