Melia
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People
- Melia WatrasMelia WatrasDescribed as "staggeringly virtuosic" by The Strad, Melia Watras is a prominent American violist. She is active as a performer and recording artist, both as a soloist and co-founder of the award-winning Corigliano Quartet...
(21st century), a prominent American violist - Elie MeliaElie MeliaFr. Elie Melia was a Georgian Orthodox priest and church historian.Born in Kutaisi, he fled the Soviet regime to Paris where he was closely associated with local Georgian émigré community and later became a priest. He supervised the Georgian parish of St...
(1915–1988), a Georgian Orthodox priest and church historian - Fulvio MeliaFulvio MeliaFulvio Melia is an Italian-American astrophysicist and author. He is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Arizona and Associate Editor of the Astrophysical Journal Letters...
(born 1956), an Italian-American physicist - Jimmy MeliaJimmy MeliaJimmy Melia is a former English footballer who spent most of his career playing for Liverpool and went on to become a manager.-Liverpool:Jimmy joined the Reds straight from St...
(born 1937), a former English footballer - Michael MeliaMichael MeliaMichael Melia is an established British actor best known for his work on television.Melia was born in Berkshire and attended St. Mary's College, Twickenham, the oldest Roman Catholic college in England. Before taking up acting he was a teacher. At one stage he ran a bar in Spain and thought about...
(born 1945), an established British actor
Organisms
- Melia (plant)Melia (plant)Melia is a genus of flowering trees in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. The name is derived from μηλια, the Greek word Theophrastus used for Fraxinus ornus, which has similar leaves.- Selected species :-Formerly placed here:...
, a genus of trees - Melia, a former genus of snout moths now synonymized with AphomiaAphomiaAphomia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some breed in the nests of Anthophila , where their caterpillars are parasitic feeders of wax, honey and pollen.-Selected species:...
- Melia, a Hawaiian name for PlumeriaPlumeriaPlumeria is a genus of flowering plants of the family that includes Dogbane: the Apocynaceae. It contains 7-8 species of mainly deciduous shrubs and small trees...
(frangipani) flower
Other
- Melia, EvrosMelia, EvrosMelia is a village in the municipal unit of Feres, in the Evros Prefecture, northeastern Greece. Melia is located 5 km northwest of Pylaia and 7 km north of Feres. Its 2001 population was 93...
, a village in northeastern Greece - Melia (Stargate), a member of the Atlantean High Council in the Stargate fictional universe
- MeliaeMeliaeIn Greek mythology, the Meliae or Meliai were nymphs of the ash tree, whose name they shared. They appeared from the drops of blood spilled when Cronus castrated Uranus, according to Hesiod, Theogony 187. From the same blood sprang the Erinyes, suggesting that the ash-tree nymphs represented the...
, a nymph in Greek mythology - Meliá Hotels International, a Spanish-owned hotel chain
- Melia's Grocers and Tea DealersMelia's Grocers and Tea Dealers-Daniel Melia:Melia's grocery and provisions store was founded by Daniel Melia of Manchester originally under the name Daniel Melia & Co. Ltd. In 1896, it was formed into a limited company with a capital of 60,000 and 60 shops across the country...
, a 20th Century grocery store chain