Viola (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Musical instruments 2 Genera 3 Persons 3.1 Surname 3.2 Nickname 4 Places 4.1 United States of America 4.2 Italy 5 See also

Viola may refer to:

• 1076 Viola, an asteroid
• I Viola, the nickname for the Italian football club ACF Fiorentina
• Viola (band), a Finnish indie rock band on the If society record label
• ViolaWWW, an early web browser developed by Pei-Yuan Wei
• The Italian word for purple

[edit] Musical instruments

• Viola, a musical instrument
• Viola (Brazil), a type of acoustic guitar used in Brazil, but invented in Portugal
• Viola d'amore

[edit] Genera

• Viola (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies
• Viola (plant), a genus of flowering plants, including violets and pansies

[edit] Persons

Viola is also a female given name, in use in English-speaking countries, Scandinavian countries, Italy, Hungary, and Hungarian-speaking regions of neighboring countries. It means "violet." It can refer to:

• Viola, the name of a character in Twelfth Night (play), by William Shakespeare
• Viola, the name of Amanda Bynes' character in She's the Man, a film inspired by Twelfth Night
• Viola, the name of a character in Free Radical's TimeSplitters (series) video games
• Viola, the name of the antagonist in Konami's Zone of the Enders Series
• Viola in the 2002 TV show Kiddy Grade

[edit] Surname

• Roberto Viola, briefly President of Argentina

[edit] Nickname

• Paulo Sérgio Rosa (Viola), a Brazilian football player

[edit] Places

[edit] United States of America

• Viola, Arkansas
• Viola, Delaware
• Viola, Illinois
• Viola, Kansas
• Viola, Missouri
• Viola, New York
• Viola, Tennessee
• Viola, Wisconsin

[edit] Italy

• Viola (CN), a comune in the province of Cuneo

[edit] See also

• Voila