SAVA

säˈvä, Hung. Száva, c.580 mi (930 km) long, rising in two headstreams in the Julian Alps, Slovenia, and flowing generally SE past Ljubljana and Zagreb, Croatia, then forming part of the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina, and through Serbia and Montenegro to the Danube River at Belgrade. The Drina is its chief tributary. The Sava is navigable to Sisak; its valley is an important transportation corridor. The Sava basin is a fertile agricultural region.

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books on: Sava  - 615 results

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Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788-907
Book by Charles R. Bowlus; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995
Subjects: Danube River Valley--History, Europe, Central--History
...same modern language. For example, the Sava River is normally spelled "Sawe" in German, a logical variation of the Slavic Sava. Sometimes, however, it is written as...normally written in the Slavic manner, "Sava" but R. J. H. Jenkins, an important British...
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Yugoslavia; Patterns of Economic Activity
Book; Praeger, 1957
Subjects: Yugoslavia
...thousands of Serbs migrated north across the Sava and Danube rivers into Croatia, Slavonia...its territory lies south of the Kupa, Sava, and Danube rivers, which constitute the...and Asia. The valleys of the Drava, Sava, Danube, Morava, and Nisava rivers provide...
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The Effects of War on the Environment: Croatia
Book by Mervyn Richardson; E & FN Spon, 1995
Subjects: Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Economic Aspects--Croatia, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Environmental Aspects--Croatia
...should not form a priority for the Drava or Sava basin areas, as these can be readily imported...joined by the major tributaries, Drava and Sava, in turn flowing through Croatia and Bosnia...subject to electricity supplies) to the Sava river. An inspection of the dam was not...
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Yugoslavia and the New Communism
Book by George W. Hoffman, Fred Warner Neal; Twentieth Century Fund, 1962
Subjects: Communism--Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia--Economic Conditions--1945-1992
...northwest-southeast direction from the valleys of the Sava and Kupa and the Kapela and Velebit mountain...the Julian Alps in the northwest and the Sava-Kupa valley in the north to the Rhodope...gradually toward the north, the Posavina Sava Basin , and northeast Central Serbia...
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Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe
Book by Traian Stoianovich; M.E. Sharpe, 1994
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula--Civilization
...Table 8 .1 Population South of the Sava and Danube Rivers, 1520-1800 336...Thrace and even south of the Danube and Sava rivers. Some scholars exclude Greece...or steppe between the four seas and the Sava and Danube. However, we shall often traverse...
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journal articles on: Sava  - 59 results

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A Typologically Unusual Interrogative Word in Toqabaqita and Other Oceanic Languages
Journal article by Frantisek Lichtenberk; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Analysis, Linguistic analysis (Linguistics), Typology (Linguistics)--Analysis, Word (Linguistics)--Research, Words--Research
...Hoava sa what? also sava which? (Davis 2003:308-9) (see section 3) Roviana sa what? also sava-na, savana which?, what...Araki sa what? (Francois 2002:170), also sava what X, which? (Francois 2002...
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Le Bapteme Dans la Tradition Orthodoxe et Ses Implications Oecumeniques
Journal article by James Dallen; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 34, 1997
Subjects: Books--Reviews
...by James Dallen Gheorghe Sava-Popa, Cahiers Oecumeniques 25. Fribourg...calls for eucharistic communion as well? Sava-Pops, a Romanian Orthodox priest and seminary...fullness of baptismal life. On this basis, Sava-Popa looks historically and theologically...
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Comparative Analysis of Cultural Development Statistics: The Case of the First Yugoslavia (1)
Journal article by Ervin Dolenc; East European Quarterly, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Agriculture--1920s (Decade) AD, Agriculture--1930s (Decade) AD, Cultural policy--Measurement, Cultural policy--Statistics, Yugoslavia--Cultural policy, Yugoslavia--Statistics
...Ljubljana). Croatia and Slavonia became the Sava Banate (Zagreb). The northern part of Dalmatia...relatively low number of students in the Sava Banate (Croatia), which was one of the...notable exception in this case was Croatia (Sava), which indicates that they had a large...
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Vrata Divine and Human in the Early Veda
Journal article by Timothy Lubin; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, 2001
Subjects: Epic literature--India, India--Literature, Language and languages--Literature, Religion and literature--Analysis, Vocabulary--Analysis
...Brereton has noted that the terms (pra)sava and saviman seem to function as synonyms...verse 6ab: "Your thrice-daily impellings (sava), which send (a-su-) good fortune day by...Savitrs actions by the verb su- (the root of sava, etc.): he stimulates, impels, and sets...
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Diptych in Verse: Gender Hybridity, Language Consciousness, and National Identity in Nirala's "Jago Phir Ek Bar"
Journal article by Heidi Pauwels; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, 2001
Subjects: Indian literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nationalism and literature--India, Nirala--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sex role in literature--India
...7. against every hundred sava-sava lakh par five-and-twenty thousand...mythological enemy who has a clear numerical advantage (sava sava lakh, 1.7), but the sudden mention of a single hero...
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A Wounded Universe: And the Kingdom Yet to Come
Magazine article by John Garvey; Commonweal, Vol. 132, November 18, 2005
Subjects: Archaic Torso of Apollo (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Bishops--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Greek Orthodox Eastern Church--Officials and employees, Rilke, Rainer Maria--Works, Zembillas, Sava--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
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Monk Sava's Movable Mountain
Magazine article by Christopher Hope; New Statesman, Vol. 126, September 12, 1997
Subjects: Monasteries--Evaluation, Monks--Attitudes, Serbia, Yugoslavia--Politics and government
...I know a man who moves mountains. Monk Sava lives in central Serbia, on a forested...ex-Yugoslavia I make a point of visiting Monk Sava. I pretend to be surprised to find him...about the others sanity. I think of Monk Sava as the quintessential Serb: he is absolutely...
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Serbian Potential
Magazine article by Owen Ullmann; The International Economy, Vol. 20, Summer 2006
Subjects: Belgrade, Serbia--Economic aspects, Economic conditions--Analysis, Industrial promotion, Serbia--Political aspects
...jewel of a city at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers to force Slobodan Milosevic...dining venue can head to the banks of the Sava River, where dozens of floating restaurants...English is spoken. On the other side of the Sava River is New Belgrade, where the convention...
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Belgrade Lightens Up: Returning to the Serbian Capital, Mary Novakovich Finds That the Weather Is Ahotter Topic Than Politics
Magazine article; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 137, August 4, 2008
Subjects: Belgrade, Serbia--Environmental aspects, Belgrade, Serbia--Political aspects, Weather--Social aspects
...banks of the Seine. In the middle of the Sava, one of Belgrades two rivers, is Ada Ciganlija...fiendishly strong Turkish coffee. Along the Sava and Danube Rivers are floating bars and...They would tumble into the Danube or the Sava, or fall off the tower in Belgrades fortress...
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Kosovo on Hold
Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Nation, Vol. 270, April 17, 2000
Subjects: Kosovo--Social aspects, Multiculturalism--Yugoslavia, North Atlantic Treaty Organization--International relations, Peacekeeping forces--Yugoslavia, Race relations--Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia--Political aspects, Yugoslavian foreign relations
...Archbishop Artemije Radosavljevik and his secretary, Father Sava Janjic. "Father Sava," as he is known, runs an extensive Kosovo-Serb website...extremists want to keep Kosovo part of Serbia; Father Sava wants to keep Serbs part of Kosovo. This distinction...
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newspaper articles on: Sava  - 131 results

