Villanova

Villanova is a name of Latin origin, meaning new town. It is equivalent to Italian Villanuova, French Villeneuve, Spanish Villanueva, and Catalan, Occitan and Portuguese Vilanova. It may refer to:

Villanova University

• Villanova University, an American university established in 1842 in Pennsylvania, by the Augustinian Order (formerly known as Villanova College)
  • Villanova Wildcats, the athletic program of Villanova University
  • Villanova (SEPTA Regional Rail station), the station on Philadelphia's SEPTA Regional Rail Paoli/Thorndale Line that serves the university
• Villanova, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community near Philadelphia that contains the university

Botany

• Villanova, a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae, an illegitimate name replaced by Flueggea, or bushweed
• Villanova (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.

Education

• St. Thomas of Villanova College, an Augustinian university preparatory school in King City, Ontario, Canada
• Villanova College, a current Australian school run by the Augustinian priests, located in Coorparoo, in Brisbane, Australia
• Villanova Preparatory School, a college preparatory school in Ojai, California

Geography and history

• Villanova d'Asti, a town in the Province of Asti, Piedmont, Italy
• Villanova, Corse-du-Sud, a commune of the Arrondissement of Ajaccio in Corsica
• Villanova, Huesca, a municipality in Huesca (province), Spain
• Villanova Monferrato, a town in the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy
• Villanova, Ostuni, a coastal fraction of the municipality of Ostuni, Puglia, in Italy
• Villanova/Vilanova d'Éssera, a village in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain
• a frazione of Bagnacavallo, province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
• Villanovan Culture, the predecessor to the Etruscan civilization culture in central Italy

Names

• Arnaldus de Villa Nova (c. 1235–1313), an alchemist, astrologer, and physician
• Saint Thomas of Villanova (born Tomás García Martínez, 1488–1555), a Spanish Augustinian friar and archbishop

See also

• Vilanova (disambiguation)
• Villanueva (disambiguation)
• Villeneuve (disambiguation)