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Sucre / Surayud Chulanont, General
A spirit that has intercourse with a sleeping female is an incubus.
Sucre. Official capital of Bolivia, although the seat of government is
La Paz.
Sudetenland. German-speaking area of Czechoslovakia annexed by
Hitler in 1938.
sudoku. Japanese number game. It is an abbreviation of suuji wa
dokushin ni kagiru, “the numbers must be single.”
Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus). (c. 70–c. 160) Roman historian
and biographer.
suggestible.
sui generis. (Lat.) In a class of its own.
suing.
sukiyaki. Japanese dish.
Suleiman I. (c. 1490–1566) Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520–
1566); called “the Magnificent.”
sulfur.
Sullavan, Margaret. (1911–1960) Not Sulli-. Hollywood actress.
Sully Prudhomme. Pen name of René François Armand Prudhomme
(1839–1907), French poet; awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in
1901.
Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs. (1926–) American newspaper publisher.
Sunni. Branch of Islam.
SunTrust Banks. U.S. banking group. Note SunTrust one word.
Sununu, John H(enry). (1939–) American Republican politician from
New Hampshire.
Sun Yat-sen. (1866–1925) Chinese statesman and revolutionary.
Suomen Tasavalta. Finnish for “Republic of Finland.”
supersede is one of the most frequently misspelled of words. Note
the final syllable is -sede, not -cede.
Surayud Chulanont, General. (1943–) Former prime minister of Thailand
(2006–2008). On second reference he is General Surayud.