Viola

Latin viola (“violet”)

Viola f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae – violets.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain of the butterflies called skippers.

• (violets): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Violaceae - family
• (butterflies): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Hesperiiformes - series; Hesperiidae - family; Pyrginae - subfamily; Pyrgini - tribe

• (genus in Violaceae): Viola odorata (sweet violet) - type species; Viola angustifolia, Viola tricolor, Viola wikipedia - selected species; for other species see List of Viola species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (genus in Hesperiidae): Viola alicus, Viola egra, Viola minor, Viola olla, Viola violella - species

• Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola (Violaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Viola (Hesperiidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Viola (Violaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Viola at USDA Plants database

From Latin viola (“violet”).

Viola

1. A female given name from Latin
   • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:

     Were you a woman as the rest goes even, / I should my tears let fall upon your cheek, / And say, 'Thrice welcome, drowned Viola!'

2. A town in Arkansas
3. A town in Delaware
4. A village in Illinois
5. A city in Kansas
6. A hamlet in New York
7. A town in Tennessee
8. A village in Wisconsin

• Violet

• Ivalo, oliva, voila, voilà, volia

Viola f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Viola

Viola

1. a female given name from Latin of Latin origin

From Latin viola in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiolɑ/, [ˈʋio̞lɑ]
• Rhymes: -iolɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Vi‧o‧la

Viola

1. a female given name from Latin
   • 1984, Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, pages 45-46:

     Helenalle valkeni että Marjatan äidillä oli sama nimi kaksi kertaa: Viola Orvokki. Kuitenkin nimet olivat kuin toistensa vastakohtia: Viola kellanvaaleana sulatejuustopakkauksessa ja toisaalta Orvokkini tummasilmä.

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• Ivalo, Olavi, loiva, lovia, olvia, valio, valoi

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi̯oːla/, [viˈoːla], [ˈvjoːla]

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Borrowed from Italian viola.

Viola f (genitive Viola, plural Violen)

1. (music) Synonym of Bratsche

Borrowed from Latin viola.

Viola f (genitive Viola, plural Violen)

1. (botany) Alternative form of Viole (“violet”)

• “Viola” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Viola” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Viola on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Viola” in Duden online
• “Viola” in Duden online

The given name derived from Latin viola (“a violet”). The surname can be matronymic, but more often occupational, for a dyer of violet cloth, or a player of the viola.

• IPA^(key): /viˈɔ.la/, /ˈvjɔ.la/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: Vi‧ò‧la, Viò‧la

Viola f

1. a female given name from Latin

Viola m or f by sense

1. a surname

• oliva, ovali, voilà, volai

• IPA^(key): /ˈviɔɫa/
• Homophone: viola

Viola f (genitive singular Violy, nominative plural Violy, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name

• Viola in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Occupational surname for a viola player, from Late Latin vitula, or for a dyer or seller of violet fabric.

Viola ?

1. a surname

From Latin viola (“violet”). First recorded in Sweden in 1844.

• IPA^(key): /vɪ²uːla/

Viola c (genitive Violas)

1. a female given name from Latin

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN 57 207 females with the given name Viola living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.