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viola

/ˈviː.ələ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
  2. A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
  3. A person who plays the viola.
  4. An organ stop having a similar tone.
  5. A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
  6. A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
  7. Misconstruction of voila.
  8. A female given name from Latin.
  9. A comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy.
  10. A number of places in the United States:
  11. A town in Fulton County, Arkansas.
  12. An unincorporated community in Shasta County, California.
  13. A town in Kent County, Delaware.
  14. An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
  15. An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho.
  16. A village in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois.
  17. An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Linn County, Iowa.
  18. A minor city and township in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
  19. An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky.

Etymology / origin

From Latin viola (“violet”).

  1. viola(Latin)
  2. viola (English)
  3. Relations: der

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