viola : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: viola	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for viola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viola n any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions Synonym(s): Viola, genus Viola a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viola \Vi"ola\, n. [It. See {Viol}.] (Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. {[d8]Viola* da braccio} [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the {alto}. {[d8]Viola da gamba} [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. {[d8]Viola da spalla} [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. {[d8]Viola di amore} [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Viola, AR (town, FIPS 72140) Location: 36.39616 N, 91.98494 W Population (1990): 320 (152 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72583 Viola, DE (town, FIPS 74330) Location: 39.04211 N, 75.57195 W Population (1990): 153 (58 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19979 Viola, ID Zip code(s): 83872 Viola, IL (village, FIPS 78123) Location: 41.20524 N, 90.58741 W Population (1990): 964 (399 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61486 Viola, KS (city, FIPS 74025) Location: 37.48246 N, 97.64456 W Population (1990): 185 (69 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67149 Viola, MN Zip code(s): 55934 Viola, NY (CDP, FIPS 77574) Location: 41.12938 N, 74.08247 W Population (1990): 4504 (1370 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Viola, TN (town, FIPS 77400) Location: 35.53803 N, 85.86063 W Population (1990): 123 (55 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Viola, WI (village, FIPS 82900) Location: 43.50756 N, 90.67311 W Population (1990): 644 (306 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54664
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Viola An experimental {hypercard}-like interpreted {hypertext} system by Pei Y. Wei of {Berkeley}. (1994-11-30)