English

Pronunciation

Noun

1. Plural of sand
2. sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
3. a unit of time.

   The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out.

4. a desert

   We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

Derived terms

• sands of time

Verb

1. third person singular of sand

Schools

• Sands School an alternative, democratic school in the UK

Buildings

• Sands Hotel, a closed hotel/casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Sands Atlantic City, a closed hotel/casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey
• Las Vegas Sands, a casino development company
• Sands Macau, a casino in Macau
• Sands Regency Casino Hotel, in Reno, Nevada
• Sands Expo and Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada

People

• Julian Sands, an actor
• Bobby Sands, Irish republican who died in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
• Duncan Sandys, former British politician whose name is pronounced "Sands"
• Philippe Sands, an international lawyer and author of lawless world

Characters

• Sheldon Jeffrey Sands, a fictional character from the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico, portrayed by Johnny Depp
• Max Sands, a racist biker in the HBO drama Oz

See also

• Sand
• Golden Sands
• Sand (disambiguation)