Apollonia

Apollonia or Apolonia is a Greek feminine name meaning "belonging to Apollo" or "dedicated to Apollo," referencing the Greek god of light, music, healing, and arts, carrying connotations of beauty, strength, and intellect; it may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

Albania

• Apollonia (Illyria), now Pojani (Polina) in Albania; former bishopric, now Latin titular see

Bulgaria

• Apollonia, Thrace, now Sozopol, Bulgaria

Greece

• Apollonia (Aetolia), a town near Naupactus
• Apollonia (Argolis), also known as Troezen
• Apollonia (Athos), a city on Mount Athos
• Apollonia (Chalcidice), a city in the Chalcidice
• Apollonia (Echinades), a town in the Echniades
• Apollonia (Kavala), a city in Kavala, northern Greece
• Apollonia (Mygdonia), an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, reportedly visited by the Apostle Paul
• Apollonia, Sifnos (ancient town), an ancient town on the island of Sifnos
• Apollonia (Sifnos), the main town on the island of Sifnos, taking its name from the former
• Apollonia, Thessaloniki
• Five cities on Crete:
• Apellonia, also called Apollonia, on the north coast
• Apollonia (northern Crete), on the north coast
• Apollonia (southern Crete), on the south coast
• Eleutherna, inland city also called Apollonia
• Kydonia, also called Apollonia

Italy

• Apollonia (Sicily) in Northern Sicily
• Sant'Apollonia (Ancona), in Corinaldo, province of Ancona
• Sant'Apollonia (Brescia), township in Ponte di Legno, province of Brescia
• Sant'Apollonia (Lecco), township in Viganò, locality of Lecco
• Sant'Apollonia (Padua), township in Bagnoli di Sopra Padua, Veneto
• Sant'Apollonia (Turin), township in Val della Torre, province Turin, in the Piedmont region
• Fondamenta Sant'Apollonia, in Venice, Veneto

Asia

• Surabaya, Indonesia; formerly the Dutch settlement of Fort Apollonia
• Apollonia-Arsuf, near modern Herzliya, Israel

Anatolia (Turkey)

• Apollonia (Lycia), an ancient city in Lycia
• Apollonia (Lydia), an ancient city in Lydia, also Apollonis
• Apollonia (Mysia), an ancient city in Mysia
• Apollonia (Pisidia) (later called Sozopolis), an ancient city in Pisidia
• Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, a town astride the river Rhyndacus in Bithynia next to the lake Apolloniatis
• Apollonia Salbaces, an ancient city in Anatolia
• Assos, also called Apollonia
• Tripolis on the Meander, also called Apollonia

Elsewhere

• Sainte-Apollonie island (Île de Sainte-Apollonie), on the Mayenne river in Pays de la Loire, France
• Fort Apollonia, Beyin, Ghana
• Apollonia, Cyrenaica, Libya
• Apolonia, Texas, US
• Apollonia, Wisconsin, US

In space

• 358 Apollonia, a large main belt asteroid
• Apollonia (Mercury), an albedo feature on the planet Mercury

People

• Saint Apollonia of Alexandria (died 249)
• Apolonia Ustrzycka (1736-1814), Polish noblewoman
• Apolonia Muñoz Abarca (1920-2009), American healthcare campaigner
• Apollonia Hirscher (died 1547) was a Transylvanian Saxon merchant of what is now Brașov in Romania
• Apollonia Kickius (1669-1695), Scottish painter
• Apollonia Seydelmann (died 1840) German-italian miniaturist
• Apolonia Dorregaray Veli (1914-2002), Peruvian artist, maker of mate burilado
• Apollonia Kotero (born 1959), American musician and actress
• Apollonia 6, a musical group led by Apollonia Kotero
• Apolonia Litwińska (1928-2021), Polish chess player
• Apollonia Mathia (died 2011), South Sudanese journalist
• Apollonia Poilâne (born 1984), French baker
• Apolonia Vaivai (born 1981), Fijian weightlifter
• Apollonia van Ravenstein (born 1954), Dutch model and actress

Fictional

• Apollonia Vitelli Corleone, a character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather saga
• Apollonia, aka The Black Knight, a playable character in the Japanese gacha game Granblue Fantasy

Other uses

• Apolonia, Apolonia, 2022 documentary film directed by Lea Glob
• Apollonia University, a private university in Iași, Romania
• FK Apolonia Fier, an Albanian football club based in Fier

See also

• Apollonias, a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae
• Apolloniatis (disambiguation)
• Apollonopolis (disambiguation)