Victoria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
Forms: form: Victorias
form: Victoriae
Etymology: 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.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: Victory
glosses: The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1985, Dan Simmons, Song of Kali, →ISBN, pages 4, 17:
text: Riding along the busy, narrow roads of Bali on her scooter with the sun illuminating her face, Victoria Kjos has a clear destination in sight — the beach.
ref: 2025 July 31, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “‘Everyone I know in the US who has a conscience wants to leave’: Why this American woman relocated to Bali”, in CNN:
coordinate_terms: word: Victor
alt: male form
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
glosses: Numerous places:
A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1851 to 1901. Capital: Melbourne.
glosses: Numerous places:
A city, the capital of Seychelles.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in Canada:
A city, the capital of British Columbia.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in Canada:
A rural municipality of Manitoba.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in Canada:
A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in Canada:
A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
glosses: Numerous places:
A commune and city in Chile.
glosses: Numerous places:
A former department of Chile.
glosses: Numerous places:
The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia.
glosses: Numerous places:
A town and local council, the capital of the Gozo Region.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1846 March 20, “FROM CHINA.”, in Christian Watchman, volume XXVII, number 12, Boston, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 3:
text: Royal Marines, officers and men from the British cruisers Swiftsure and Euryalus have landed in the naval dockyard area at Victoria, Hong Kong, and raised the white ensign.
ref: 1945 September 2 [1945 September 1], en, “BRITISH UNITS TAKE PART OF HONG KONG; But Admiral Is Unable to Find Japanese Commander for the Surrender Ceremony”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2023, page 12:
text: I eased into the cut-rate canyon by taxiing around Hong Kong -- both the island and the Kowloon peninsula -- to orient myself. The major shopping district is as difficult to grasp initially as its tongue-tripping name, Tsimshatsui. This is in Kowloon, across the harbor from Victoria, Hong Kong's major business section, which also is chocked with shopping opportunities. The Star Ferry tootles between the two cities.
ref: 1988 April 17, Marsha Dubrow, “HONG KONG”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2023:
text: He was forty-two years old when he died and has no known grave, but his name can be seen on the Hong Kong Memorial at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens in Victoria, Hong Kong.
ref: 2009, Robyn Walker, “Gander Gets His Medal”, in Sergeant Gander: A Canadian Hero, Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72:
glosses: Numerous places:
A settlement in Hong Kong, often referred to as its capital; in full, the City of Victoria.
glosses: Numerous places:
A town in Grenada.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in the United States:
A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Victoria Township.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861).
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in the United Kingdom:
A large railway terminus in central London.
glosses: 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)
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1962 October, “London gets its Victoria tube”, in Modern Railways, page 256:
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in the United Kingdom:
Ellipsis of Victoria Line of the London Underground.
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in the United Kingdom:
A community and ward in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST315880).
glosses: Numerous places:
A place in the United Kingdom:
A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706).
glosses: Numerous places:
A town in Cabañas department, El Salvador.
glosses: Numerous places:
A locale in the Philippines.
A municipality of Laguna.
glosses: Numerous places:
A locale in the Philippines.
A municipality of Northern Samar.
glosses: Numerous places:
A locale in the Philippines.
A municipality of Tarlac.
glosses: Numerous places:
Ellipsis of Lake Victoria: the largest lake in Africa.
glosses: Numerous places:
Ellipsis of Victoria County.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Numerous places:
The largest main-belt asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.
synonyms: Asteroid Victoria
Victoria Asteroid
Derived terms: word: City of Victoria
word: Ciudad Victoria
word: Fort Victoria
word: Lake Victoria
word: Mount Victoria
word: Port Victoria
word: Victoria Bridge
word: Victoria County
word: Victoria Cross
english: regional council
translation: regional council
word: Victoria Daly
word: Victoria Day
word: Victoria Gap
word: Victoria Park
word: Victoria Peak
word: Victoria River
word: Victoriatown
word: Victoriaville
sense: Queen Victoria
word: Victorian
sense: Queen Victoria
word: Victoriana
sense: Victoria
word: VIC
sense: Victoria
word: Vic
sense: Victoria
word: Vic.
sense: female given name
word: Vicky
sense: female given name
word: Vickie
sense: female given name
word: Vickey
sense: female given name
word: Vicki
sense: female given name
word: Viki
Related terms: word: Victorian
word: Victoriana
sense: pet forms of the given name
word: Vic
sense: pet forms of the given name
word: Vickey
sense: pet forms of the given name
word: Vicki
sense: pet forms of the given name
word: Vickie
sense: pet forms of the given name
word: Vicky
sense: abbreviation of the Australian state
word: Vic.