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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, a.k.a. 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