Sherpa (disambiguation)
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The Sherpa people
are an ethnic group in eastern Nepal.
The word may also refer to:
Sherpa people
The Sherpa are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. Sherpas migrated from the Kham region in eastern Tibet to Nepal within the last 300–400 years.The initial mountainous migration from Tibet was a search for beyul...
are an ethnic group in eastern Nepal.
The word may also refer to:
- Sherpa languageSherpa languageSherpa is a language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim mainly by the Sherpa community. About 130,000 speakers live in Nepal , some 20,000 in India , and some 800 in Tibet ....
, spoken by the Sherpa - Sherpa (association)Sherpa (Association)Sherpa is a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility. Sherpa was created in 2001 and is currently directed by French Lawyer William Bourdon.-References:...
, a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility - Sherpa (emissary), the personal representative of a head of state or government in the G20 or G8
- SHERPA (organisation)SHERPA (organisation)SHERPA is a project team, originally set up in 2002 to run and manage the SHERPA Project.-History:...
, a UK based project team with expertise in open access and repositories - Sherpa Aircraft Manufacturing, Inc., manufacturer of STOLSTOLSTOL is an acronym for short take-off and landing, a term used to describe aircraft with very short runway requirements.-Definitions:There is no one accepted definition of STOL and many different definitions have been used by different authorities and nations at various times and for a myriad of...
aircraft (K300, K650T), located in Scappoose, Oregon - Leyland Sherpa, a light commercial vehicle produced from the 1970s until 2006
- Short SB.4 Sherpa, experimental British aircraft, first flight 1953
- Short C-23 Sherpa, a military variant of the Short 330 cargo aircraft, first flight 1982
- Super SherpaSuper SherpaThe Super Sherpa is a 249 cc dual-sport motorcycle produced by Kawasaki.It was first offered in Japan in 1997 to present, and was sold in the United States from 1999 to 2003...
, a 250cc dual-purpose motorcycle produced by Kawasaki - A series of military trucks produced by Renault Trucks Defense, including the Renault Sherpa 2Renault Sherpa 2The Sherpa Light Scout is one of the six versions of the SHERPA LIGHT family of 4x4 tactical and light armoured vehicles developed by Renault Trucks Defense. Available in unarmoured or armoured variants , the Scout is ideally suited for tactical missions such as scouting, patrol, convoy escort and...
- Sherpa lining, made from a polyester and cotton fabric, resembles the rough wool lining of traditional Sherpa outdoor clothing; used in mass produced all-weather clothing at a fraction of the cost of what it resembles
- Yahoo SherpaYahoo SherpaSherpa is Yahoo's next-generation cloud storage platform. It is a hosted, distributed and geographically replicated key-value datastore. It is a NoSQL solution that has been developed by Yahoo, to address scalability, availability and latency needs of Yahoo! websites...
, a distributed key value datastore developed by Yahoo