Viola

See also: viola and víóla

Translingual

Etymology

Latin viola (“violet”)

Proper noun

Viola f

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

Hyponyms

• (violets): See List of viola species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:List of viola species

External links

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

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English

Etymology

From Latin viola (“violet”)

Proper noun

Viola

1. A female given name
   • 1599 William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1:

     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

Related terms

• Violet

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Viola (cs) f
• Danish: Viola
• Finnish: Viola (fi)

• Hawaiian: Waiola
• Italian: Viola (it)
• Swedish: Viola (sv)

Anagrams

• Ivalo
• voila, voilà

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Czech

Wikipedia ^cs

Proper noun

Viola f

1. A female given name, cognate to Viola.

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Danish

Proper noun

Viola

1. A female given name of Latin origin.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin viola in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviolɑ/
• Hyphenation: Vi‧o‧la

Proper noun

Viola

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Viola (Kotus type 9/kala)

	singular	plural
nominative	Viola	Violat
genitive	Violan	Violojen Violainrare
partitive	Violaa	Violoja
accusative	Violan	Violat
inessive	Violassa	Violoissa
elative	Violasta	Violoista
illative	Violaan	Violoihin
adessive	Violalla	Violoilla
ablative	Violalta	Violoilta
allative	Violalle	Violoille
essive	Violana	Violoina
translative	Violaksi	Violoiksi
instructive	—	Violoin
abessive	Violatta	Violoitta
comitative	—	Violoineen

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Italian

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Viola

1. A female given name.
2. A surname​.

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Viola

1. A surname​.

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Viola

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.