Bella
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Bella is a female name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in -bella, such as Isabella and Annabella. "Bella" is related to the Italian and Latin words for beautiful.[1][2]
Bella may also refer to:
- People
- Bella Abzug (1920–1998), American politician and prominent figure in the women's movement
- Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Soviet/Russian poet
- Bella Darvi (1928-1971), Polish-born French actress
- Bella Davidovich (b. 1928), classical pianist
- Bella Flores (b. 1936), Filipina film actress
- Bella Freud (b. 1961), London-based fashion designer
- Bella Hardy, English folk musician, singer and songwriter
- Bella Igla (b. 1985), Israeli Woman Grandmaster of chess
- Bella Joseph, alleged Soviet spy
- Béla Károlyi (b. 1942), gymnastics instructor
- Bella Lewitzky (1916-2004), modern dance choreographer and teacher
- Bella Rosenfeld (1895-1944), wife of painter Marc Chagall and writer
- Bella Spewack (1899-1990), half of a husband-and-wife writing team
- Bella Thorne (b. 1997), American actress
- Ahmed Ben Bella (b. 1918), third President of Algeria
- Ivan Bella (b. 1964), Slovak Air Force officer and former cosmonaut
- Iván Bella (b. 1989), Argentine footballer
- Ján Levoslav Bella (1843-1936), Slovak composer, conductor and music teacher
- Martin Bella (b. 1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- Michael Bella (b. 1945), German former footballer
- Rachael Bella (b. 1984), American actress
- Stefano della Bella (1610-1664), Italian printmaker
- V.J. Bella (b. 1927), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and former Louisiana state fire marshal
- The Bella Twins (Brie and Nicki Bella), ring name of a professional wrestling tag team
- Fictional characters
- Bella Swan, female protagonist of the Twilight series
- Bella Donna, the name of two characters in the Marvel Comics universe
- Places
- Bella, Basilicata, a city and commune in Italy
- Isola Bella, the name of two Italian islands
- 695 Bella, a minor planet
- Other uses
- Bella Center, a congress and exhibition center in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Bella (band)
- Bella (Australian band), country music trio
- Bella (film)
- Bella (leopard)
- Bella Books, a publisher of lesbian literature
- "Bella", a song by Ricky Martin
- Bella (album), album by Teddy Thompson
- "Bella ciao", an Italian partisan song of World War II
- Ciao Bella, a Canadian television sitcom
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