Elia
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Elia may refer to:
Elia may also be a variant of the name Elias
or Elijah.
- European League of Institutes of the ArtsEuropean League of Institutes of the ArtsThe European League of Institutes of the Arts is an independent membership organization representing approximately 350 higher arts education institutions in 45 countries. It was founded in 1990 to represent, advocate and promote higher arts education and to create platforms of discussion and...
(ELIA), an organization of art schools - Elia (sculpture)Elia (sculpture)Elia is a sculpture designed by Ingvar Cronhammar in Herning, Denmark. It is a large, spherical dome with four columns reaching . The dome itself has a diameter of .-Sources:*...
, a prominent public artwork in Denmark - Elia, a historical and alternative name for the Jane and FinchJane and FinchJane and Finch is a neighbourhood located in northwestern North York, a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area is roughly bounded by Highway 400 to the west, Driftwood Avenue to the east, Grandravine Drive to the south, and Shoreham Drive to the north...
neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada - Elia, KyreniaElia, KyreniaElia is a small village in Kyrenia District located southeast of Karavas....
, a village in the Kyrenia DistrictKyrenia DistrictKyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is Kyrenia . It is the smallest of Cyprus' districts, and is the only one fully controlled by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognised only by Turkey....
of Cyprus - Elia, Nicosia, a village in the Nicosia DistrictNicosia DistrictFor the district of Northern Cyprus, see Lefkoşa District.Nicosia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia...
of Cyprus - Prefecture of Ilia or Elia
- Elia the last prophet, pseudonym of the maker of video The Legend of Atlantis
- Elia System OperatorElia System OperatorElia System Operator SA is an electric power transmission system operator of Belgium.-History:Elia was created as a result of the legal unbundling in the electricity market. On 28 June 2001, Elia became the independent limited liability company. It was appointed as the federal transmission system...
, an electric power transmission system operator of Belgium - Elia is a beach resort on the south side of the island of MykonosMykonosMykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island spans an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 9,320 inhabitants most of whom live in the largest town, Mykonos, which lies on the west coast. The town is also...
Elia may also be a variant of the name Elias
Elias
Elias is the Latin transliteration of the Greek name , which in turn is the Hellenized form of the , meaning "Yahweh is my God". Another form of Eliyahu in English is Elijah.The name belonged most notably to Elijah , the Hebrew prophet...
or Elijah.
People with Elia as family name
- Bruce EliaBruce EliaBruce Louis Elia is a former college and professional American football player. In college, Elia played on both the offensive and defensive teams for the Ohio State Buckeyes...
, former American football player - Eljero EliaEljero EliaEljero George Rinaldo Elia is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Juventus and the Dutch national team. He scored on his debut for the Dutch national team in September 2009 and participated at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.-ADO Den Haag:Before excelling in the...
, Dutch footballer - Lee EliaLee EliaLee Constantine Elia is a former professional baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. He was a manager of the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies . Additionally, he has served as a coach for the Phillies, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Baltimore...
, former Major League Baseball player and current coach\*Elia KazanElia KazanElia Kazan was an American director and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". Born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to Greek parents originally from Kayseri in Anatolia, the family emigrated...
Oscar winning director*Elia Abu MadiElia Abu MadiElia Abu Madi was a Lebanese-American poet.-Life and career:Abu Madi was born in the village of Al-Muhaydithah, now part of Bikfaya, Lebanon, in 1889 or 1890...
, (1889 or 1890 – 1957), Lebanese-American poet.
People with Elia as first name
- Bruce EliaBruce EliaBruce Louis Elia is a former college and professional American football player. In college, Elia played on both the offensive and defensive teams for the Ohio State Buckeyes...
, former American football pl - Elia Bennett, character in Final Fantasy IIIFinal Fantasy IIIis a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in for the Family Computer as the third installment in the Final Fantasy series. It is the first numbered Final Fantasy game to feature the job-change system....
, also known as Aria Bennett - Elia CmiralElia CmiralElia David Cmíral is a film composer. He was born in Czechoslovakia and emigrated to Sweden, moving to the United States in 1987. There, he attended the University of Southern California and scored for an independent film entitled Apartment Zero...
(born 1957), film composer - Elia Dalla CostaElia Dalla CostaElia Angelo Dalla Costa was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Florence from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1933.-Biography:...
, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Florence - Elia del MedigoElia del MedigoElias del Medigo, born under the name Elijah Mi-Qandia or Elijah mi-Qandia ben Moise del Medigo, also called in mauscripts as Elijah Delmedigo or Elias ben Moise del Medigo....
(c. 1458 – c. 1493), the last major Jewish Averroist. - Elia KaiyamoElia KaiyamoElia George Kaiyamo is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Kaiyamo was an internal organizer and teacher for SWAPO prior to independence. Kaiyamo is currently the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration.-Education:Kaiyamo earned a B.A. from the University of Cape Town in 1989. He...
(born 1951), Namibian politician - Elia KazanElia KazanElia Kazan was an American director and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". Born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to Greek parents originally from Kayseri in Anatolia, the family emigrated...
, Greek-American film and theatre director and producer and novelist - Elia LegatiElia LegatiElia Legati is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Padova.- Club career :Legati was signed by Milan from Fiorenzuola in 2001...
, (born 1986), Italian professional footballer - Elia LevitaElia LevitaElia Levita , also known as Elijah Levita, Elias Levita, Élie Lévita, Eliahu Bakhur was a Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet. He was influential in helping to create the Yiddish language...
(1469–1549), Renaissance-period Hebrew grammarian, poet and one of the first writers in the Yiddish language - Elia MillosevichElia MillosevichElia Filippo Francesco Giuseppe Maria Millosevich , was an Italian astronomer.He specialized in calculating the orbits of comets and asteroids, in particular 433 Eros....
(1848–1919), Italian astronomer. - Elia PeraizzaElia PeraizzaElia Peraizza or Ilija Perajica was a Hajduk /uskok leader from Dalmatia.According to old Italian sources, he came from a large family listed as Morlachs. The family was part of a larger clan, who inhabited large territories of Dalmatia, mostly centered around Zadar and Šibenik...
, (ca. 17th century) Hajduk /uskok leader from Dalmatia - Elia RavelomanantsoaElia RavelomanantsoaElia Ravelomanantsoa is a Malagasy politician and the director of Synergy-FCB.Born in Antananarivo, Ravelomanantsoa set herself up in business at the age of seventeen. She founded the Manja festival of fashion in 1986. From 1990 until 1993, she was on the Committee of the Group of Reflection and...
(born 1960), Malagasy politician - Elia RigottoElia RigottoElia Rigotto was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. During his career, he rode with Domina Vacanze, Team Milram and Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli.- Palmares :2004- External links :...
(born 1982),Italian professional road bicycle racer - Elia SuleimanElia SuleimanElia Suleiman , is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention , a modern tragic comedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival...
(born 1960), Palestinian-Israeli film director and actor. - Elia W. PeattieElia W. PeattieElia Wilkinson Peattie was an American author, journalist and critic.-Biography:Elia Wilkinson was the daughter of Frederick and Amanda Wilkinson. She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but moved with her family to Chicago when she was young. She stopped attending school when she was fourteen, but...
(1862-1935), American author, journalist and critic - Élie DiodatiÉlie DiodatiÉlie Diodati was a Swiss lawyer and jurist from a leading Calvinist family in Geneva, who had moved there from Lucca. He is now known as a supporter of Galileo: they met around 1620....
(1576–1661), Swiss lawyer