What is "avila"

Ávila is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the nine electoral districts which correspond to the provinces of Castile and León. At the time of the 2011 election, Ávila was the largest town with 44,000 voters out of the total electorate of nearly 143,000. There were no other municipalities with electorates over 10,000.

Ávila, sometimes Avila, may refer to:

Ávila or Avila (variants include de Ávila or de Avila, D'Ávila or D'Avila, Dávila) is a Spanish or Galician surname, originally de Ávila (who comes from the city of Ávila).

It may refer to:

• Adolfo Dávila (born 1965), Mexican filmmaker
• Alberto Davila (born c. 1960), Mexican-American boxer
• Alex Avila, American baseball player Detroit Tigers
• Alexandru Davila (1862-1929), Romanian dramatist, diplomat, public administrator, and memoirist, son of Carol Davila
• Andrea Ávila, Argentine long and triple jumper
• Artur Avila, Brazilian mathematician
• Bobby Ávila, American baseball player
• Bonifacio Ávila, Colombian boxer
• Carlos Dávila (born 1887), Chilean statesman
• Carlos Lage Dávila (born 1951), Cuban politician
• Carol Davila (1828–1884), Romanian physician, physicist and general of French origin
• Charles F. Avila, American electrical engineer
• Desiree Davila, (b. 1983) American Olympic marathoner
• Enrico Caterino Davila (born 1576), Italian historian
• Eva Avila, Canadian singer
• Fidel Dávila Arrondo (born 1878), Spanish army officer
• Guillermo Dávila (born 1955), Venezuelan actor and singer
• Gustavo Ávila, Venezuelan jockey
• Héctor Ávila, Dominican Republic boxer
• Joaquin Avila, managing director of the Carlyle Group
• John Avila, American bassist from Oingo Boingo
• José Antonio Dávila (born 1898), Puerto Rican poet
• Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Equatoguinean writer
• Lixion Avila, American weather forecaster
• Luis Davila (disambiguation), several people
• Miguel R. Dávila, President of Honduras
• Mónica Farro Dávila (born 1976), Uruguayan theatrical supervedette, actress and dancer
• Nick Davila, American football player
• Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994), Colombian political writer,
• Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila) (born 1440), colonial administrator
• Pedro Ortiz Davila ("Davilita") (born 1912), Puerto Rican singer
• Robert R. Davila American advocate for the deaf, Assistant Secretary of Education, and President of Gallaudet University
• Rodrigo Ávila, Salvadoran politician
• Rudolph B. Davila, American Medal of Honor Recipient, World War II
• Saint Teresa of Ávila, Roman Catholic saint, 16th Century mystic
• Ulises Dávila (born 1991), Mexican association football player
• Virgilio Dávila (1869–1943), Puerto Rican poet, educator, politician and businessman
• Yiye Ávila (1925–2013), Puerto-Rican evangelist

Category:Portuguese-language surnames

Avila is a duo made up of singer-songwriter Brie Stoner of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Daniel Johnson of Detroit. In November they released a three-song EP titled Curtains which featured their cover version of " My Favorite Things" (from The Sound of Music), which was soon picked for use in a commercial by the Victoria's Secret lingerie company.

Their cover of " All Shook Up" was used in a commercial for Trojan Lubricants.