victoria
IPA: vɪktˈɔriʌ
Root Word: Victoria
noun
- (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.
- A female given name from Latin.
- The queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901.
- A placename:
- One of six states of Australia, situated in the south-eastern part of the continent. Capital: Melbourne.
- (historical, Australia) A former colony of Britain in what is now the state of Victoria, Australia.
- A city, the capital of Seychelles.
- A place in Canada
- A city, the capital of British Columbia.
- A rural municipality of Manitoba.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
- The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia.
- The capital city of Gozo, the second-largest island of Malta.
- The City of Victoria, a settlement in Hong Kong often referred to as its capital.
- A town in Grenada.
- A place in the United States
- A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas.
- A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Victoria Township.
- A place in the United Kingdom:
- A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861).
- A large railway terminus in central London.
- 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)
- A community and ward in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST315880).
- A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706).
- A locale in the Philippines
- A municipality of Laguna.
- A municipality of Northern Samar.
- A municipality of Tarlac.
- (astronomy) 12 Victoria An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System, a main belt asteroid.
- One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
- A Victoria plum.
- 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.
- Ellipsis of Victoria Line. of the London Underground.
- Ellipsis of Lake Victoria., the largest lake in Africa. [The largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.]
- Ellipsis of Victoria County. [A county of New Brunswick, Canada.]
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Examples of "victoria" in Sentences
- Victoria becomes the sodden state of Australia.
- He was the first airman to win the Victoria Cross.
- The buildings connect to the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
- The 2004 season saw the demise of the Victoria Giants.
- The state of Victoria was the first to implement the policy.
- In Victoria it has been traditionally referred to as Cantaloupe.
- He is the son of the writer and broadcaster Victoria Glendinning.
- Meanwhile, Victoria is accused of witchcraft by the paranoiac man.
- To the south is the Western Working Anchorage of Victoria Harbour.
- Brownlee watched the results come in at the offices of the Victoria Colonist.
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