Saar
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Places
- Saar Region and Saar Area— in context, any of the below:
- Saar (river), or Saar River valley — an important navigable river running through the borderlands of France and Germany through a mineral rich, highly developed, industrial region once part of the pre-Napoleonic state of Lorraine and one center of the industrial revolution and armaments industries
- SaarlandSaarlandSaarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
, a federal state of Germany - Saar (protectorate)Saar (protectorate)The Saar Protectorate was a German borderland territory twice temporarily made a protectorate state. Since rejoining Germany the second time in 1957, it is the smallest Federal German Area State , the Saarland, not counting the city-states Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen...
, a French protectorate (1947–1956) - Saar (League of Nations)Saar (League of Nations)The Territory of the Saar Basin , also referred as the Saar or Saargebiet, was a region of Germany that was occupied and governed by Britain and France from 1920 to 1935 under a League of Nations mandate, with the occupation originally being under the auspices of the Treaty of Versailles...
, a League of Nations governed territory (1920–1935) - Sarre (département)Sarre (département)Sarre is the name of a department of the First French Empire which is now part of Germany and Belgium. It is named after the river Saar. It was formed in 1798, when the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France. Prior to the occupation, its territory was divided between the Archbishopric of...
, a French département (1798–1814)
- Saar, Bahrain, a town in Bahrain
- Žďár in Moravia, now Žďár nad Sázavou, which was called Saar under the Austrian monarchy.
- Sarre is a town and comune in Aosta Valley region of North-Western Italy.
Surname
- Ain SaarAin SaarAin Saar is a Võro punk rocker, and freedom fighter, the leader of the group Vaba-Sõltumatu Noorte Kolonn Nr.1 of December 20, 1987, which struggled against the Soviet rule...
(born 1968), Estonian (Võro) punk rocker and freedom fighter - Alison SaarAlison SaarAlison Saar is an American artist who was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Laurel Canyon, California. Her parents were Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Both parents encouraged their three daughters, all artists, to look at...
(born 1956), American artist - Andrus Saar (born 1946), Estonian sociologist and journalist
- Ants Saar (1914–1995), Estonian glider pilot
- Ants Saar (1920–1989), Estonian writer
- Betye SaarBetye SaarBetye Irene Saar is an American artist, known for her work in the field of assemblage. Her education included a time at the University of California, Los Angeles, from where she received a degree in design in 1949, and graduate studies in printmaking and education at Pasadena City College,...
(born 1926), American artist - Erik SaarErik SaarA United States Army enlisted intelligence soldier, Sgt. Erik R. Saar was the author of the 2005 Inside the Wire : A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo, together with Viveca Novak....
, American intelligence officer - Evar SaarEvar SaarEvar Saar is an Estonian linguist, journalist, toponymist a Võro language activist. He has traveled extensively around the historical county of Võrumaa and documented the original names of all major geographical features there...
(born 1969), Estonian (Võro) non-fiction writer - Ferdinand von SaarFerdinand von SaarFerdinand Ludwig Adam von Saar was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet....
(1833–1906), Austrian writer - Indrek Saar (born 1973), Estonian actor and politician
- Janne Saar (born 1986), Estonian singer
- Johann Jacob Saar (1625–1664), German explorer
- Juhan Saar (1929–2007), Estonian writer
- Jüri Saar (born 1946), Estonian politician
- Jüri Saar, Estonian philosopher
- Kadi Liis Saar (born 1992), Estonian tennis player
- Kalev Saar, Estonian singer and drummer
- Lezley Saar (born 1953), American artist
- Margus Saar (born 1966), Estonian television journalist
- Mariann Saar, Estonian singer
- Mart SaarMart SaarMart Saar was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.-Childhood:Saar was born at the small borough of Hüpassaare, Estonia, then part of the Livonian Governorate, Russian Empire, to a family of forest keepers. He received his education in the village school at Kaansoo and the...
(1882–1963), Estonian composer - Martin SaarMartin SaarMartin Saar is an artist in New York. He is notable for making mosaic portraits of the New York celebrities and has been featured in the New York Times...
(born 1980), Estonian artist - Mikk Saar (born 1980), Estonian singer
- Olivia Saar (born 1931), Estonian children's writer and poet
- Richard Saar, American art conservationist
- Tõnu Saar (born 1944), Estonian actor
- Veera Saar (1912–2004), Estonian writer and pedagogue
Given name
- Saar BoubacarSaar BoubacarSaar Boubacar is a retired Senegalese football player who played in France for SC Toulon, Marseille, AS Cannes, Paris Saint-Germain and FC Martigues, as well as in the United States with New Jersey City.-References:**...
(born 1951), Senegalese football player - Saar GanorSaar GanorSaar Ganor is an Israeli archaeologist. He is the director, along with Yosef Garfinkel, of excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa, thought to be Biblical Sha'arayim. He is inspector for the Israel Antiquities Authority and a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Ganor noticed the unusual scale...
, Israeli archaeologist - Saar KleinSaar KleinSaar Klein is an American film editor who has been nominated twice for Academy Awards , and who received an ACE Eddie Award for editing the latter film....
(born 1967), American film editor - Saar Cotarelo, American student
Other
- A Cananite God of Storm
- Several classes of Israeli missile boats:
- Saar 3 class missile boatSaar 3 class missile boatSa'ar 3 class is a class of missile boats built in France at the Cherbourg shipyard based on Israeli Navy modification of the German Navy's Jaguar class fast attack craft. They are also known as the stars of Cherbourg ....
- Saar 4 class missile boatSaar 4 class missile boatThe Saar 4 or Reshef class missile boats were built at the Israel Shipyards and based on Israeli Navy designs grounded in accumulated experience derived in the operation of "Cherbourg" class....
- Saar 4.5 class missile boatSaar 4.5 class missile boatSa'ar 4.5 is a class of Israeli Sea Corps missile boats designed and built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. as an improved and stretched Sa'ar 4-class missile boat...
- Saar 5 class missile boat
- Saar 3 class missile boat
- The boss of Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones' fifth chapter., a German cargo ship in service 1937-45
SAAR may refer to:
- SAAR Records, an Italian record label
- Seasonally Adjusted Annual RateSeasonally adjusted annual rateThe Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate refers to the rate adjustment employed when drawing comparisons between various sets of statistical data. As the name suggests, it takes into account fluctuations of values in such data which might occur due to seasonality...
, also Industry SAAR - Standard Annual Average Rainfall, a hydrological term used in the Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH)
- Rosario - Islas Malvinas International Airport, ICAO airport codeICAO airport codeThe ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...
: SAAR - SAAR FoundationSAAR FoundationThe SAAR Foundation was a flagship corporation representing charities, think tanks, and business entities named after its founder, Saudi patriarch Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi. The SAAR Foundation achieved prominence as the key subject of a March 20, 2002 raid by federal agents, as a part of...