Sherpa may refer to:

Ethnography

* Sherpa people, an ethnic group in north eastern Nepal *

Sherpa language Sherpa (also Sharpa, Xiaerba, or Sherwa) is a Tibetic language spoken in Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, mainly by the Sherpa. The majority speakers of the Sherpa language live in the Khumbu region of Nepal, spanning from the Chinese (T ...

Organizations and companies

* Sherpa (association), a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility * Sherpa.ai, a Spanish artificial intelligence company *

Sherpa Capital Sherpa Capital is an American venture capital firm established in March 2013 by Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford. Based in San Francisco, CA, Sherpa Capital specializes in early stage and growth startups ranging from e-commerce to technology. ...

, an American venture capital firm * Sherpa (delivery service), an Australian courier company *

SHERPA (organisation) SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) is an organisation originally set up in 2002 to run and manage the SHERPA Project. History SHERPA began as an endeavour to support the establishment of a number of open ...

, a UK-based project team with expertise in open access and repositories **

SHERPA/RoMEO SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) is an organisation originally set up in 2002 to run and manage the SHERPA Project. History SHERPA began as an endeavour to support the establishment of a number of open ...

, a service to show copyright and policies of academic journals * Cloud Sherpas, an American cloud implementation and migration company, active 2008–2015

Transportation

* Porter (carrier), often called a sherpa *

Mountain guide A mountain guide is a specially trained and experienced professional mountaineer who is certified by local authorities or mountain guide associations. They are considered to be high-level experts in mountaineering, and are hired to instruct or ...

, also sometimes called a sherpa *

Leyland Sherpa Leyland may refer to: Places * Leyland, Lancashire, an English town ** Leyland Hundred, an hundred of Lancashire, England * Leyland, Alberta, a community in Canada Companies * Leyland Line, a shipping company Automotive manufacturers * Le ...

, a light commercial vehicle produced from the 1970s until 2006 *

Short C-23 Sherpa The Short C-23 Sherpa is a small military transport aircraft built by Short Brothers. It was designed to operate from unpaved runways and make short takeoff and landings (STOL). It features a large squared fuselage with a full-width rear car ...

, a military variant of the Short 330 cargo aircraft, first flight was in 1982 *

Short SB.4 Sherpa The Short SB.4 Sherpa was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers. Only a single example was ever produced. The Sherpa was developed during the 1950s for the purpose of testing a nove ...

, an experimental British aircraft whose first flight was in 1955 * Super Sherpa, a 250 cc dual-purpose motorcycle produced by Kawasaki * A series of military trucks produced by Renault Trucks Defense, including the

Sherpa Light The Sherpa Light is a family of 4x4 tactical and light armored vehicles developed by French company Renault Trucks Defense (RTD). Available in unarmoured or armoured variants (ballistic, mine and IED kits), the Scout is suited for tactical missi ...

* UP Sherpa Bi, a German paraglider design *

SHERPA (space tug) SHERPA is a commercial satellite dispenser developed by Andrews Space, a subsidiary of Spaceflight Industries,Agelena sherpa ''Agelena sherpa'' is a species of spider in the family Agelenidae, which contains at least 1,350 species of funnel-web spiders . It was first described by Nishikawa, in 1980. It is primarily found in Nepal. References sherpa Sherpa may re ...

'', a spider of family Agelenidae *

Sherpa (emissary) A sherpa is the personal representative of a head of state or head of government who prepares an international summit, such as the annual G7 and G20 summits. Between the G7 summits there are multiple sherpa conferences where possible agreements are ...

, the personal representative of a head of state or government in the G20 or G7 *

Sherpa (fabric) Sherpa is a fabric with a pile on one side and flat on the other side. Structure Sherpa is a curly piled fabric structure made of synthetic yarns like acrylic or polyester. The texture is soft and fluffy, useful in jackets resembling wool or s ...

, a fabric with a pile on one side * ''Sherpa'' (film), a 2015 documentary film *

Sherpa Fire The Sherpa Fire was a wildfire that burned in the Santa Ynez Mountains along the Gaviota Coast in the southwestern part of Santa Barbara County, California in June 2016. In a matter of hours the fire spread to over as the fire was propelled by d ...

, a 2016 wildfire that burned in Santa Barbara County, California *

Sherpa Glacier Sherpa Glacier is east of Mount Stuart and north of Sherpa Peak, in the U.S. state of Washington. According to the USGS, this glacier is "named for a mountaineering club active in the area since the 1950s." Sherpa Glacier is within the Alpine Lake ...

, an alpine glacier in Washington state *

Sherpa Peak Sherpa Peak is an granite summit located in the Stuart Range, in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Chelan County of Washington state. According to the USGS, this peak is "named for a local climbing club" that was "active in the area since the 19 ...

, a mountain in Washington state *

Sherpa (political consultant) A sherpa is an experienced Washington D.C. political consultant brought on to guide an administration's nominee to Senate approval. History of the usage Sherpa is a word taken from the language of the Sherpa, a nomadic people of the Himalayas. ...

, a political consultant guiding a nominee to Senate confirmation *

Yahoo Sherpa Sherpa is Yahoo!'s next-generation cloud storage platform. It is a hosted, distributed, and geographically replicated key-value data store. The service is a NoSQL system that has been developed by Yahoo!, to address scalability, availability, ...

, a distributed key value datastore developed by Yahoo!

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