Viola (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Places
Italy- Viola, Piedmont, a comune in the Province of Cuneo
United States
- Viola, ArkansasViola, ArkansasViola is a town in Fulton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 381 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Viola is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
, a town in Fulton County - Viola, DelawareViola, DelawareViola is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 157 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Viola is located at ....
, a town in Kent County - Viola, IllinoisViola, IllinoisViola is a village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. The population was 956 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Viola is located at ....
, a village in Mercer County - Viola, IowaViola, IowaViola is an unincorporated community in eastern Linn County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads northeast of the city of Cedar Rapids, the county seat of Linn County. Its elevation is 978 feet . Although Viola is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 52350,...
, an unincorporated community in Linn County - Viola, KansasViola, KansasViola is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 130.-Geography:Viola is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 211 people,...
, a city in Sedgwick County - Viola, KentuckyViola, KentuckyViola is an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States....
, an unincorporated community in Graves County - Viola, MissouriViola, MissouriViola is an unincorporated community on Route 39 on the border between Barry and Stone Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community was founded in 1894 and is named for an unidentified woman. It is also situated on Table Rock Lake....
, an unincorporated community divided between Barry and Stone Counties - Viola, New YorkViola, New YorkViola is a hamlet , in the Town of Ramapo Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Airmont; east of Montebello; south of Wesley Hills and west of Hillcrest...
, a hamlet in Rockland County - Viola, TennesseeViola, TennesseeViola is a town in Warren County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 129 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Viola is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
, a town in Warren County - Viola, WisconsinViola, WisconsinViola is a village in Richland and Vernon Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, United States. The population was 667 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Viola is located at ....
, a village mainly in Richland County
People
- Bill ViolaBill ViolaBill Viola is a contemporary video artist. He is considered a leading figure in the generation of artists whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in New Media...
, an American video artist - Frank ViolaFrank ViolaFrank John Viola, Jr. is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins , New York Mets , Boston Red Sox , Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays . A three-time All-Star, he was named World Series MVP with the Twins in 1987 and won the AL Cy Young Award in 1988...
, an American baseball player - Pedro ViolaPedro ViolaPedro Viola is a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was called up to the majors on September 2, 2009 after was 2-2 with a 5.47 ERA and converted eight of 11 save chances for the Triple-A Louisville Bats....
, a Dominicano baseball player - Roberto Eduardo ViolaRoberto Eduardo ViolaRoberto Eduardo Viola Redondo was an Argentine military officer who briefly served as president of Argentina from March 29 to December 11, 1981 during a period of military rule.-President of Argentina:...
, President of Argentina - Viola, a female given name
- Viola (footballer), a Brazilian footballer
- Viola (singer), an Italian singer
- Viola DavisViola DavisViola Davis is an American actress.Known primarily as a stage actress, Davis won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for her role in King Hedley II . She won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her role in the...
, an American actress - Viola Elisabeth of CieszynViola Elisabeth of CieszynViola Elisabeth of Cieszyn was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Cieszyn branch and by marriage Queen of Bohemia and Poland....
, Queen of Bohemia and Poland
Arts and entertainment
- Viola, a character from Eternal SonataEternal Sonatais an original role-playing video game created by Tri-Crescendo. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe...
- Viola (Kiddy Grade), a character in the Japanese TV series Kiddy Grade
- Viola (She's the Man), a character in the American film She's the Man
- Viola (TimeSplitters), a character in the English video game series TimeSplitters
- Viola (Twelfth Night character)Viola (Twelfth Night character)Viola is a fictional character from the play Twelfth Night, written by William Shakespeare around 1599 or 1600.Viola's actions produce all of the play's momentum. She is a young woman of Messaline, a fictional country invented by Shakespeare, although some believe that this country really did exist...
, a character in the play Twelfth Night, by English writer William Shakespeare - Viola (Zone of the Enders), a character in the Japanese video game series Zone of the Enders
- Viola caipira, a Brazilian guitar
- Viola d'amoreViola d'amoreThe viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
, a stringed musical instrument - Viola ProfondaViola ProfondaThe Viola Profonda is a bowed string instrument in tenor-range, with four strings, which is bigger than a Viola and its standard way of playing is resting on the shoulder ....
, a stringed musical instrument - Viola da gamba, a stringed musical instrument
- Viola de Lesseps, a character in the English film Shakespeare in Love
Organisms
- Viola (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies
- Viola (plant), a genus of flowering plants, including violets and pansies
Other uses
- 1076 Viola1076 Viola1076 Viola is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1926 TE. The numerical designation indicates this was the 1076th asteroid discovered.-External links:*...
, an asteroid - I Viola, a nickname of the Italian football club ACF Fiorentina
- Viola (beverage), a Japanese citrus-flavored alcoholic drink
- Viola (colour), an Italian name for the colour purple
- Viola (menora), a slang term for a Jewish candelabrum
- Viola (trawler)Viola (trawler)The Viola is a steam trawler built in 1906. During her long career, she has also been known as Viola III, Kapduen and Dias.- History :...
, an English fishing boat - Viola Reggio CalabriaViola Reggio CalabriaViola Reggio Calabria is the name traditionally given to the main men's professional basketball team from the city Reggio Calabria, Italy. The team colors are black and orange....
, an Italian basketball team - ViolaWWWViolaWWWViolaWWW, first developed in the early 1990s, for Unix and the X Windowing System, was the first popular web browser which, until Mosaic, was the most frequently used web browser for access to the World Wide Web...
, an American web browser - Violas, an American restaurant chain based in the State of New York
See also
- ViolViolThe viol is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed musical instruments developed in the mid-late 15th century and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Renaissance vihuela, a plucked instrument that preceded the...
- ViolinViolin (disambiguation)A violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths.Violin may also refer to:-Entertainment:* Violin , novel by Anne Rice* Nude with Violin, 1950s play by Noel Coward...
- Voila (disambiguation)