Delia

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Delia
Gender	Female
Related names	Deliana
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Delia"

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Delia may refer to:

• Delia (festival), ancient Greek festival

[edit] Meaning & Origin

Delia is of Greek origin and it's meaning is "from Delos." The island of Delos was Artemis's birthplace. Delia is a very popular female first name and very popular surname (source; 1990 U.S. Census)

[edit] People

Delia is a female given name. People with this name include:

• Delia Derbyshire, British composer
• Delia Ephron, writer
• Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
• Delia Green, reported inspiration for the title character of several traditional American blues songs
• Delia Parodi, Argentine politician
• Delia Paramitha, Indonesian dangdut singer and actress
• Delia Septianti, Indonesian singer, actress, and news presenter
• Delia Smith, English cookery writer, responsible for the "Delia effect"
• DeLía, German pop singer
• Delia Florea, a Romanian dancer from TV satire show Cronica Cârcotaşilor (since 2003)
• Delia Matache, Romanian pop singer

[edit] Variations & Other Use

Delia's is also used as a short form of Cordelia and Adelia. Delia has two other variants forms: Deelia and Delya.

[edit] Places

• Delia, Alberta, Canada
• Delia (Italy), commune in Italy
• Delia, Kansas, United States
• Delia (Man Kiu) English Primary School, Hong Kong primary school
• 395 Delia, asteroid
• Delia (crater), minor crater on the moon

[edit] Fictional characters names Delia

• Delia Brown, a character played by Vivien Cardone on the tv show Everwood
• Delia Banks, a character played by Camryn Manheim on the tv show Ghost Whisperer
• Delia York, a character played by Asia Vieira in the film Omen IV: The Awakening
• Delia Deetz, a character played by Catherine O'Hara in the film Beetlejuice

[edit] Other uses

• Delia (clothing), a historical item of apparel of Polish nobility
• Delia (genus), genus of flies

[edit] See also

• Delias, butterfly genus
• Delian League

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