Iona (disambiguation)

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

[edit] Derived from the island of Iona

[edit] Place names

[edit] Canada

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

[edit] United States

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Of separate origin

• Iona, a Russian forename for men
• 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

[edit] 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