Vesta

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Vesta may refer to:

Brands and products

• Lada Vesta, a car from Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ
• Swan Vesta (began 1883), a brand of matches
  • Vesta case, metal containers for matches (which were previously called vestas)
• Vesta, a freeze-dried meal brand launched in the United Kingdom by Batchelors in the early 1970s, and now owned by Premier Foods.

Fiction and mythology

• Sailor Vesta, a character in Sailor Moon
• Vesta (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Vesta (mythology), Roman goddess of the hearth and home

Music

• Vesta (1957–2011), stage name of American recording artist Vesta Williams
  • Vesta (album), 1986 album by Vesta Williams
  • Vesta 4 U, 1988 album by Vesta Williams
• Vesta, a 2008 rock band made up of former members of The Juliana Theory

Places

• Monte Vesta, Lombardy, Italy
• Temple of Vesta, Rome, Italy
• Vesta Nunataks, Alexander Island, Antarctica

Canada

• Vesta Creek (Alberta), a stream in northern Alberta
• Vesta Creek (Ontario), a stream in Bruce County, Ontario
• Vesta, a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Brockton, Bruce County, Ontario

United States

• Vesta, Arkansas
• Vesta, Georgia
• Vesta, Indiana
• Vesta, Minnesota
• Vesta, Nebraska
• Vesta, Virginia
• Vesta, Washington

Science and technology

• 4 Vesta, an asteroid
  • Vesta family, group of asteroids that includes 4 Vesta
• The Vesta parallel file system, a precursor of IBM's GPFS
• Vesta (software configuration management) (developed 1993), advanced configuration management system released by Compaq
• Vesta longifolia, a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae
• Vestas (founded 1945), Danish manufacturer of wind turbines

Other uses

• IF Vesta, sports club in Uppsala, Sweden established in 1911
• SS Vesta (1853–1875), a French iron screw steamer
• Vesta (name), feminine given name
• Vesta Rowing Club (founded 1870), a rowing club based in London, England
• Vesta Battery Corporation (1897–1964), an automobile battery company
• Vesta, a genus of flowering plant, sole species Vesta longifolia

See also

• Marooned off Vesta, a short story by Isaac Asimov first published in 1939
• Vega (disambiguation)
• Vespa (disambiguation)
• Vestal (disambiguation)
• Vestas, a Danish manufacturer of wind turbines

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This page was last edited on 25 October 2023, at 18:53