Viola (disambiguation)

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

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 (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
 * Viola–Jones object detection framework
 * Berimbau viola, the smallest berimbau in the berimbau ensembles