Stella or STELLA may refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Comedy

Stella (comedy group) Stella is a comedy trio consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, and David Wain. The group formed in 1997 as a weekly nightclub comedy attraction, performing at New York City nightclub Club Fez, Fez from 1997 until the club's closing i ...

, a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain

Characters

Stella (given name) Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the Latin word for ''star''. It has been in use in English-speaking countries since it was first used by Philip Sidney in '' Astrophel and Stella'', his 1580s sonnet sequence. Use might also have in ...

, including a list of characters with the name

Films

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Miss Stella ''Miss Stella'' is a 1991 Indian Malayalam film, directed by I. Sasi and produced by S. Kumar. The film has musical score by Raveendran.- - Cast Soundtrack The music was composed by Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ � ...

'', 1991 Indian Malayalam film, directed by I. Sasiand * ''Stella'' (1921 film), directed by Edwin J. Collins * ''Stella'' (1943 film), with Zully Moreno * ''Stella'' (1950 film), with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature * ''Stella'' (1955 film), directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri * ''Stella'' (1976 film), written and directed by Luigi Cozzi * ''Stella'' (1983 film), directed by Laurent Heynemann, see

Victor Lanoux Victor Lanoux (18 June 1936 – 4 May 2017) was a French actor best known to English speaking audiences for his role as Ludovic in ''Cousin, Cousine''. Biography Victor Lanoux, born Victor Robert Nataf was the son of a Tunisian Jew from Sfax an ...

* ''Stella'' (1990 film), starring Bette Midler * ''Stella'' (2008 film), directed by Sylvie Verheyde

Literature

*Stella, novel attributed to Haitian author

Emeric Bergeaud Emeric Bergeaud (1818–1858) was a Haitian novelist. His best-known work, ''Stella'', was the first Haitian novel. Born in Cayes, he served as Secretary to Jerome Maximilien Borgella and later participated in a revolt against President Soulouque ...

* ''Stella'' (novel), by Jan de Hartog, made into the 1958 film '' The Key'' * ''Stella'' (Norwegian magazine), Norwegian lifestyle magazine * ''Stella'' (Swedish magazine), Swedish science fiction magazine *''Stella'', magazine supplement for ''

The Sunday Telegraph ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961 and published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings. It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', kn ...

'' *

Stella Prize The Stella Prize is an Australian annual literary award established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in all genres, worth $50,000. It was originally proposed by Australian women writers and publishers in 2011, modelled on the UK's Baileys W ...

, Australian literary prize, first awarded in 2013, for women writers across multiple genres and forms

Music

*''Stella'', a 2006 album by Italian band

Uzeda Uzeda is an Italian underground rock group founded in Catania, Sicily, in 1987 by lead singer Giovanna Cacciola, guitarists Agostino Tilotta and Giovanni Nicosia, bassist Raffaele Gulisano and drummer Davide Oliveri. Steve Albini met the band a ...

* ''Stella'' (album), a 1985 album by Swiss band Yello *

Stella (band) Stella was formed in Joensuu, Finland in 2002. The band quickly managed a deal with Sony Records and released their first album ''Kuuntelija'' in 2004. The album only became a modest seller and soon after the band was moved to Elements Music label ...

, a Finnish rock-pop band *

Stella (German band) Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters *Stella (given name), including a list of characters with th ...

, a German rock-pop band from Hamburg *

Stella (singer) Stella Huang (), born 17 December 1980, is a singer, actress and former businesswoman. Singing and acting career Apart from her duties as a recording artist, she also acts for a variety of television serials in Taiwan and Singapore. Some of he ...

, actress and singer Stella Huang *

Stella (Namibian singer) Stella Tjazuko !Naruses, stage name Stella, is a Namibian musician. She was born as Stella Kavendjii in Omaruru, Namibia and raised in the township of Mondesa, Swakopmund. Stella sings in her native Otjiherero Herero (, ''Otjiherero'') i ...

, Stella Tjazuko !Naruses, Namibian singer * "Stella" (song), by All Time Low *

The Stellas The Stellas are a married Canadian country music duo from Whitby, Ontario. They finished in fourth place on the second season of the CMT series ''Can You Duet'' in 2009. Their self-titled debut album was released by EMI Music Canada in September ...

