Candida

Candida may refer to:

Biology and medicine

• Candida (fungus), a genus of yeasts
• Candidiasis, an infection by candida organisms
• Malvasia Candida, a variety of grape

Places

• Candida, Campania, a comune in the province of Avellino, Italy
• Candida Casa, a church established by St Ninian at Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
• Aguas Cándidas, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain

Music

• Candida (album), by Dawn
  • "Candida" (song), the title track
• Overture to Candide, an operatic overture

Theatre, film and performing arts

• Cándida, a 1939 Argentine musical film drama directed by Luis Bayon Herrera
• Candida (play), by George Bernard Shaw
• Candida, a character on the television series Phil of the Future
• Candida, a 2006 Spanish film by Javier Fesser
• "Candida Esperanzada", an episode of the Mexican series Mujeres Asesinas
• Cándida, la mujer del año, a 1943 Argentine comedy film
• Cándida millonaria, a 1941 Argentine film
• Los Celos de Cándida, a 1940 Argentine comedy film

People

• Candida (given name)
• Aldoino Filangieri di Candida (died 1283), nobleman in the Kingdom of Naples
• Candida Maria de Jesus, Spanish nun and saint

Other

• Candida (typeface)
• SS Empire Candida, a cargo ship
• Candida (magazine), a defunct British women's magazine, published in 1972

See also

• Candide, a 1759 satirical novel by Voltaire
• Candidus (disambiguation)