Concordia - Definition and Overview

Concordia is the Latin word for "harmony", which has been used to refer to many things:

• Concordia was the Roman goddess of harmony.
• 58 Concordia, an asteroid, was named after the goddess.

• There are several universities named Concordia:
  • Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
  • The ten schools of the Concordia University System
  • Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota and its Concordia Language Villages
  • Concordia University College of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta
  • International University Concordia Audientes, Estonia
  • Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Concordia Senior College (closed 1977)

• Concordia is also a common place name:
  • Concordia, Antarctica, a research station on Dome C
  • Concordia, Argentina
  • Concordia Parish, Louisiana
  • Concordia, Kansas
  • Concordia (Manitoba riding), an electoral division in Manitoba
  • Concordia, Missouri
  • Concordia, New Jersey
  • Concordia, Sinaloa
  • Concordia, Glacier Pakistan
• EUFOR Concordia was the name of an operation launched by the European Union in 2003 in the Republic of Macedonia.
• TCS Concordia is the name of various ships in the computer game Wing Commander.