Eloise
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ĹEloise ("Ell-o-eze") is a women's name, originating from the French language. The name means intelligent or smart.[citation needed]
People named Eloise:
- Héloïse (abbess), an abbess of the 12th century famous for her romantic correspondence with Pierre Abélard.
- Eloise Greenfield, an American poet
- Eloise Worledge, an eight year old girl who was abducted from her home in Beaumaris, Australia in the early hours of 12 January 1976 and never seen again.
In music, Eloise may refer to:
- "Eloise" (Barry Ryan song) by Briton Barry Ryan in 1968; it was covered in 1986 by The Damned for a #3 UK hit
- "Eloise" (Arvingarna song), a song by Arvingarna, Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993
- Eloise (Arvingarna album), an album by Swedish band Arvingarna
- Eloise (opera), an opera by Karl Jenkins
In literature:
- Eloise (books), a 1950's book series written by Kay Thompson
- Eloise (1975 book), a 1975 novel by Edwin Charles Tubb
In film and television:
- Based on Kay Thompson's stories
- Eloise (1956, TV movie); shown on Playhouse 90
- Eloise at the Plaza (2003, TV movie)
- Eloise at Christmastime (2003, TV movie)
- Eloise: The Animated Series (2006, TV series)
- Eloise (1999), directed by Andrew Erickson
- Eloise (2002), directed by Brenden Dannaher
In meteorology:
- Hurricane Eloise, a Category 3 hurricane in the 1975 Atlantic hurricane season
Locations:
- Eloise (former psychiatric hospital), a mental institution that was located in Westland, Michigan
In logic:
- Eloise and Abel are the names of the
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players in the game used to show p-isomorphisms between structures of a fixed first-order language (Poizat 2000).