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'''Sikorsky''' is an English-language respelling of the [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] [[surname]] '''Sikorski'''. Derived from the [[Polish language|Polish]] word ''sikora'' – meaning "[[Tit (bird)|chickadee or tit]]" – it was originally the name of a noble [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] family. |
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'''Sikorsky''' or '''Sikorski''' (feminine: '''Sikorska''', plural: '''Sikorscy''') may refer to: |
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==People with the surname== |
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* [[Brian Sikorski]] (born 1974), Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball relief pitcher |
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* [[Daniel Sikorski]] (born 1987), Austrian footballer |
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* [[Igor Sikorsky]] (1889–1972), Russian-American inventor and founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation |
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* [[Kazimierz Sikorski]] (1895-1986), Polish composer |
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* [[Krystian Sikorski]], Polish ice hockey player |
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* [[Radosław Sikorski]] (born 1963), Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of National Defence |
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* [[Roman Sikorski]] (1920–1983), Polish mathematician |
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* [[Rudolf Sikorski]], fictional character in Boris and Arkady Strugatsky's series of novels |
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* [[Władysław Sikorski]] (1881–1943), Polish general and Prime Minister in exile during World War II |
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==Other uses== |
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* [[Sikorsky (comics)]], a Marvel Comics character |
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* [[Sikorsky (crater)]], a lunar crater named after Igor Sikorsky |
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* [[Sikorsky Aircraft]], also known as the ''Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company'' |
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* [[Hans Sikorski]], a music publishing house in Hamburg, Germany |
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* [[Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum]] in London, named for General Władysław Sikorski |
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[[Category:Polish-language surnames]] |
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