Olga may refer to:
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Olga (name)
Olga is an East Slavic female given name, derived from the Old Norse name Helga. It is used in Russia (Ольга), Ukraine (Ольга, transliterated ''Olha''), Belarus (Вольга, transliterated ''Vol'ha''), Bulgaria (Олга transliterate ...
, a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha
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Michael Algar
Michael "Olga" Algar (born 21 September 1959 in Marsden, South Shields, England) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who fronts the band Toy Dolls. Mainly a lead/rhythm guitarist, Olga is also a songwriter and record producer. Algar ...
(born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga"
Places
Russia
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Olga, Russia
Olga (russian: О́льга) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Olginsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Olga Bay of the Sea of Japan, northeast of Nakhodka. Population:
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, an urban-type settlement in Primorsky Krai
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Olga Bay
Olga Bay (russian: Залив Ольги, ) is a small (11x4 km) mainly ice-free bay in the Sea of Japan on the east coast of Primorsky Krai.
In July 1856 Captain Charles Codrington Forsyth of HMS ''Hornet'' named the bay "Port Michael Seymour ...
, a bay of the Sea of Japan in Primorsky Krai
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Olga (river)
The Olga (russian: Ольга) is a river in Olginsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. It flows into the Olga Bay of the Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, a ...
, Primorsky Krai
United States
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Olga, Florida
Olga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,952 at the 2010 census, up from 1,398 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolit ...
, an unincorporated community and census-designated place
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Olga, Kentucky
Olga is an unincorporated community located in Russell County, Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It bo ...
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Olga, Missouri Olga is an unincorporated community in the southwest corner of Webster County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. Olga is located on Missouri Route Z, approximately five miles northwest of Dogwood in northwest Douglas County. Finley Creek
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Olga, Washington
Olga is a waterfront unincorporated community on Orcas Island in San Juan County, Washington, San Juan County, Washington (U.S. state), Washington, United States.
History
Olga was founded in 1860, after William Moore homesteaded the region. The Ol ...
, an unincorporated community
* Olga Bay, Alaska, a bay on the south end of
Kodiak Island
Kodiak Island (Alutiiq: ''Qikertaq''), is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second larges ...
* Olga, a neighborhood of
South Pasadena, California
South Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 25,619, up from 24,292 at the 2000 census. It is located in the West San Gabriel Valley. It ...
Elsewhere
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Kata Tjuta
Kata Tjuṯa / The Olgas (Pitjantjatjara: , lit. 'many heads'; ) is a group of large, domed rock formations or bornhardts located about southwest of Alice Springs, in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. Uluṟu / Aye ...
, Northern Territory, Australia, also known as the Olgas, a group of domed rock formations
** Mount Olga, the tallest of these rock formations
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Olga, Greece
Tragano (Greek, Modern: Τραγανό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is a municipal unit. Th ...
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304 Olga
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
, a main belt asteroid
Arts and entertainment
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''Olga'' (opera), a 2006 Brazilian opera about Olga Benário Prestes
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''Olga'' (2004 film), a 2004 Brazilian biopic of Benário
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Olga (2021 film)
''Olga'' is a 2021 Swiss sports drama film directed by Elie Grappe. It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
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While in exile in Switzerland, a 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast prep ...
, a Franco-Ukrainian-language Swiss drama
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Olga TV
Olga TV is a British independent television production company set up by the entertainer and talk show host, Paul O'Grady in 2005.
Named after O'Grady's pet dog, Olga the company is best known for producing shows such as ''The Paul O'Grady Show ...
, a British independent television production company
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On-line Guitar Archive
The On-line Guitar Archive (OLGA) was the first Internet library of guitar and bass tablature, or "tabs". Born from a collection of guitarist internet-forum archives, it was a useful resource for musicians of all genres for over a decade.
History
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, a former online resource for guitar chords and tablature
Other uses
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OLGA (technology) OLGA is a modelling tool for transportation of oil, natural gas and water in the same pipeline, so-called multiphase transportation. The name is short for "oil and gas simulator". The main challenge with multiphase fluid flow is the formation of sl ...
, an oil and gas simulator
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Tropical Storm Olga The name Olga has been used for sixteen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean (where it replaced the name ''Opal''), ten in the Western Pacific Ocean, and three in the Australian region in Southern Hemisphere.
In the Atlantic:
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* , a German coaster in service 1927–59
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Olga (horse)
There have been five equine recipients of the Dickin Medal since its creation in 1943. The first three were British horses Regal, Olga, and Upstart, followed by the Canadian Corps Cavalry horse Warrior and the American Sergeant Reckless. The f ...
, an equine recipient of the Dickin Medal
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Führerhauptquartier Olga
Führerhauptquartier Olga was a bunker facility part built near the town of Orsha in the Soviet Union during World War II. The facility was built by the organization Todt on the road near Orsha, some 200 kilometers northeast of Minsk, between July ...
, an unfinished German World War II bunker facility planned for Hitler's use near Orsha, Soviet Union
See also
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Oga (disambiguation)
Oga or OGA may refer to:
Places
* Oga, Akita, Tōhoku, Japan
* Oga Peninsula, Japan
* Oga, a ''frazione'' of Valdisotto, Italy
People
* Oga Atsushi, a Japanese sumo wrestler
* My Oga at the top, Nigerian Pidgin English term for "boss" or "leader ...
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