Candida
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Candida can have various meanings:
- Candida is a comedic play by George Bernard Shaw published in 1898 that satirizes socialist reformers in the Church of England.
- In Latin, candidus, candida means clear and white, with the whiteness of pure quartz rather than the whiteness of chalk (albus).
- Candida is a genus of yeasts.
- Candida is a commune in the province of Avellino in southern Italy.
- "Candida" was also the name of a 1970 song performed by Tony Orlando and Dawn; the song appears on their album Candida.
- Candida, a character on Phil of the Future.