Skoda Explained

Škoda means pity in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to:

Czech brands and enterprises

• Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav
  • Škoda Motorsport, the division of Škoda Auto responsible for motorsport activities
• Škoda Transportation, engineering company that manufactures rail vehicles, based in Plzeň
• Škoda Works, engineering company, predecessor of Škoda Transportation
• Doosan Škoda Power, subsidiary of the Doosan Group, based in Plzeň

People

• Škoda (surname)
• Skoda (Portuguese footballer) (born 1960)

Art

• Škoda lásky, the original Czech title of the "Beer Barrel Polka"

Other

• British Rail Class 90, an electric locomotive nicknamed Skoda
• Skoda (barquentine), sailing vessel built in Kingsport, Nova Scotia, in 1893
• Skoda Xanthi F.C., former name of the Greek football club Xanthi F.C. (sponsored by Škoda Auto in 1991–2016)
  • Skoda Xanthi Arena, former name of the club's stadium
• Skoda–El Mir theorem, theorem of complex geometry