Stella

Stella is the Latin and Italian word for "star".

As a proper name, it may refer to:

People

Surname

• Aldo Stella (skier) (born 1943), Italian ski mountaineer and skier
• Antonietta Stella (born 1929), Italian soprano
• Carlos Stella (born 1961), Argentine composer
• Diego de Estella (1524–1578), Spanish theologian and writer
• Frank Stella (born 1936), American painter
• Gianfranco Stella (born 1938), Italian ski mountaineer and skier
• Jacques Stella (1596–1657), French painter
• Joseph Stella (1877–1946), American painter
• Martina Stella (born 1984), Italian actress

Given name

• Stella Adler (1901–1992), American actress and acting teacher
• Stella Huang (born 1980), Singaporean-Taiwanese singer
• Stella Maessen (born 1953), Dutch singer
• Stella McCartney (born 1971), British fashion designer
• Stella Nickell (born 1943), American murderer, the "Excedrin murderer"
• Stella Obasanjo (1945–2005), First Lady of Nigeria
• Stella Pilatou (born 1980), Greek long jumper
• Stella Reid (born 1964), British nanny
• Stella Soleil (born 1971), American singer
• Stella Tennant (born 1970), British supermodel
• Stella Tsikouna (born 1972), Greek discus thrower
• Stella Vander (born 1950), French singer
• Stella Cornelia (born 1994), Indonesia singer

Fictional characters

• Stella Bonasera, character in the television series CSI: NY
• Stella Kowalski, character in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Stella Loussier, character in the anime Gundam Seed Destiny
• Stella Mayfair, character in the novel Mayfair Witch Chronicles by Anne Rice
• Stella (Winx Club), character in the television series Winx Club
• Stella Zinman, character in the How I Met Your Mother sitcom series

Places

Canada

• Stella, Ontario, a village on Amherst Island.

Egypt

• Stella de Mare, a seaside resort on the Red Sea in Ain El Sokhna, Egypt

England

• Stella Park, a village in Tyne and Wear
• Stella power stations, a demolished pair of coal-fired power stations in Tyne and Wear

France

• Stella-Plage, a seaside resort in northern France

Italy

• Stella, Liguria, a town in Liguria
• Stella Cilento, a town in Campania
• Monte Stella (Calabria), a mountain in Calabria
• Monte Stella (Cilento), a mountain in Campania
• Monte Stella (Milan), a hill and city park of Milan

South Africa

• Stella, South Africa, a town in the North West Province

United States

• Stella, Missouri, a village in Newton County, Missouri
• Stella, Nebraska, a village in Richardson County, Nebraska

Arts and entertainment works

Film

• Stella (1921 film), directed by Edwin J. Collins
• Stella (1943 film), with Zully Moreno (Argentina)
• Stella (1950 film), with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature
• Stella (1955 film), directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri
• Stella (1983 film), directed by [Laurent Heynemann
• Stella (1990 film), starring Bette Midler
• Stella (2008 film), starring Seema Biswas

TV

• Stella (UK TV series), a 2012 comedy drama set in South Wales
• Stella (US TV series), a half-hour comedy program by the Stella troupe that aired on Comedy Central
• Stella shorts, a series of short films by the Stella comedy troupe

Music

• Stella (Uzeda album), by Uzeda
• Stella (album), by Swiss electronica band Yello
• "Stella" (song), by All Time Low
• Stella (band), a Finnish rock/pop band
• Stella, by Kashiwa Daisuke

Novels

• Stella (novel), by Jan de Hartog

Brands and product names

• Stella (magazine), Swedish science fiction magazine
• Stella (Norwegian magazine), Norwegian lifestyle magazine
• Stella (magazine supplement), magazine supplement for The Sunday Telegraph
• Stella (beer), an Egyptian beer
• Stella Artois, a Belgian beer
• Stella (bicycles), a French bicycle manufacturer
• Stella (yacht), a class of yacht designed in the UK by C.R. (Kim) Holman in 1959
• Stella (guitar), a brand of a guitar
• Stella (scooter), a vintage scooter brand introduced by the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company
• STELLA (language courses), online language courses
• Subaru Stella
• Stella Cheese, a division of Saputo Incorporated that makes Italian style cheeses

Computing

• Stella (emulator), multiplatform Atari 2600 game-console emulator.
• Stella (software), polyhedra modeling software
• 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

Other

• Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain
• Stella, a gene expressed by primordial germ cells
• Stella Awards, given to people who file ridiculous lawsuits for huge financial gain
• SS Stella, various steamships
• THV Stella, a former Trinity House supply ship, built in 1961 and based in Penzance, Cornwall.
• Stella (United States coin), with a face value of four dollars ($4)
• Stella Club d'Adjamé, an association football club based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

See also

• Stella Maris (disambiguation)
• Stellar (disambiguation)
• Stela (disambiguation)
• "Stella by Starlight", a jazz standard

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