Iona (disambiguation)

Iona (disambiguation)

Iona is an island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, with particular significance in the history of Christianity in Scotland.__NOTOC__

Derived from the island of Iona

Place names

Angola

*Iona, Angola

Canada

*Iona, Nova Scotia (on Cape Breton Island)
*Iona Island (British Columbia)

United States

*Iona, Florida
*Iona, Idaho
*Iona, Indiana
*Iona, Minnesota
*Iona, South Dakota
*Iona Island (New York)

People

Also derived from the name of the island, Iona is a popular (originally) Scottish forename for women:
*Iona Brown, violinist
*Iona Campagnolo, Canadian politician
*Iona Maclean, fictional TV character from "Monarch of the Glen"
*Iona Opie, researcher of children's lore
*Iona Wynter, Jamaican athlete

Other uses

*The Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian community based on the island
*Iona College (New York), a Catholic college located in New Rochelle, New York, USA
*Iona Preparatory School, a Catholic high school located in New Rochelle, New York, USA
*Iona Presentation College, Perth, a Catholic high school located in Perth, Western Australia
*Iona College (Queensland), a Catholic school located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
*Iona Catholic Secondary School, a member of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
*Iona (band), a progressive rock band from the UK
**"Iona" (album), their first album
*"Iona", a single from "Joy" (album), by Scottish band the Skids and Mike Oldfield

Of separate origin

*Iona, a Russianized form of the name Jonah
*Iona or Ionah, Hawaiianized form of the name Jonah used by Jonah Piikoi
**Iona Yakir
**Iona Nikitchenko
*"Iona" (spider), a genus of jumping spiders
*Iona National Park in the Namibe province of Angola

Acronyms

*IONA, an acronym for Islands of the North Atlantic, an alternative term for the British Isles
*IONA Technologies PLC, a software company with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland


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