Viola (disambiguation)

Viola may refer to:

Musical instruments

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

Genera

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

Persons

Viola is 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:

;Fictional
*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"

;Surname
*Roberto Viola, briefly President of Argentina

;Nickname
*Viola (footballer) (Paulo Sérgio Rosa), a Brazilian football player

Places

United States of America

*Viola, Arkansas
*Viola, Delaware
*Viola, Illinois
*Viola, Iowa
*Viola, Kansas
*Viola, Missouri
*Viola, New York
*Viola, Tennessee
*Viola, Wisconsin

Italy

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

Other uses

*1076 Viola, an asteroid
*ViolaWWW, an early web browser developed by Pei-Yuan Wei
*The Italian word for purple
*"I Viola", the nickname for the Italian football club ACF Fiorentina

ee also

*Voila