Sherpa people
The Sherpa people () are one of the Nepalese ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, India, and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China.
The majority of Sherpas live in the eastern regions of Nepal, namely the Solukhum ...
, an ethnic group in north eastern Nepal and Tibet
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Sherpa language
Sherpa (also Sharpa, Sherwa, or Xiaerba) 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 ( ...
, the Tibetan language of the Sherpa people
Organizations and companies
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Sherpa (association)
Sherpa is an international non-governmental organization, founded in 2001. Sherpa carries out advocacy, strategic litigation, legal research and capacity building activities, in order to strengthen economic actors’ accountability and build up a ...
, a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility
* Sherpa.ai, a Spanish artificial intelligence company
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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.
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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
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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
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Porter (carrier)
A porter, also called a bearer, is a person who carries objects or cargo for others. The range of services conducted by porters is extensive, from shuttling luggage aboard a train (a railroad porter) to bearing heavy burdens at altitude in i ...
, often called a sherpa
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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
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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
* L ...
, a light commercial vehicle produced from 1974 until 2005
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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 STOL, short takeoff and landings (STOL). It features a large squared fuselage with a full-width rea ...
, a military variant of the Short 330 cargo aircraft, first flight was in 1982
* Short SB.4 Sherpa, 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
* UP Sherpa Bi, a German paraglider design by UP International
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SHERPA (space tug)
SHERPA is a commercial satellite dispenser developed by Andrews Space, a subsidiary of Spaceflight Industries,Agelena sherpa'', a spider of family Agelenidae
* ''Sherpa'' (book), a 2022 book by Pradeep Bashyal and Ankit Babu Adhikari
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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 a ...
, the personal representative of a head of state or government in the G20 or G7
* Sherpa (fabric), a fabric with a pile on one side
* ''Sherpa'' (film), a 2015 documentary film
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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 ...
, a 2016 wildfire that burned in Santa Barbara County, California
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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 ...
, an alpine glacier in Washington state
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Sherpa Peak
Sherpa Peak is an granite summit located in the Stuart Range, in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Chelan County of Washington state. The nearest higher peak is Mount Stuart, to the west, and Argonaut Peak lies to the east. The Sherpa Glaci ...
, a mountain in Washington state
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Sherpa (political consultant)
A sherpa is an experienced Washington D.C. political consultant brought on to guide an administration's nominee to The United States Senate, Senate approval.
History of the usage
''Sherpa'' is a word taken from the language of the Sherpa people, S ...
, a political consultant guiding a nominee to Senate confirmation
* Sherpa (surname), surname originating from the Himalayan region
* Yahoo Sherpa, a distributed key value datastore developed by Yahoo!