, a Canadian country music duo

Television

* ''Stella'' (Croatian TV series), a 2013 TV series starring

Amar Bukvić Amar Bukvić (born June 10, 1981) is a Croatian actor.Biography
He is a famous Croatian actor who is recogniz ...

* ''Stella'' (UK TV series), a comedy drama set in South Wales which started in 2012 * ''Stella'' (U.S. TV series), a half-hour comedy program by the Stella troupe that aired on Comedy Central

Video games

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Stella Glow ''Stella Glow'' is a Tactical role-playing game, turn-based role-playing game developed by Imageepoch for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released in Japan by Sega, in North America by Atlus USA, and in Europe and Australia by NIS America in March 2016. ...

'', a 2015 role-playing game *''

Stella of The End is a Japanese post-apocalyptic visual novel developed by Key, a brand of Visual Arts. It was released on September 30, 2022 for Windows and is Key's 18th game overall. The story follows transporter Jude Gray who accepts a request to deliver a gyno ...

'', a 2022 Japanese visual novel video game

Companies and product names

Stella (beer) Heineken N.V. is a Dutch brewer which owns a worldwide portfolio of over 170 beer brands, mainly pale lager, though some other beer styles are produced. The two largest brands are Heineken and Tecate; though the portfolio includes Amstel, Fo ...

, an Egyptian beer *

Stella (bicycle company) Stella was a French bicycle manufacturer founded in 1909. The company sponsored Louison Bobet, a French professional cyclist. Bobet won the Tour de France in 1953 and 1954 while riding Stella bicycles. Trivia Stella became the codename for the Ata ...

, a French bicycle manufacturer *

Stella cherry Stella is a cultivar of cherry developed in British Columbia, Canada. It is notable as the first self-fertile sweet cherry to be named. It has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Cultivar history The Stella vari ...

, sweet cherry cultivar *

Stella (guitar) Stella was an American guitar brand owned by the Oscar Schmidt Company. It was founded around 1899. The Stella brand consists of low and mid-level stringed instruments. Stella guitars were played by notable artists, including Robert Johnson, ...

, a brand of a guitar *

STELLA (language courses) The STELLA project was originally supported and co-funded by the European Commission. The aim was to develop a new language learning methodology for online language learning suitable for European learners. The project's aim was also to deliver onli ...

, online language courses *

Stella (scooter) The LML Star (also known as Star De Luxe in Europe or Stella in United States) is a model motor scooter manufactured by Lohia Machinery Limited in Kanpur, India between 1999 and 2017 and based on the italian Piaggio Vespa PX. History In 1986, ...

, a vintage scooter brand introduced by the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company *

Stella (solar vehicles) Stella and its successors Stella Lux, Stella Vie and Stella Era are a series of solar racing family cars, built for the World Solar Challenge in Australia, sofar winning its ''Cruiser Class'' all four times it was held – in 2013, 2015, 2017 an ...

, three iterations of a practical solar powered racecar, all of which won their class in the World Solar Challenge *

Stella Artois Stella Artois ( ) is a pilsner beer, first brewed in 1926 by Brouwerij Artois in Leuven, Belgium. In its original form, the beer is 5.2 per cent ABV, the country's standard for pilsners. The beer is also sold in other countries like the UK, Ire ...

, a Belgian beer *Stella Cheese, a division of

Saputo Incorporated Saputo Inc. is a Canadian dairy company based in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1954 by the Saputo family. It produces, markets, and distributes a wide array of dairy products, including cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream prod ...

that makes Italian style cheeses * Stella D'oro, an American brand of cookies *

Subaru Stella The Subaru Stella is a 5-door kei car produced by Subaru starting in June 2006. The Stella is based on the same architecture as the Subaru R2. It can be considered as a direct replacement of the Subaru Pleo, although the Pleo soldiered on for ano ...

, an automobile

Computing and technology

Stella (emulator) Stella is an emulator of the Atari 2600 game console, and takes its name from the console's codename. It is open-source, and runs on most major modern platforms including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Stella was originally written in 1996 (and kno ...

, multiplatform Atari 2600 game-console emulator. *

STELLA (programming language) STELLA (short for Systems Thinking, Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation; also marketed as iThink) is a visual programming language for system dynamics modeling introduced by Barry Richmond in 1985. The program, distributed by isee syste ...

