Molina or La Molina may refer to:

People

Molina (surname) Molina is a Spanish occupational surname. ''Molina'' is Latin for 'mill' and is derived from another Latin word, ''mola'' ('millstone'). The surname originated from the early Middle Ages, referring to a person who operates a mill or a millstone. Oth ...

Places

Chile

Molina, Chile Molina is a Chilean city and commune in Curicó Province, Maule Region. Molina is named after Chilean Jesuit Juan Ignacio Molina. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Molina spans an area of and has 38 ...

, a town and municipality in Curicó Province, Chile

Italy

Castelletto Molina Castelletto Molina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Asti. Castelletto Molina borders the following municipalities: Alice Bel Col ...

, a municipality in the Province of Asti, Piedmont region *

Castello-Molina di Fiemme Castello-Molina di Fiemme (''Castèl e Molina'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a populat ...

, a municipality in the Province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region * Molina (Pecetto di Valenza), a hamlet forming part of the commune of Pecetto di Valenza, in the Province of Asti, Piedmont region * A civil parish of the municipality of

Vietri sul Mare Vietri sul Mare ("Vietri on the Sea"; Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated just west of Salerno, separated from the Port of Salerno by only a harbour wall. The ...

(SA) *

Molina Aterno Molina Aterno is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. The name derives from Latin language, Latin ''molina'' ("mill"), the second part having been added in 1889 due to the presence of the Aterno ...

, a town in the Province of L’Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy *

Molina di Ledro Molina di Ledro was a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged (with Pieve di Ledro, Bezzecca, Concei, Tiarno di Sopra and Tiarno di Sotto) in the new municipality of Le ...

, a former municipality in the Province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region

Peru

La Molina District La Molina is a district of the Lima Province in Peru, and one of the upscale districts that comprise the province of Lima. Officially established as a district on February 6, 1962, the current mayor of La Molina is Álvaro Paz de la Barra. Geograp ...

, a district of Lima Province, Peru

Spain

La Molina (ski resort) La Molina is a ski resort in the Pyrenees mountains of northeastern Spain, in the municipality of Alp in the ''comarca'' of Cerdanya in Girona, Catalonia. Together with Masella, it forms the Alp 2500 resort. It is the site of the first ski lift ...

, a ski resort in Catalonia *

Molina de Aragón Molina de Aragón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 3,671 inhabitants. It holds the record (−28.2 °C) for the lowest ...

, a municipality in the province of Guadalajara *

Molina de Segura Molina de Segura is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia. It is located 10 km from the provincial capital, Murcia. It borders the towns of Las Torres de Cotillas, Alguazas, Lorquí, Ulea, Archena, Ab ...

, a municipality in the province of Murcia *

Taifa of Molina The Taifa of Molina () was a medieval Islamic taifa kingdom that existed from around the 1080s to 1100. The Taifa was ruled by the Arab tribe of Banu Khazraj which had its origin in the Hejaz region of Arabia. It was centred in the present day r ...

, a mediaeval kingdom under Muslim control that existed from around the 1080s to 1100

Switzerland

* Molina, Switzerland, in the municipality of

Buseno Buseno is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Buseno first became an independent municipality in 1851 when it separated from the former municipality of Calanca. The parish church of SS. Pietro e Antoni ...

, Grisons

United States

Molina, Colorado Molina is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Mesa County, Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky ...

, United States, an unincorporated town

Institutions

Moisés E. Molina High School Moisés E. Molina High School is a public secondary school in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). Molina High School is part of the Dallas Independent School District and serves students from parts of southwestern Dallas and parts of Cockrel ...

, Dallas, Texas, United States *

Molina's Cantina Molina's Cantina is a Tex-Mex restaurant chain in Houston, Texas. As of 2022, Molina's is the oldest still-operating Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston. Molina's is known for its family restaurant atmosphere and the employees who work in Molina's for ...

, a Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston, Texas *

La Molina National Agrarian University The National Agrarian University, also formally called National Agrarian University – La Molina (Spanish: ''Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina'') (UNALM), is a public university in Lima, Peru. It is the country's best university in the fi ...

(''Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina''), Lima, Peru

Arts and entertainment

* '' Molina's Culpa'', a 1993 Cuban short film that pioneered the blood and gore genre in Cuba * "Molina", a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival on the 1971 album ''

Pendulum A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the ...

Other uses

* Molina, a common name for the plant ''

Dysopsis glechomoides ''Dysopsis glechomoides'' is a plant species of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to Chile and southern Argentina ( Río Negro, Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an ...

'' *

Molina's hog-nosed skunk Molina's hog-nosed skunk, also called the Andes skunk (''Conepatus chinga''), is a skunk species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay, at elevations up to 5000 m. Habitat The Molina' ...

(''Conepatus chinga''), a South American skunk species *

Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare is a managed care company headquartered in Long Beach, California, United States. The company provides health insurance to individuals through government programs such as Medicaid and Medicare (United States), Medicare. Histor ...

, an American managed care company *

Ballester–Molina The Ballester–Molina is a pistol designed and built by the Argentine company ''Hispano Argentina Fábrica de Automóviles SA'' (HAFDASA). From 1938 to 1940 it bore the name Ballester–Rigaud. History The Ballester–Molina was designed to of ...

, semi-automatic pistol, Argentina, introduced 1938