Nikola

Famous electrical pioneer

Nikola is a given name common in Slavic and some other European countries, used for males in most traditions.

It derives from the Greek name meaning "victory of the people." The name is familiar to English speakers primarily through Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American inventor: Have you seen the new Nikola Tesla documentary?

rivalry

Edison

Prolific American inventor

  • WestinghouseAmerican industrial inventor
  • DCUnidirectional electrical flow
  • ACElectrical current or cooling

competition · feud · betrayal · sabotage · electrocution · elephant · patents · royalties · business

inventor

Tesla

EV manufacturer and surname

patents · turbine · transformer · dynamo · oscillator · electrotherapy · shadowgraph · fluorescent · resonance

visionary

futurist

Tomorrow trends scholar

maverick · eccentric · polymath · unrecognized · prophetic · imaginative · unconventional · obsessive · reclusive · misunderstood

name

Serbian

Of or from Serbia

masculine · Balkan · immigrant · naturalized · Budapest · Paris

Categories
Opposites
electrical current systems

NikolaThomas Edison

Prolific American inventor

Edison · DC · direct current · J.P. Morgan · Thomas

Phrases
Family

Nikolas

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G