# Apollonia

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**Apollonia** or **Apolonia** is a Greek feminine name meaning "belonging to [Apollo](/source/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)](/source/Apollonia_(Illyria)), now Pojani (Polina) in Albania; former bishopric, now Latin titular see

### Bulgaria

- [Apollonia, Thrace](/source/Apollonia,_Thrace), now Sozopol, Bulgaria

### Greece

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

### Italy

- [Apollonia (Sicily)](/source/Apollonia_(Sicily)) in Northern Sicily
- Sant'Apollonia (Ancona), in [Corinaldo](/source/Corinaldo), province of Ancona
- Sant'Apollonia (Brescia), township in [Ponte di Legno](/source/Ponte_di_Legno), province of Brescia
- Sant'Apollonia (Lecco), township in [Viganò](/source/Vigan%C3%B2), locality of Lecco
- Sant'Apollonia (Padua), township in [Bagnoli di Sopra](/source/Bagnoli_di_Sopra) Padua, Veneto
- Sant'Apollonia (Turin), township in [Val della Torre](/source/Val_della_Torre), province Turin, in the Piedmont region
- Fondamenta Sant'Apollonia, in [Venice](/source/Venice), Veneto

### Asia

- [Surabaya](/source/Surabaya), Indonesia; formerly the Dutch settlement of Fort Apollonia
- [Apollonia-Arsuf](/source/Apollonia-Arsuf), near modern Herzliya, Israel

**Anatolia (Turkey)**

- [Apollonia (Lycia)](/source/Apollonia_(Lycia)), an ancient city in Lycia
- [Apollonia (Lydia)](/source/Apollonia_(Lydia)), an ancient city in Lydia, also Apollonis
- [Apollonia (Mysia)](/source/Apollonia_(Mysia)), an ancient city in Mysia
- [Apollonia (Pisidia)](/source/Sozopolis,_Pisidia) (later called Sozopolis), an ancient city in Pisidia
- [Apollonia ad Rhyndacum](/source/Apollonia_ad_Rhyndacum), a town astride the river Rhyndacus in Bithynia next to the lake Apolloniatis
- [Apollonia Salbaces](/source/Apollonia_Salbaces), an ancient city in Anatolia
- [Assos](/source/Assos), also called Apollonia
- [Tripolis on the Meander](/source/Tripolis_on_the_Meander), also called Apollonia

### Elsewhere

- Sainte-Apollonie island (*Île de Sainte-Apollonie*), on the [Mayenne river](/source/Mayenne_(river)) in Pays de la Loire, France
- [Fort Apollonia](/source/Fort_Apollonia), Beyin, Ghana
- [Apollonia, Cyrenaica](/source/Apollonia,_Cyrenaica), Libya
- [Apolonia, Texas](/source/Apolonia,_Texas), US
- [Apollonia, Wisconsin](/source/Apollonia,_Wisconsin), US

### In space

- [358 Apollonia](/source/358_Apollonia), a large main belt asteroid
- [Apollonia (Mercury)](/source/Apollonia_(Mercury)), an albedo feature on the planet Mercury

## People

- [Saint Apollonia](/source/Saint_Apollonia) of Alexandria (died 249)
- [Apolonia Ustrzycka](/source/Apolonia_Ustrzycka) (1736-1814), Polish noblewoman
- [Apolonia Muñoz Abarca](/source/Apolonia_Mu%C3%B1oz_Abarca) (1920-2009), American healthcare campaigner
- [Apollonia Hirscher](/source/Apollonia_Hirscher) (died 1547) was a Transylvanian Saxon merchant of what is now Brașov in Romania
- [Apollonia Kickius](/source/Apollonia_Kickius) (1669-1695), Scottish painter
- [Apollonia Seydelmann](/source/Apollonia_Seydelmann) (died 1840) German-italian miniaturist
- [Apolonia Dorregaray Veli](/source/Apolonia_Dorregaray_Veli) (1914-2002), Peruvian artist, maker of mate burilado
- [Apollonia Kotero](/source/Apollonia_Kotero) (born 1959), American musician and actress - [Apollonia 6](/source/Apollonia_6), a musical group led by Apollonia Kotero
- [Apolonia Litwińska](/source/Apolonia_Litwi%C5%84ska) (1928-2021), Polish chess player
- [Apollonia Mathia](/source/Apollonia_Mathia) (died 2011), South Sudanese journalist
- [Apollonia Poilâne](/source/Apollonia_Poil%C3%A2ne) (born 1984), French baker
- [Apolonia Vaivai](/source/Apolonia_Vaivai) (born 1981), Fijian weightlifter
- [Apollonia van Ravenstein](/source/Apollonia_van_Ravenstein) (born 1954), Dutch model and actress

### Fictional

- [Apollonia Vitelli Corleone](/source/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](/source/Granblue_Fantasy)*

## Other uses

- *[Apolonia, Apolonia](/source/Apolonia,_Apolonia)*, 2022 documentary film directed by Lea Glob
- [Apollonia University](/source/Apollonia_University), a private university in Iași, Romania
- [FK Apolonia Fier](/source/FK_Apolonia_Fier), an Albanian football club based in Fier

## See also

- *[Apollonias](/source/Apollonias)*, a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae
- [Apolloniatis (disambiguation)](/source/Apolloniatis_(disambiguation))
- [Apollonopolis (disambiguation)](/source/Apollonopolis_(disambiguation))

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