viola

Meanings

1. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

1. A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
2. A person who plays the viola.
3. An organ stop having a similar tone.
4. A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
5. A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.

1. Misconstruction of voila.

1. A female given name from Latin.
2. A comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A town in Fulton County, Arkansas.
5. An unincorporated community in Shasta County, California.
6. A town in Kent County, Delaware.
7. An unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia.
8. An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho.
9. A village in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois.
10. An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Linn County, Iowa.
11. A minor city and township in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
12. An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky.

Etymology

From Latin viola (“violet”).