Iona (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with Ionia.

Iona is an island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, with particular significance in the history of Christianity in Scotland.

Derived from the Scottish island of Iona

Place names

Australia

• Iona, Darlinghurst, a heritage-listed house and former hospital in Sydney, New South Wales
• Iona, Victoria in eastern Victoria
• Iona Gas Plant in Western Victoria near Port Campbell

Canada

• Iona, Nova Scotia (on Cape Breton Island)
• Iona Island (British Columbia)
• Iona, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Iona Station and Iona in Ontario

United States

• Iona, Florida
• Iona, Idaho
• Iona, Indiana
• Iona, Minnesota
• Iona, New Jersey
• Iona, South Dakota
• Iona Island (New York)

People

• Iona (name)
• Iona Brown, violinist
• Iona Campagnolo, Canadian politician
• Iona Craig (born 1976), British-Irish journalist
• Iona Fyfe (born 1998), Scottish singer
• Iona Opie, researcher of children's lore
• Iona Wynter, Jamaican athlete

Ships

• Iona I 1855 J&G Thomson paddle steamer, sunk off Fort Matilda, 1862
• PS Iona 1864 MacBrayne paddle steamer
• MV Iona 1970 MacBrayne ferry
• MS Iona 2020 P&O Cruises cruise ship

Schools

• Iona University, a Catholic university located in New Rochelle, New York, USA
  • Iona Gaels, the university's athletic program
• Iona Preparatory School, a Catholic high school located in New Rochelle, New York, USA
• Iona Catholic Secondary School, a member of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
• Iona College (Windsor, Ontario), a affiliated college of the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada founded by the United Church of Canada
• Iona Presentation College, Perth, a Catholic high school located in Perth, Western Australia
• Iona College (Queensland), a Catholic school located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Iona College, Havelock North, a Presbyterian girls' school in Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Other uses

• The Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian community based on the island and in Glasgow
• Iona National Airways, the first commercial airline in Ireland
• Iona (band), a progressive rock band from the UK
  • Iona (album), their first album
• "Iona", a single from Joy (album), by Scottish band the Skids and Mike Oldfield
• Iona Church, Port Chalmers, a Presbyterian church in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Iona (film), a 2015 film starring Ruth Negga

Of separate origin

• Iona, a Russianized form of the name Jonah
  • Iona Yakir
  • Iona Nikitchenko
• Iona or Ionah, Hawaiianized form of the name Jonah used by Jonah Piikoi
• Iona (spider), a genus of jumping spiders
• Iona National Park in the Namibe province of Angola
• Iona, Angola, a Comuna (parish) in the Tômbwa municipality

Acronyms

• IONA, an acronym for Islands of the North Atlantic, an alternative term for the British Isles
• IONA Technologies PLC, a software company with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland

Fictional characters

• Iona, Shield of Emeria, a legendary angel from Zendikar, a Magic: The Gathering expansion set
• Iona, a Fog Mental Model from Arpeggio of Blue Steel
• Hikawa Iona (Cure Fortune), character of HappinessCharge PreCure!
• Iona MacLean, TV character from Monarch of the Glen
• Iona Payne, TV character from Forever

See also

• Jona (disambiguation)
• Yona (disambiguation)