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Places

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Soli, Cyprus Soli or Soloi ( el, Σόλοι) is an ancient Greek city on the island of Cyprus, located next to the town of Karavostasi, southwest of Morphou (Guzelyurt), and on the coast in the gulf of Morphou. Since 1974 the site has been within the territ ...
, an ancient city on the island of Cyprus *
Soli (Cilicia) Soli ( grc, Σόλοι, ''Sóloi''), often rendered Soli/Pompeiopolis ( grc, Πομπηϊούπολις), was an ancient city and port in Cilicia, 11 km west of Mersin in present-day Turkey. Geography Located in Southern Anatolia, on th ...
, an ancient city in Cilicia, later renamed Pompeiopolis, and the source of the word
solecism A solecism is a phrase that transgresses the rules of grammar. The term is often used in the context of linguistic prescription; it also occurs descriptively in the context of a lack of idiomaticness. Etymology The word originally was used by ...
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Soli, Iran Soli ( fa, سلي, also Romanized as Solī) is a village in Chelevand Rural District, Lavandevil District, Astara County, Gilan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country ...
, a village in Gilan Province, Iran *
Soli (region) Soli or Só was a '' zemlja'' of the medieval Bosnian state, located in today's northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, centered around the town of Tuzla. Initially, a Slavic župa, the County of Soli became an integral part of Kulin's Bosnia and lat ...
, a 10th-century region that is today mostly Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina


Music

*A series of compositions by the Mexican composer Carlos Chávez: **''
Soli I ''Soli I'' is the first of a series of four works by the Mexican composer Carlos Chávez, each called ''Soli'' and each featuring a succession of instrumental solos. Three of these compositions are chamber music, and the remaining one is a sort o ...
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Soli II ''Soli II'' is a composition for wind quintet by Mexican composer Carlos Chávez, written in 1961. It is the second of a series of four works given the title ''Soli'', each featuring a succession of solos. It is the longest of the set, a performan ...
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Soli III ''Soli III'' is a work for four soloists and orchestra by Mexican composer Carlos Chávez, written in 1965. ''Soli'' is the collective title given to a series of four works, each featuring a succession of solos. The other three compositions in the ...
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Soli IV ''Soli IV'' is a brass trio witten in 1967, the last of a series of four works by Mexican composer Carlos Chávez, each featuring a succession of solos. In contrast to the more traditional character of most of Chávez's large-ensemble work, the ' ...
'' * ''Soli'', in music, a divided string section with only one player to a line, or an indication that the music is being performed by a soloist; See
Solo (music) In music, a solo (from the Spanish and Italian based-word: ''Solo'', meaning ''alone'' or ''by yourself'') is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an ...


Other uses

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Project Soli Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP) is a skunkworks team and in-house technology incubator, created by former DARPA director Regina Dugan. ATAP is similar to X, but works on projects, granting project leaders time—previo ...
, a small radar chip made by Google's ATAP division to be used for gesture recognition *
Society of Our Lady of the Isles The Society of Our Lady of the Isles (SOLI) is a small Anglican religious order for women, founded in the late 20th century. It is located in Shetland, and is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is arguably the most remote community (by lo ...
, an Anglican religious order of nuns in Scotland * Sons of Liberty International, a self-described non-profit security contracting firm founded by
Matthew VanDyke Matthew VanDyke (born June 11, 1979) is an American documentary filmmaker, revolutionary, and former journalist. He gained fame during the Libyan Civil War as a foreign fighter on the side of the uprising and as a prisoner of war. As a journali ...
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Soli language Soli is a Bantu language of Zambia. It is part of the Botatwe group, who live mainly in Lusaka province and Central Province together with the Tonga and Lenje people See also *Soli people The Soli people are one of the 72 official List of Zamb ...
, a Bantu language of Zambia *
Soli people The Soli people are one of the 72 official tribes of Zambia and speak the Soli language. They were the original inhabitants of the Lusaka area. and still constitute the majority in Lusaka Province. Many Soli engage in subsistence farming. Traditi ...
of Zambia


See also

* ''Solidaritätszuschlag'' (solidarity tax), a
tax in Germany Taxes in Germany are levied by the federal government, the states (''Länder'') as well as the municipalities ('' Städte/Gemeinden''). Many direct and indirect taxes exist in Germany; income tax and VAT are the most significant. The legal ba ...
to pay for the development of former East Germany {{disambiguation, geo