Széll, Szell is a Hungarian surname. The name comes as an archaic Turkic loanword with the Chuvash word "ҫил" (śil) which later became the Hungarian word " szél" meaning "

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". The name is topographic in nature, meaning "someone who lived in a spot exposed to the wind". The German equivalent is "Selle" and the English equivalent is "Sell".Charry, Michael. ''George Szell: A Life of Music''. Pg.43.

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. 2011. Széll may refer to: * Christian Szell, a fictional character of ''Marathon Man'' * Domonkos Széll (born 1989), Hungarian Olympic rower *

George Szell George Szell (; June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970), originally György Széll, György Endre Szél, or Georg Szell, was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. He is widely considered one of the twentieth century's greatest condu ...

( hu, Széll György; 1897, Budapest - 1970), a Jewish Hungarian-American conductor * György Széll (politician) (1827, Makó - 1910, Makó), Hungarian politician * György Széll (sociologist) (born 1941), Hungarian-German sociologist *

József Széll József Széll de Duka et Szentgyörgyvölgy (14 October 1880 – 27 August 1956) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1937 and 1938. He was the nephew of Kálmán Széll, former Prime Minister of Hungary ...

(1880 - 1956), a Hungarian politician * Kálmán Széll de Duka et Szentgyörgyvölgy (1843, Gasztony - 1915, Rátót), a Hungarian politician, banker ** ''SS Széll Kálmán'' * Susanne Szell (born 1965, Bremen), German actress

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