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Tikka (name)
Tikka is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "woodpecker"). It has a variant, Tikkanen. Tikka is used as a surname in India and Pakistan. In the former, it is commonly found among Telugu people. In the latter it is also employed as a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Eeva Tikka (born 1939), Finnish writer * Iqbal Tikka (died 2021), Pakistani politician * Juha Tikka (1929–2001), Finnish swimmer * Kari S. Tikka (1944–2006), Finnish legal scholar, professor of finance law * Pertti Tikka (born 1955), Finnish ski-orienteer, world champion * Pia Tikka (born 1961), Finnish film director and screenwriter * Taneli Tikka (born 1978), Finnish entrepreneur in technology Given name * Tikka Khan Tikka Khan, also known as the Butcher of Bengal.Tikka Khan title: * * * * * * * * (; 10 February 1915 – 28 March 2002) was a Pakistani military officer and war criminal who served as the first Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan), chie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikka
Tikka may refer to: * Tikka (food), a type of South Asian food * Tikka (forehead mark), a mark made on the forehead by Hindu Indians * Tikka (name), list of people with the name * Tikka (brand), a brand of hunting rifles manufactured formerly by Finnish firearms manufacturer Tikkakoski ** Tikka, the brand then owned by SAKO * Tikka, a brand of headlamps by Petzl See also * Ticker (other) Ticker can mean: * Ticker tape, the paper strip output by a stock ticker machine * Ticker symbol, codes used to uniquely identify publicly traded companies on a stock market * News ticker, a small screen space on television news dedicated to ... {{disambiguation, surname Surnames of Finnish origin Finnish-language surnames Surnames of Hindustani origin Urdu-language surnames Pakistani names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikkanen (other)
Tikkanen is a Finnish surname meaning "small woodpecker". Notable people with the surname include: * Aino-Maija Tikkanen (1927–2014), Finnish film actress * Esa Tikkanen (born 1965), retired Finnish professional ice hockey player * Märta Tikkanen (born 1935), Finnish writer * Päivi Tikkanen (born 1960), former long-distance runner from Finland * Toivo Tikkanen (1888–1947), Finnish architect * Hans Tikkanen (born 1985), Swedish chess Grandmaster * Harri Tikkanen (born 1981), Finnish ice hockey defenceman * Henrik Tikkanen (1924–1984), Finnish anti-war author * Jouki Tikkanen (born 1995), Finnish rhythmic gymnast See also * Tikkanen (horse) Tikkanen (23 January 1991 – 18 April 2015) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who competed internationally. Background He was owned and bred by American George W. Strawbridge Jr., an avid ice hockey fan and a shareholder and Bo ... {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, Oxford, Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho, Oxford, Jericho. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu People
Telugu people (), also called Āndhras, are an Ethnolinguistic group, ethno-linguistic group who speak the Telugu language, Telugu language and are native to the India, Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam district of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. They are the most populous of the four major Dravidian peoples, Dravidian linguistic groups. Telugu is the Languages of India, fourth most spoken language in India and the List of languages by number of native speakers, 14th most spoken native language in the world.Statistics in A significant number of Telugus also reside in the Indian states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Orissa, and Maharashtra. Members of the Telugu diaspora are spread across countries like Telugu Americans, United States, Indian Australians, Australia, Malaysian Telugu, Malaysia, Mauritius, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva Tikka
Eeva Tikka (born 31 July 1939 in Ristiina) is a Finland, Finnish writer who wrote ''Hiljainen kesä'', which received the 1980 Thanks for the Book Award. References 1939 births Finnish women writers Living people Writers from South Savo {{Finland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqbal Tikka
Tikka Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Urdu/) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. He died of a heart attack on 1 March 2021. Political career Tikka was nominated by the former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf to replace Lieutenant General (retd) Khalid Maqbool as the Governor of Punjab but the scheduled replacement was postponed due to suicide attacks on the president's convoy on 25 December 2003. Later in December 2007, Tikka in a surprising turn of events filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against 3 November 2007 actions of General Pervez Musharraf that had come in the form of a Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO). He claimed that the army chief had no legal authority to impose an emergency in the country or suspend the constitution, stating that the imposition of a national emergency was the president's prerogative. A judgement was given against it thus rendering a quasi-legal validation to the PCO. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juha Tikka
Juha Yrjö Julius Tikka (30 December 1929 – 13 December 2001) was a Finnish swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also was the commander of the Finnish Navy from 1983 to 1990. His rank was Counter admiral Counter admiral is a military rank used for high-ranking officers in several navies around the world, though the rank is not used in the English-speaking world, where its equivalent rank is rear admiral. The term derives from the French . Dependi .... References External links * 1929 births 2001 deaths Finnish male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Finland Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Helsinki 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari S
Kari or KARI may refer to: Places *Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India * , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso *Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India *Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran *Kari-ye Bozorg ("Greater Kari"), a village in Ardabil Province, Iran People and languages *The Gayiri people of central Queensland, Australia *Kari people, also Cari, Aka-Kari or Aka-Cari, a tribe in the Andaman Islands, India **Kari language, also Cari, Aka-Kari or Aka-Cari, spoken by the Kari people *Kari language, a Bantu language spoken in Africa *Kari (name), real and fictional people with the given name, nickname or surname *Kari Suomalainen *Kári, son of Fornjót, the personification of wind in Norse mythology Organisations *KARI (AM), an AM radio station broadcasting on 550, licensed to Blaine, Washington *Kenya Agricultural Research Institute *Korea Aerospace Research Institute Other * Kari or curry, a pan-Asian variety of dishes made of spices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pertti Tikka
Pertti Tikka (born 12 May 1955 in Tohmajärvi) is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He received an individual gold medal at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Avesta in 1980.World Ski Orienteering Championships – ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 27 October 2008) He received a silver medal in 1982, and a in 1984. See also * * |
Pia Tikka
Pia Tikka (born 10 May 1961 in Kankaanpää) is a Finnish film director, professor and screenwriter. Her directing works include ''Daughters of Yemanjá'' (1995) and ''Sand Bride'' (1998). Tikka was one of the screenwriters of '' The Last Border'' (1993) by Mika Kaurismäki Mika Juhani Kaurismäki (; born 21 September 1955) is a Finnish film director. Early life and education Mika Kaurismäki was born in Orimattila. He is the elder brother of Aki Kaurismäki. After high school, Kaurismäki worked as a painter of .... Since 2017, she has been a research professor at the Baltic Film and Media School. Filmography References External links * Pia Tikka homepage (archive) 1961 births Living people People from Kankaanpää Finnish film directors Finnish screenwriters Finnish women screenwriters Finnish women film directors {{Finland-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taneli Tikka
Taneli Tikka (born 1978 Savitaipale, Finland) is a Finnish technology serial entrepreneur, and a keynote speaker in Finnish and International events. Media and early career Tikka has been a frequent guest in the Finnish media, particularly on the morning TV program "Good Morning Finland" on the MTV3 channel. Tikka is the former CEO of IRC-Galleria (2006–2007) he was instrumental in the acquisition of IRC-Galleria by Sulake Corporation, the company behind Habbo Hotel. Previously Tikka has been CEO in several technology companies, notably at Magenta Sites (the hosting & IT services company behind the global distribution of the Star Wreck -movie, and also the long time hosting partner for Habbo Hotel), MobileCRM and Taika Technologies. Advisor, investor and board member Tikka was an executive advisor to Stardoll in the very early days of the service. Currently Tikka acts as an angel investor in the technology sector. One of Tikka's investments was Muxlim, the world's larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
