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vi⋅o⋅la

1[vee-oh-luh]
–noun
1. a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
2. a labial organ stop of eight-foot or four-foot pitch, giving tones of a penetrating stringlike quality.

Origin:
1715–25; < It viola < OPr viola; see viol

vi⋅o⋅la

2[vahy-uh-luh, vahy-oh-, vee-]
–noun
1. any plant of the genus Viola, esp. a cultivated variety. Compare pansy (def. 1), violet (defs. 1, 2).
2. a pansy, V. cornuta, cultivated as a garden plant.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME: violet < L: violet

Vi⋅o⋅la

[vahy-uh-luh, vee-; vahy-oh-luh, vee-]
–noun
a female given name.
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vi·o·la 1   (vē-ō'lə)   
n.  
  1. A stringed instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower, and having a deeper, more sonorous tone.

  2. An organ stop usually of eight-foot or four-foot pitch yielding stringlike tones.


[Italian, from Old Provençal, viola, probably of imitative origin.]
vi·o'list n.
vi·o·la 2   (vī-ō'lə, vē-, vī'ə-lə)   
n.  A plant of the genus Viola, which includes the violets and pansies, especially a variety having flowers resembling violets in size and shape and pansies in coloration.

[Middle English, from Latin.]
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