Sikorsky
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Sikorsky is an English-language respelling of the Slavic
surname
Sikorski. Derived from the Polish
word sikora – meaning "chickadee/tit" – it was originally the name of a noble Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth family.
Sikorsky or Sikorski may refer to:
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
Sikorski. Derived from the Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
word sikora – meaning "chickadee/tit" – it was originally the name of a noble Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth family.
Sikorsky or Sikorski may refer to:
People with the surname
- Igor SikorskyIgor SikorskyIgor Sikorsky , born Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft...
, Russian-American inventor and founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation - Brian SikorskiBrian SikorskiBrian Patrick Sikorski is a baseball relief pitcher who plays for the Saitama Seibu Lions franchise in Japan.Although Sikorski made his MLB debut in , he didn't play another game in the big leagues until...
, Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball relief pitcher - Radosław Sikorski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of National Defence
- Roman SikorskiRoman SikorskiRoman Sikorski was a Polish mathematician.Sikorski was from 1952 until 1982 professor at the Warsaw University...
, Polish mathematician - Rudolf SikorskiRudolf SikorskiRudolf Sikorski is a fictional character in Boris and Arkady Strugatsky's series of science fiction novels set in the Noon Universe, also known as Exzellenz or Wanderer. Sikorski appears in Prisoners of Power and Beetle in the Anthill...
, a fictional character in Boris and Arkady Strugatsky's series of novels - Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and Prime Minister in exile during World War II
Other uses
- Sikorsky (comics)Sikorsky (comics)Sikorsky is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Sikorsky first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #156 , and was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum....
, a Marvel Comics character - Sikorsky (crater)Sikorsky (crater)Sikorsky is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It is situated behind the southeastern limb of the Moon, just out of sight from the Earth. It lies to the northwest of the huge walled plain Schrödinger...
, a lunar crater named after Igor Sikorsky - Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, also known as the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company
- Hans SikorskiHans SikorskiInternationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski is an international sheet music publishing company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.The music publishing firm of Hans Sikorski was founded in 1935 and now comprises more than 30 publishers in several European countries and in the USA...
, a music publishing house in Hamburg, Germany - Polish Institute and Sikorski MuseumPolish Institute and Sikorski MuseumThe Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, commonly known as Sikorski Institute, is a London-based non-governmental organization of the Polish minority in United Kingdom...
in London, named for General Władysław Sikorski