Olivia
Encyclopedia
People
- Olivia (given name)Olivia (given name)Olivia, , is a popular feminine given name in the English language. It is a Latinate name derived, first coined by William Shakespeare for a character in the Twelfth Night...
, includes people and characters with this name - Olivia (singer)Olivia (singer)Olivia Theresa Longott , professionally known as Olivia, is an American R&B singer and rapper.-Early life:Raised in New York City, Longott is of Puerto Rican, and Indian descent....
(born 1981), American singer, born Olivia Longott
Literature and entertainment
- Olivia (magazine)Olivia (magazine)Olivia is a monthly Finnish magazine for Finnish women. The publication focuses on career, family, home and fashion....
, Finnish women's magazine - Olivia (Judith Rossner novel), published in 1994 by Judith Rossner
- Olivia (Rosie Rushton novel), the second book in The Girls series by Rosie Rushton, published in 1997
- Olivia, a novel published in 1949 by Dorothy BussyDorothy BussyDorothy Bussy was an English novelist and translator.-Family background and childhood:Dorothy Bussy was a member of the Strachey family, one of ten children of Jane Strachey and the great British Empire soldier and administrator Lt-Gen Sir Richard Strachey...
under the pen name "Olivia"- Olivia (film)Olivia (film)Olivia is a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry. It is based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a "landmark of lesbian representation".-Plot:...
, 1951 French motion picture based on this novel
- Olivia (film)
- Olivia (play), by William Gorman WillsWilliam Gorman WillsWilliam Gorman Wills , was an Irish dramatist and painter.-Biography:The son of James Wills , author of Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, William was born in Dublin and educated at Waterford Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin.After publishing his novel Old Times in an Irish...
- Olivia (TV series)Olivia (TV series)Olivia is a British-American children's animated television series produced by media company Chorion and based on Ian Falconer's books. It is seen on Nick Jr. in the US, Milkshake!, Nick Jr. in the UK and Ireland, and Disney Junior in Latin America and Brazil, Treehouse TV in Canada...
, an 2009 animated show based on Ian Falconer's books - "Olivia" (Fringe)Olivia (Fringe)"Olivia" is the first episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by executive producers J. H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner, and was directed by Joe Chappelle. The third season spent its time alternating between the prime and...
, a 2010 episode of the television series Fringe - Olivia RecordsOlivia RecordsOlivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music. Olivia, named after the heroine of a pulp novel by Dorothy Bussy who fell in love with her headmistress at French boarding school, was the brainchild of ten lesbian-feminists living in Washington, DC who wanted to...
, record label - Olivia (Olivia Newton-John album)Olivia (Olivia Newton-John album)Olivia is the second album from the singer Olivia Newton-John. Two of its songs were released as singles .In its initial release, it was not issued in the United States, though it was sold there as an import...
, 1972 - Olivia (Olivia album), 2001
- "(Olivia) Lost and Turned Out", 1978 R&B song by The WhispersThe WhispersThe Whispers are a long-established R&B-dance vocal group from Los Angeles, California, with a consistent track record of hit records dating back to the late 1960s.-Career:...
from their Headlights album
Other uses
- Olivia (company)Olivia (company)Olivia is a travel company which sells cruises and resort vacations marketed towards lesbian customers. It was founded by Judy Dlugacz in 1973 as a women’s record label, Olivia Records. It offered its first all-woman cruise in 1990 and remains the only company in the world offering cruises catering...
, lesbian-oriented travel company - 835 Olivia835 Olivia835 Olivia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...
, a minor planet - Hala OliviaHala OliviaHala Olivia is an arena in Gdańsk, Poland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home of Stoczniowiec Gdansk. The basketball club Prokom Gdynia also used the facility for home Euroleague fixtures. Hala Olivia opened in 1970 and holds 5,500 people....
, arena in Gdańsk, Poland - Olivia, MinnesotaOlivia, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 2,570 people, 75 households, and 658 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,102.7 people per square mile . There were 1,178 housing units at an average density of 505.4 per square mile...
, a small city in the United States - Olivia, North CarolinaOlivia, North CarolinaOlivia is an unincorporated community centered in the Barbecue Township of Harnett County, North Carolina but also covering parts of Anderson Creek Township near the Lee County line.-History:...
, an unincorporated community in the United States - Olivia MFSKOlivia MFSKOlivia MFSK is an amateur radioteletype protocol designed to work in difficult conditions on shortwave bands. The signal can still be properly copied when it is buried 10 dB below the noise floor...
, an amateur radio digital transmission protocol - The Olivia Tremor ControlThe Olivia Tremor ControlThe Olivia Tremor Control is an indie rock band prominent in the mid to late 1990s which, along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, was one of the three original Elephant 6 projects...
, an American indie rock band - Tropical Storm Olivia (disambiguation), the name of several tropical cyclones
- Cyclone OliviaCyclone OliviaSevere Tropical Cyclone Olivia was a powerful Category 4 cyclone that produced the highest non-tornadic winds on record, 408 km/h .-Meteorological history:...
- Lake OliviaLake OliviaLake Olivia is an freshwater lake located within the Avon Park Lakes subdivision in northwest Highlands County, Florida. It is to the northwest of the incorporated city of Avon Park. Maximum depth is about , with a fairly steep contour to the depth. The lake's shape is round. There were many...
, a freshwater lake in northwest Highlands County, Florida - Saint OliviaSaint OliviaSaint Olivia, according to the legend, was the beautiful daughter of a noble Sicilian family. She is supposed to have lived in the 9th century. When she was 13 years old she was kidnapped by and taken as a slave to Tunis...