Viola (disambiguation)

Template:Sister project The viola is a stringed musical instrument related to the violin. Viola also may refer to:

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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

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

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