The viola is a stringed musical instrument related to the violin.

Viola also may refer to:

Guitars

Viola is a term for several Portuguese and Brazilian regional folk guitars, frequently called simply "viola" in their respective regions:

  • Portugal:
  • Viola amarantina, a 5-course, 10-string guitar
  • Viola beiroa, a small harp guitar with twelve strings
  • Viola braguesa, a 5-course, 10-string guitar
  • Viola da terra, a 5-course, 12- or 15-string guitar
  • Viola de arame, a 5-course, 9-string guitar from Madeira
  • Viola da Terceira, a 6-course, 15-string guitar from the Azores
  • Viola toeira, a 5-course, 12-string guitar
  • Brazil:
  • Viola caipira, a 5-course, 10-string Brazilian guitar
  • Viola de cocho a 5-course, 5-string Brazilian guitar
  • Viola sertaneja, a 5-course, 10-string Brazilian guitar

Organisms

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

Places

United States

  • Viola, Arkansas, a town
  • Viola, California, an unincorporated community
  • Viola, Delaware, a town
  • Viola, Georgia, an unincorporated community
  • 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

People

  • Viola (given name), a female given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
  • Viola (surname)
  • Viola, Duchess of Opole (died 1251), a duchess consort and regent of the Silesian duchy of Opole
  • Viola (singer) (born 1976), stage name of Italian singer Violante Placido
  • Viola (footballer) (born 1969), Brazilian footballer Paulo Sergio Rosa
  • Viola, pen name of American poet Laura M. Hawley Thurston (1812-1842)
  • Paulinho da Viola, Brazilian musician born Paulo César Batista de Faria in 1942

Military

  • Viola (trawler), an English steam trawler built in 1906
  • HMS Viola, an Aubrietia-class sloop launched in 1916
  • Viola, the original name of HMS Legion (1914) a Laforey-class destroyer, laid down in 1912

Other uses

  • Typhoon Viola, various typhoons, a tropical storm and a tropical depression
  • Viola (opera), an unfinished opera by Bedřich Smetana
  • 1076 Viola, an asteroid
  • Viol@, a 1998 Italian erotic drama film
  • Viola Reggio Calabria, an Italian basketball team
  • ViolaWWW, an American web browser
  • I Viola, a nickname of the Italian football club ACF Fiorentina
  • Berimbau viola, the smallest berimbau in the berimbau ensembles

See also

  • Viol, a family of stringed musical instruments
  • Viola da Gamba, another name for the viol
  • Violin (disambiguation)
  • Voila (disambiguation)
  • Violet (disambiguation)
  • Violeta (disambiguation)
  • Violetta (disambiguation)
  • Violette (disambiguation)