Eulalia

Eulalia is a feminine given name of Greek origin, Ευλαλια, meaning "well-spoken." It may refer to:

People

• Saint Eulalia, the name of two venerated Spanish martyr saints, with similar hagiographies of possibly same historical origin, with several locales in Roman Catholic countries named after them:
  • Saint Eulalia of Mérida (c. 292–304)
  • Saint Eulalia of Barcelona (c. 290–303) whose relics are assumed to be in the Barcelona Cathedral, La Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia
• Eulalia, an abbess of Shaftesbury abbey in Dorset (England)
• Eulalia Ares de Vildoza (1809–1884), Argentinian coup leader
• Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864–1958)

Places

• Santa Eulalia del Rio, the Spanish name for the town of Santa Eulària des Riu.
• Sainte-Eulalie, Quebec
• Sainte-Eulalie, Gironde in the Aquitaine region of France
• Sainte-Eulalie, Ardèche in the Rhône-Alpes region of France
• Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Eulalia, Norman Park, a heritage-listed house in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Science

• 495 Eulalia, an asteroid
• Eulalia (animal), a genus of annelid worms
• Eulalia, a synonym for the genus Odontomyia of flies
• Eulalia (plant), a genus of grasses named after Eulalie Delile
• Eulalia grass, the common name for the cultivated Miscanthus sinensis (syn. Eulalia japonica), a grass species
• Adelpha eulalia, a species of nymphalid butterfly

Fictional characters

• Eulalia Bon, a character in Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
• A principal character in The Amours of Sainfroid and Eulalia

Literature

• Eulalia!, name of the 19th novel in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
• Eulalie, the ladies' lingerie business run by itinerant dictator Roderick Spode in the works of P. G. Wodehouse

See also

• Eulalie (disambiguation)