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Sava Salary Saga a Distasteful End to a Long Career
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 8, 2001
Sava Salary Saga a Distasteful End to a Long Career. Byline: Bill Page Political notes from around the county ... Last week, following an absence from her office for about 18 months, Lorraine Sava resigned as county clerk. Sava had been off the job because of a health problem she suffered in 1999, and the length of time between this...
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Former Clerk Sava Hailed on Brief Visit to Office
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 2, 2005
Former Clerk Sava Hailed on Brief Visit to Office. Byline...hours - an old boss. Former Clerk Lorraine Sava, 74, returned to the clerks office Tuesday...her to finish her fourth term. This week, Sava came back for the office open house in honor...
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WALES: Mum Left to Bring Up Cygnets Alone after Dog Attack; MALE SWAN SAVA GED BY BULL TERRIER
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 12, 2007
WALES: Mum Left to Bring Up Cygnets Alone after Dog Attack; MALE SWAN SAVA GED BY BULL TERRIER. Byline: By STEVE BAGNALL A MOTHER swan and her brood of cygnets have been left to fend for themselves...
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County Clerk Changes Mind, Decides It's Time to Resign
Newspaper article by Alicia Fabbre; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 30, 2001
...returning to work, Kane County Clerk Lorraine Sava Monday said she was resigning. In a written statement, Sava said she will resign her job of 15 years...supportive over the last year and a half," Sava said in the statement. "I will dearly miss...
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St. Charles Township Leader, Role Model Dies
Newspaper article by Tona Kunz; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 7, 2005
...Staff Writer When people mention Walter Sava, one phrase always comes up: role model...example. Born on the South Side of Chicago, Sava moved to St. Charles when he was discharged...start a food pantry. Although for a time Sava served simultaneously as township supervisor...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sava  - 20 results

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Sava
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAVA sa va, Hung. Szava, c.580 mi (930 km) long, rising in two headstreams in the...through Serbia to the Danube River at Belgrade. The Drina is its chief tributary. The Sava is navigable to Sisak; its valley is an important transportation corridor. The Sava basin is a fertile agricultural region. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Ochoa, Severo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OCHOA, SEVERO sava ro ocho a, 1905 93, American biochemist and educator, b. Spain, M.D. Univ. of Madrid, 1929. After teaching at the universities...
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SzÁva
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SZAVA river: see Sava , river, Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nitti, Francesco Saverio
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NITTI, FRANCESCO SAVERIO franchas ko sava reo net te, 1868 1953, Italian premier and economist. A professor of economics at the Univ. of Naples, he entered parliament in...
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Saavedra Lamas, Carlos
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAAVEDRA LAMAS, CARLOS kar los sava thra la mas, 1880 1959, Argentine statesman, foreign minister (1932 38). An advocate of Pan-Americanism and of the League of Nations...
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