Victoria

//vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike. Roman, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A female given name from Latin. countable, uncountable

    "When I had first told him the name we'd chosen for our daughter, Abe had suggested that it was a pretty damn waspy title for the offspring of an Indian princess and a Chicago pollock.- - - I never would have chosen the name "Victoria" but was secretly delighted by it. Amrita first suggested it one hot day in July and we treated it as a joke. It seemed that one of her earliest memories was of arriving by train at Victoria Station in Bombay. That huge edifice - one of the remnants of the British Raj, which evidently still defines India - had always filled Amrita with a sense of awe. Since that time, the name Victoria had evoked an echo of beauty, elegance and mystery in her."

  3. 3
    Numerous places:; A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1851 to 1901. Capital: Melbourne. countable, uncountable

    "A mere 150 round-leaf pomaderris were thought left in the world in 2021 and now a planned firebreak in Victoria could destroy dozens of the plants."

  4. 4
    Numerous places:; A city, the capital of Seychelles. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Numerous places:; A place in Canada:; A city, the capital of British Columbia. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Numerous places:; A place in Canada:; A rural municipality of Manitoba. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Numerous places:; A place in Canada:; A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Numerous places:; A place in Canada:; A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Numerous places:; A commune and city in Chile. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Numerous places:; A former department of Chile. countable, uncountable
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    Numerous places:; The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    Numerous places:; A town and local council, the capital of the Gozo Region. countable, uncountable
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    Numerous places:; A settlement in Hong Kong, often referred to as its capital; in full, the City of Victoria. countable, uncountable

    "On the 21st of November, the Imperial Chinese Commissioner Keying, arrived at Victoria, Hong Kong, whither he was conveyed in a British Government steamer from Whampoa, the object of his visit being the settlement of matters between the Chinese and British Governments, preparatory to the surrender of Chusan to the Chinese."

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    Numerous places:; A town in Grenada. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    Numerous places:; A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    Numerous places:; A place in the United States:; A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    Numerous places:; A place in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Victoria Township. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861). countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A large railway terminus in central London. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Dunford parish, Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, on the West Yorkshire boundary and probably named after the Victoria Inn (OS grid ref SE1705) countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; Ellipsis of Victoria Line of the London Underground. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

    "London Transport lost no time in beginning work on the new Victoria tube line following the Minister of Transport's approval of the project, announced on August 20."

  17. 22
    Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A community and ward in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST315880). countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706). countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    Numerous places:; A town in Cabañas department, El Salvador. countable, uncountable
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    Numerous places:; A locale in the Philippines.; A municipality of Laguna. countable, uncountable
  21. 26
    Numerous places:; A locale in the Philippines.; A municipality of Northern Samar. countable, uncountable
  22. 27
    Numerous places:; A locale in the Philippines.; A municipality of Tarlac. countable, uncountable
  23. 28
    Numerous places:; Ellipsis of Lake Victoria: the largest lake in Africa. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  24. 29
    Numerous places:; Ellipsis of Victoria County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  25. 30
    Numerous places:; The largest main-belt asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
  2. 2
    A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.

    "It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side."

  3. 3
    A Victoria plum.

    "Pears are practically a failure, and there are no early or late Plums, but Victorias are a heavy crop, of small inferior fruits."

  4. 4
    vagina slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

Etymology 2

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

Etymology 3

Named after Queen Victoria.

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