, a simulation modeling tool developed by Barry Richmond *

Stella (software) Stella, a computer program available in three versions (Great Stella, Small Stella and Stella4D), was created by Robert Webb of Australia. The programs contain a large library of polyhedra which can be manipulated and altered in various ways. ...

, polyhedra modeling software *Stella, code name for the

Atari 2600 The Atari 2600, initially branded as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) from its release until November 1982, is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977, it popularized microprocessor- ...

game console, named after the designer's bicycle *Stella, the IBM

Blue Gene Blue Gene is an IBM project aimed at designing supercomputers that can reach operating speeds in the petaFLOPS (PFLOPS) range, with low power consumption. The project created three generations of supercomputers, Blue Gene/L, Blue Gene/P, ...

-L, supercomputer used with the LOFAR radio telescope project

Geographic features

Corno Stella Corno Stella is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It is located within the Bergamo Alps The Bergamasque Alps or Bergamo Alps (Italian: ''Alpi Orobie'', sometimes translated into English as Orobic Alps) are a mountain range in the Italian Alps. ...

, a mountain of Lombardy, Italy *

Lake Stella Lake Stella is a lake that is located in Alger County, Michigan in the Hiawatha National Forest. Other nearby lakes include Round Lake (Alger and Delta Counties, Michigan), Round Lake, Stoner Lake, West Branch Lake, Hugaboom Lake, Blue Lake (Mi ...

, a lake in Alger County, Michigan, U.S. *

Monte Stella (disambiguation) Monte Stella may refer to the following hills or mountains in Italy: * Monte Stella (Calabria) * Monte Stella (Cilento) * Monte Stella (Cuneo) * Monte Stella (Milan) * Monte Stella (Salerno) {{geodis ...

, several Italian mountains that share the name ''Monte Stella'' *

Pizzo Stella Pizzo Stella or Pizzo Sterla is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy, located north of Chiavenna. On its northern side it overlooks the Valle di Lei and the lake Lago di Lei Lago di Lei is a reservoir in the Valle di Lei, powering the Hinterrhein ...

, a mountain of Lombardy, Italy *

Stella Creek Stella Creek () is a narrow winding passage extending from Thumb Rock to the southeast end of Winter Island and lying between Winter Island and Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted in 1935 by the British Graham Lan ...

, a narrow winding passage between Winter and Galindez Islands in the Argentine Islands, Wilheim Archipela *

Stella Point Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...

, on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

People

, including a list of people bearing the name *

(born 1980), Singaporean singer *

Stella (surname) Stella is a surname meaning ''star'' in Latin and Italian. Notable persons with the surname include: Artists *Fermo Stella (1490s–1560s), Italian painter *François Stella (1563–1605), French Baroque painter *Frank Stella (born 1936), Ameri ...

, including a list of people bearing the name

Places

England

* Stella Park, a village in Tyne and Wear *

Stella power stations The Stella power stations were a pair of now-demolished coal-fired power stations in the North East of England that were a landmark in the Tyne valley for over 40 years. The stations stood on either side of a bend of the River Tyne: Stell ...

, a demolished pair of coal-fired power stations in Tyne and Wear

Italy

Stella, Liguria Stella ( lij, A Steja - literally, the star) is a ''comune'' of the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria. The municipality has a population of 3,006 (as of 1 January 2018) and extends over an area of . It borders the comuni of Albisola ...

, a town in Liguria *

Stella Cilento Stella Cilento ( Cilentan: ''Stella Ciliendo'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Its name means ''Star of Cilento'' in the Italian language. Geography Stella, named after the neig ...

, a town in Campania * Stella (Naples), a neighbourhood *

, several locations that share the name

United States

Stella, Kentucky Stella is an unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. It was originally called Goshen as that was the name of the community's Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historicall ...

, an unincorporated community in Calloway County *

Stella, Missouri Stella is a village in southern Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 158 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village of Stella is located 17 miles southeast of Neosho. ...

, a village in Newton County * Stella, Nebraska, a village in Richardson County *

Stella, North Carolina Stella is an unincorporated community in Carteret County, North Carolina Carteret County is located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,686. Its county seat is Beaufort. The county was created in 17 ...

, an unincorporated community in Carteret County *

Stella, Ohio Stella is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Vinton County, Ohio, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located ...

