Gloria

Gloria (Latin gloria "glory") stands for:

  • Gloria, the glory of God
  • the personification of glory in Roman mythology, see Fama
  • Gloria (name), a female given name and family name
  • Gloria (potato), a predominantly waxy potato variety
  • Gloria (ship), Colombian sail training ship
  • Nissan Gloria, a car model
  • Ascensor da Glória, one of the three funicular railways in Lisbon
  • Hurricane Gloria, a tropical cyclone from 1985
  • Radio Gloria, Switzerland
  • Typhoon Gloria, tropical cyclone from 1999
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria, codename of the version 7 of Linux Mint
  • Storm Gloria, a winter storm in Spain in 2020

Establishments:

  • Gloria (Saarbrücken), Saarbrücken discotheque and former cinema
  • Gloria cinema (Buchen) in the Neckar-Odenwald district, Baden-Württemberg
  • Gloria Palace, Berlin
  • Filmpalast Gloria, Weißenfels
  • Gloria Theatre (Cologne)
  • Gloria Theatre (Bad Säckingen)

Company:

  • Gloria (fire protection), German manufacturer of fire protection technology
  • Gloria automobile factory, Austrian automobile manufacturer
  • Gloria Film Distribution
  • Wisa Gloria, Swiss toy company

Music:

  • Gloria brass band, Moravian brass band
  • Gloria (band), a German musician duo
  • Gloria (Jenkins), sacred choral work by Karl Jenkins (2010)
  • Gloria (Joachim Witt song), song by Joachim Witt (2012)
  • Gloria (Rutter), choral work by John Rutter (1974)
  • Gloria (Them song), song by Van Morrison / Them (1964)
  • Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song), song by Umberto Tozzi (1979), successfully covered by Laura Branigan (1982)
  • Gloria!, the eleventh studio album by Gloria Estefan (1998)

Feature Films:

  • Gloria (1931) by Hans Behrendt
  • Gloria - Love of my life (1977) by Claude Autant-Lara
  • Gloria the Moll (1980) by John Cassavetes
  • Gloria (1982) by Eva Zsurzs
  • Gloria (1999), remake of the Cassavetes film by Sidney Lumet
  • Gloria (2013) by Sebastián Lelio
  • Gloria (2014) by Christian Keller
  • Gloria - Life Doesn't Wait (2018), by Sebastián Lelio

Gloria or Glória are the names of the following places:

  • Glória (Bahia), municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia
  • Glória (Rio de Janeiro), district of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro
  • Glória (Joinville), district of the Brazilian city of Joinville
  • Glória (Aveiro), municipality in the Portuguese county of Aveiro
  • Glória (Estremoz) Municipality in the Portuguese county of Estremoz
  • Gloria (Oriental Mindoro), municipality, province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines


GLORIA stands as an abbreviation for:

  • Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments, research programme
  • GLObal Robotic telescope Intelligent Array, a network of remotely controlled astronomical observation sites.


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