Viola (disambiguation)

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A viola is a stringed instrument. Viola may also refer to:

Places

United States

• Viola, Arkansas, a town
• Viola, Delaware, a town
• Viola, Idaho, an unincorporated community
• Viola, Illinois, a village
• Viola, Iowa, an unincorporated community
• Viola, Kansas, a city
• Viola, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Viola, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
• Viola, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Viola, New York, a hamlet
• Viola, Tennessee, a town
• Viola, Marion County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Viola, Marshall County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Viola, Wisconsin, a village
• Viola Township (disambiguation), various townships
• Lake Viola (Florida)

Italy

• Viola, Piedmont, a comune in the province of Cuneo
• Lago Viola, a small lake in Lombardy

Outer space

• 1076 Viola, an asteroid

People

• Viola (given name), a female given name
• Al Viola (1919–2007), American jazz guitarist
• Alessio Viola (born 1990), Italian footballer
• Alfonso dalla Viola (c. 1508–c. 1573), Italian composer and instrumentalist of the Renaissance
• Ali Viola (born 1976), former collegiate All-American softball player
• Bill Viola (born 1951), American video artist
• Brittany Viola (born 1987), American platform diver
• Fernando Viola (1951-2001), Italian footballer
• Frank Viola (born 1960), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
• Giovanni Viola (1926–2008), Italian football goalkeeper
• Giovanni Battista Viola (1576–1622), Italian early Baroque painter
• József Viola (1896-1949), Hungarian football player and coach
• Juan Violá (1883-1919), Cuban baseball player in the Cuban and Negro leagues
• Nicolas Viola (born 1989), Italian footballer
• Pedro Viola (born 1983), Dominican Major League Baseball pitcher
• Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924-1994), Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Army who was President of Argentina in 1981
• Valentín Viola (born 1991), Portuguese footballer
• Viola (footballer), nickname of Brazilian footballer Paulo Sergio Rosa (born 1969)
• Viola, stage name of Italian actress and singer Violante Placido (born 1976)
• Paulinho da Viola, nickname of Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician Paulo César Batista de Faria (born 1942)

Fictional characters

• Viola (Twelfth Night character), in William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
• Viola de Lesseps, heroine of the film Shakespeare in Love
• Viola, heroine of the film She's the Man
• Viola (Kiddy Grade), in the Japanese TV anime series Kiddy Grade
• Viola, in the English video game series TimeSplitters
• Viola, in the Japanese video game series Zone of the Enders
• Viola, from the video game Eternal Sonata
• Viola, a Gym Leader in Pokémon series

Organisms

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

Storms

• Typhoon Viola, in the 1953, 1958, 1964 and 1966 Pacific typhoon seasons
• Tropical Storm Viola, in the 1961, 1972 and 1975 Pacific seasons

Other uses

• I Viola, a nickname of the Italian football club ACF Fiorentina
• Viola Reggio Calabria, an Italian basketball team
• Viola (trawler), an English fishing boat
• ViolaWWW, an American web browser
• Viola caipira, a Brazilian guitar often called simply a viola
• Viola (opera), an unfinished opera by Bedřich Smetana

See also

• Viol
• Violin
• Voila (disambiguation)

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