Camilla
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People

  • Camilla (given name)
    Camilla (given name)
    The name Camilla originates from Italy and is of uncertain origin. In the nineteenth century it gained its greatest fame as a result of the novel and play by Dumas, The Lady of the Camellias, which served as the basis for Verdi's opera La Traviata and several films including Greta Garbo's Camille...

    , including a list of people with the name
  • Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Charles, Prince of Wales

Arts and literature

  • Camilla (mythology)
    Camilla (mythology)
    In Roman mythology, Camilla of the Volsci was the daughter of King Metabus and Casmilla. Driven from his throne, Metabus was chased into the wilderness by armed Volsci, his infant daughter in his hands. The river Amasenus blocked his path, and, fearing for the child's welfare, Metabus bound her to...

    , daughter of King Metabus and Casmilla in Roman mythology
  • Camilla (film)
    Camilla (film)
    Camilla is a 1994 film directed by Deepa Mehta and Jessica Tandy's last movie appearance.-Critical reception:Several reviewers wrote that Tandy's performance was the best aspect of the film...

    , from 1994
  • Camilla (play), by G. Jemison
  • Camilla (Burney novel)
    Camilla (Burney novel)
    Camilla, subtitled A Picture of Youth, is a novel by Frances Burney, first published in 1796. Camilla deals with the matrimonial concerns of a group of young people: Camilla Tyrold and her sisters, the sweet tempered Lavinia and the deformed, but extremely kind, Eugenia, and their cousin, the...

    , a novel by Frances Burney (mentioned in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey)
  • Camilla Dickinson
    Camilla Dickinson
    Camilla Dickinson, also published as Camilla , is a 1951 novel by Madeleine L'Engle. Camilla Dickinson, a fifteen-year-old New Yorker, narrates an important approximately three week period of her life in November 1950....

    , a.k.a. Camilla, a novel by Madeleine L'Engle
  • Camilla (Fioravanti), an opera by Valentino Fioravanti
    Valentino Fioravanti
    Valentino Fioravanti was a celebrated Italian composer of opera buffas.One of the best opera buffa composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini. He was especially popular in Naples, and was the first in Italy to introduce spoken dialogue in the French manner in his works, sometimes...


Other

  • Camilla, Georgia
    Camilla, Georgia
    As of the census of 2000, there were 5,669 people, 1,994 households, and 1,405 families residing in the city. The population density was 929.4 people per square mile . There were 2,128 housing units at an average density of 348.9 per square mile...

    , a city in the United States
  • 107 Camilla
    107 Camilla
    107 Camilla is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It orbits within the Cybele Group, beyond most main-belt asteroids. It has a very dark surface and primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by N. R...

    , an asteroid
  • Camilla (genus)
    Camilla (genus)
    Camilla are small slender, dark flies generally in length, from the family Camillidae-Species:*Camilla atrimana Strobl, 1910*Camilla flavicauda Duda, 1922*Camilla fuscipes Collin, 1933*Camilla glabra...

    , a genus of flies from the family Camillidae
  • HMS Camilla
    HMS Camilla
    Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Camilla: was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1776, used for harbour service from 1814 and sold in 1831. was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1847. She foundered while on the China Station in 1860....

    , the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
  • MV Camilla Desgagnés
    MV Camilla Desgagnés
    The MV Camilla Desgagnés is a Canadian cargo vessel that has operated since 1982 in the waters of eastern and Arctic Canada.Prior to 2003 she was known simply as MV Camilla.-2003 salvage:...

    , a roll-on, roll-off bulk-carrier
  • "Camilla", song from the hit artist Jonas Altberg aka Basshunter
    Basshunter
    Jonas Erik Altberg , better known by his stage name Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna", "Dota", "Now You're Gone" and "All I Ever Wanted". Basshunter has so far released a total of six albums, two of which have...


See also

  • Camellia
    Camellia
    Camellia, the camellias, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalaya east to Korea and Indonesia. There are 100–250 described species, with some controversy over the exact number...

    , name of the genus that includes tea, Camellia sinensis
  • Camille (disambiguation)
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