Stella
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Stella is the Latin and Italian word for star. It may refer to:
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[edit] People
- Didacus Stella — 16th century Spanish theologian and writer
- Frank Stella — an American minimalist painter
- Joseph Stella — an American futurist painter
- Stella Voce — a southern California DJ and rock journalist
- Esther Johnson was called "Stella" by Jonathan Swift in his Journal to Stella
- Stella (Karen Scioli) — a Philadelphia television horror movie hostess during the 1980s
- Stella Liebeck, who sued McDonald's after scalding herself with hot coffee
- Stella McCartney — British fashion designer and daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney
- Stella Nickell — the "Excedrin murderer"
- Stella Obasanjo — First Lady of The Federal Republic of Nigeria.
- Stella Tennant — British supermodel.
- Stella Reid — Nanny Stella on Nanny 911.
- Stella Adler, A North American actress and acting teacher.
[edit] Places
- Stella, Italy — a town in Liguria.
- Stella, South Africa — a town in the North West Province.
- Stella-Plage — a seaside resort in northern France.
[edit] Popular culture
[edit] Film
- Stella (1943 film), 1943 film with Zully Moreno (Argentina).
- Stella (1950 film), 1950 film with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature
- Stella (1955 film) — directed by Michael Cacoyannis
- Stella (1990 film), 1990 film with Ben Stiller
- Stella (2008 film), starring Madhavan, Vidya Balan and Brendan Fraser, directed by Deepa Mehta.
[edit] Music
- Stella (album) — by Swiss electronica band Yello
- Stella (band), a Finnish pop band
- Stella (Dutch singer), a Dutch singer
- Stella (Singaporean singer), a Singaporean singer
[edit] Miscellaneous
- "Stella!", a memorable line from A Streetcar Named Desire.
- Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain
- Stella shorts, a series of short films by the Stella comedy troupe
- Stella (TV series), a half-hour comedy program by the Stella troupe that aired on Comedy Central
- Stella Loussier, a fictional character from Gundam Seed Destiny
- Stella (magazine), magazine supplement for the Sunday Telegraph
- Stella (Winx Club), a fictional character from the Winx Club animated series.
[edit] Products & producers
- Stella (beer) — an Egyptian beer.
- Stella Artois — a Belgian beer.
- Stella (bicycles) — French bicycle manufacturer.
- Stella (yacht) — class of yacht designed in the UK by C.R. (Kim) Holman in 1959.
- Stella (guitar) — a brand of a guitar
- Stella (cheese) — an Italian brand of cheeses
- Stella (scooter) — a vintage scooter brand introduced by the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company
- STELLA (language courses) — costfree online language courses
[edit] Computing
- Stella (emulator) — multiplatform Atari 2600 game-console emulator.
- Stella (software) — polyhedra modeling software
- Stella; numerical-model-building and simulation software, by isee systems (formerly High Performance Systems)
- A Time-driven programming environment.
- The graphics chip of the Atari 2600, named after the CEO's bicycle.
- The IBM Blue Gene-L supercomputer used with the LOFAR radio telescope project.
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Stella (U.S. coin) — face value four dollars.
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