Word: Victoria Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə/, /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹɪə/, /vɪkˈtoː.ɹɪə/ 1. The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike. Labels: Roman, countable, uncountable 2. A female given name from Latin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. Example: 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. 3. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. Example: 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. 14. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: 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: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 24. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 25. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 26. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 27. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable 28. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 29. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 30. Numerous places: Labels: countable, uncountable