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

Canada

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

Australia

• Iona, Victoria

United States

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

People

• Iona (name)
• Iona Brown, violinist
• Iona Campagnolo, Canadian politician
• Iona Maclean, fictional TV character from Monarch of the Glen
• Iona Opie, researcher of children's lore
• Iona Wynter, Jamaican athlete

Ships

• PS Iona 1864 MacBrayne paddle steamer
• MV Iona 1970 MacBrayne ferry

Schools

• Iona College (New York), a Catholic college located in New Rochelle, New York, USA
• 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
• 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, a Presbyterian church in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand

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 female Artificial Intelligence from Halo: Blood Line.
• Hikawa Iona (Cure Fortune), character of Happiness Charge PreCure!