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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