Viola (disambiguation)
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Viola may refer to:
Musical Instruments
- Viola, a 4-string bowed musical instrument related to the violin.
- Viola da Gamba, another name for the viol.
Guitars
Viola is a term used for several Portuguese and Brazilian regional folk guitars, any one of which is frequently called simply "viola", in its particular region:
- Portugal:
- Viola Amarantina, a 5-course, 10-string guitar
- Viola de Arame, a 5-course, 9-string guitar from Madeira
- Viola Beiroa, a small harp guitar with twelve strings, or its smaller "parlor" model with 10 strings
- Viola Braguesa, a 5-course, 10-string guitar
- Viola Terceira, a 6-course, 15-string guitar from the Azores
- Viola da Terra, a 5-course, 12- or 15-string guitar
- Viola Toeira, a 5-course, 12-string guitar
- Brazil:
- Viola caipira, a 5-course, 10-string Brazilian guitar
- Viola de choco, a 5-course, 5-string guitar from the Mato Grosso region
- Viola sertaneja, a 5-course, 10-string Brazilian guitar
- Viola de sete cordas, "guitar with seven strings", a variant name for the Violão de Sete Cordas, 7-course, 7-string Brazilian guitar
Fictional characters
- Viola (Kiddy Grade), in the Japanese TV anime series Kiddy Grade
- 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, 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
- Viola, one of Jake's five children from Adventure Time aired on Cartoon Network
Organisms
- Viola (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies
- Viola (plant), a genus of flowering plants, including violets and pansies
People
- Viola (given name), a female given name
- Viola (footballer) (born 1969), Brazilian footballer Paulo Sergio Rosa
- Al Viola (1919–2007), American jazz guitarist
- Alessio Viola (born 1990), Italian footballer
- Alfonso dalla Viola (c. 1508–c. 1573), Italian composer
- 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
- Paulinho da Viola (born 1942), Brazilian musician Paulo César Batista de Faria
- Viola, stage name of Italian actress and singer Violante Placido (born 1976)
Places
United States
- Viola, Arkansas, a town
- Viola, California, an unincorporated community in Shasta County, California
- 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), a lake in Highlands County, Florida
Italy
- Viola, Piedmont, a comune in the province of Cuneo
- Lago Viola, a small lake in Lombardy
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
- Viola (opera), an unfinished opera by Bedřich Smetana
- Viola (trawler), an English fishing boat
- 1076 Viola, an asteroid
- Viol@, a 1998 Italian erotic drama film
- Viola Reggio Calabria, an Italian basketball team
- ViolaWWW, an American web browser
- Viola caipira, a Brazilian guitar often called simply a viola
- I Viola, a nickname of the Italian football club ACF Fiorentina
See also
- Viol, a family of stringed musical instruments
- Violin (disambiguation)
- Voila (disambiguation)
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