What does "victoria" mean?
One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
Victoria
/vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
- Grammar: victoria is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: city name, monarch, place name, queen.
- Useful contrasts: king.
- Usage evidence: Queen Victoria was the sovereign of Great Britain.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
- 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 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 vagina slang
Proper Noun
- 1 The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike. Roman, countable, uncountable
- 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 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 Numerous places:; A city, the capital of Seychelles. countable, uncountable
- 5 Numerous places:; A place in Canada:; A city, the capital of British Columbia. countable, uncountable
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- 6 Numerous places:; A place in Canada:; A rural municipality of Manitoba. countable, uncountable
- 7 Numerous places:; A place in Canada:; A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador. countable, uncountable
- 8 Numerous places:; A place in Canada:; A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island. countable, uncountable
- 9 Numerous places:; A commune and city in Chile. countable, uncountable
- 10 Numerous places:; A former department of Chile. countable, uncountable
- 11 Numerous places:; The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia. countable, uncountable
- 12 Numerous places:; A town and local council, the capital of the Gozo Region. countable, uncountable
- 13 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."
- 14 Numerous places:; A town in Grenada. countable, uncountable
- 15 Numerous places:; A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 16 Numerous places:; A place in the United States:; A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria. countable, uncountable
- 17 Numerous places:; A place in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Victoria Township. countable, uncountable
- 18 Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861). countable, uncountable
- 19 Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A large railway terminus in central London. countable, uncountable
- 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
- 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."
- 22 Numerous places:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A community and ward in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST315880). countable, uncountable
- 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
- 24 Numerous places:; A town in Cabañas department, El Salvador. countable, uncountable
- 25 Numerous places:; A locale in the Philippines.; A municipality of Laguna. countable, uncountable
- 26 Numerous places:; A locale in the Philippines.; A municipality of Northern Samar. countable, uncountable
- 27 Numerous places:; A locale in the Philippines.; A municipality of Tarlac. countable, uncountable
- 28 Numerous places:; Ellipsis of Lake Victoria: the largest lake in Africa. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 29 Numerous places:; Ellipsis of Victoria County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 30 Numerous places:; The largest main-belt asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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Example
"Queen Victoria was the sovereign of Great Britain."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "victoria"?
Common synonyms include: city name, monarch, place name, queen, sovereign, toponym.
How do you use "victoria" in a sentence?
Queen Victoria was the sovereign of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce "victoria"?
Pronounced /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə/.
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
Named after Queen Victoria.