, an unincorporated community in Vinton County *

Stella, Harris County, Texas Stella, in Harris County, Texas was formerly an unincorporated area located approximately 10 miles southwest of downtown Houston. It existed there during the late 1800s through the 1920s and then it disappeared from area maps. During the 1950s th ...

, a former unincorporated area incorporated into Houston, Texas * Stella, Fayette County, Texas, a ghost town *

Stella, Washington Stella is an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County, Washington. Stella is located northwest of the city of Longview, reached by traveling westbound out of the city along Washington State Route 4, also known as Ocean Beach Highway, and turni ...

, an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County *

Stella, Wisconsin Stella is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 633 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Starks is located within the town. History The town was named for Stella, a character mentioned in works by J ...

, a town in Oneida County

Elsewhere

Stella, North West Stella is a cattle farming town situated in North West Province of South Africa between Vryburg and Mafikeng. The large salt pan on the outskirts of town, especially well known for the number of lions in the area, was visited by a number of ear ...

, a town in North West Province, South Africa *

Stella, Ontario Amherst Island is located in Lake Ontario, west of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Amherst Island, being wholly in Lake Ontario, is upstream, above the St Lawrence River Thousand Islands. The Island is part of Loyalist Township in Lennox and Addingt ...

, a village on Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada *

Stella-Plage Cucq (; unofficially also: ''Cucq-Trépied-Stella-Plage''; vls, Kuuk, lang) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Cucq is made up of three villa ...

, a seaside resort in northern France *

Stella, Puerto Rico Stella ''(Stella comunidad)'' is a community in Pueblo barrio and Calvache barrio, in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,088. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico * List of barrios and sectors of R ...

, a commune in Rincón * Stella Land, a Boer republic in South Africa's North West Province

Ships

Stella (yacht) The Stella is a 'one-design' Bermuda rig sloop yacht, designed for cruising and racing by the noted yacht designer CR (Kim) Holman in 1959. The design was to the requirements of a customer who had seen the Nordic Folkboat and decided that the Eng ...

, a class of yacht designed in the UK by C.R. (Kim) Holman in 1959 * SS ''Stella'', various steamships * SS ''Stella Solaris'', 1952 ocean liner

Other uses

* Stella (crater), on the Moon *

Stella (satellite) Starlette (''Satellite de taille adaptée avec réflecteurs laser pour les études de la terre'', or ) and Stella are nearly identical French geodetic and geophysical satellites. Starlette was launched on 6 February 1975 and Stella on 26 Septem ...

, a French geodetic satellite *

Stella (United States coin) The United States four dollar coin, also officially called a Stella, is a unit of currency equivalent to four United States dollars. It was originally minted as a universal coin exchangeable with any currency around the world. Two varieties of t ...

, a pattern gold coin minted from 187980 with a face value of four dollars ($4) *Stella, a gene expressed by

primordial germ cells Primordial may refer to: * Primordial era, an era after the Big Bang. See Chronology of the universe * Primordial sea (a.k.a. primordial ocean, ooze or soup). See Abiogenesis * Primordial nuclide, nuclides, a few radioactive, that formed before ...

*Stella Award, comedy prize now known as

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, (formerly known as the Barry Award and the Stella Award) is an annual prize presented to the most outstanding comedy act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. History It has been awarded ...

*Stella Awards, given to people who file ridiculous lawsuits for huge financial gain, based on website by Randy Cassingham *

Stella Club d'Adjamé Stella Club d'Adjamé is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian football (soccer), football club based in Abidjan. History It was founded in 1953 in a fusion between ''Red Star'', ''Etoile d'Adjamé'' and ''US Bella''. They play at the Stade Robert Champrou ...

, an association football club based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast *

Stella d’Italia The ''Stella d'Italia'' ("Star of Italy"), popularly known as ''Stellone d'Italia'' ("Great Star of Italy"), is a five-pointed white star, which has symbolized Italy for many centuries. It is the oldest national symbol of Italy, since it dates ...

, a five-pointed star symbolizing Italy *

Stella Polaris Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris ( Latinized to ''Alpha Ursae Minoris'') and is commonly called the North Star or Pole Star. With an apparent magnitude that ...

, the brightest star in the Ursa Minor constellation *

, an Australian annual literary award established in 2013