Victoria

American  

[vik-tawr-ee-uh, veek-taw-ryah] / vɪkˈtɔr i ə, vikˈtɔ ryɑ /

noun

1. the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.

2. 1819–1901, queen of Great Britain 1837–1901; empress of India 1876–1901.

3. Guadalupe Manuel Félix Fernández, 1789–1843, Mexican military and political leader: first president of the republic 1824–29.

4. Tomás Luis de 1548–1611, Spanish composer.

5. a state in southeastern Australia. 87,884 sq. mi. (227,620 sq. km). Melbourne.

6. a seaport in and the capital of British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, in southwestern Canada.

7. a city in southern Texas.

8. a port in and the capital of the Seychelles.

9. Also called Victoria Nyanza.  Lake Victoria, a lake in eastern central Africa, in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya: second largest freshwater lake in the world; source of the White Nile. About 26,828 sq. mi. (69,485 sq. km).

10. Mount Victoria, a mountain on eastern New Guinea, in southeastern Papua New Guinea, in the Owen Stanley mountain range. 13,240 feet (4,036 meters).

11. a former name for a seaport in and the administrative and commercial center of Hong Kong, on the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, facing the seaport of Kowloon.

12. victoria, a low, light, four-wheeled carriage with a calash top, a seat for two passengers, and a perch in front for the driver.

13. victoria, an open touring car having a folding top that usually covers only the rear seat.

14. victoria, any of several large-leaved water lilies of the genus Victoria.

15. a female given name.

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Victoria ¹ British  

/ vɪkˈtɔːrɪə /

noun

1. a state of SE Australia: part of New South Wales colony until 1851; semiarid in the northwest, with the Great Dividing Range in the centre and east and the Murray River along the N border. Capital: Melbourne. Pop: 4 947 985 (2003 est). Area: 227 620 sq km (87 884 sq miles)

2. a lake in East Africa, in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, at an altitude of 1134 m (3720 ft): the largest lake in Africa and second largest in the world; drained by the Victoria Nile. Area: 69 485 sq km (26 828 sq miles)

3. a port in SW Canada, capital of British Columbia, on Vancouver Island: founded in 1843 by the Hudson's Bay Company; made capital of British Columbia in 1868; university (1963). Pop: 288 346 (2001)

4. the capital of the Seychelles, a port on NE Mahé. Pop: 25 500 (2004 est)

5. an urban area in S China, part of Hong Kong, on N Hong Kong Island: financial and administrative district; university (1911); the name tends not to be used officially since reunification of Hong Kong with China in 1997

6. a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)

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victoria ² British  

/ vɪkˈtɔːrɪə /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding hood, two passenger seats, and a seat in front for the driver

2. Also called: victoria plum.  a large sweet variety of plum, red and yellow in colour

3. any South American giant water lily of the genus Victoria, having very large floating leaves and large white, red, or pink fragrant flowers: family Nymphaeaceae

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Victoria ³ British  

/ vɪkˈtɔːrɪə /

noun

1. 1819–1901, queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). She married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1840). Her sense of vocation did much to restore the prestige of the British monarchy

2. Tomás Luis de. ?1548–1611, Spanish composer of motets and masses in the polyphonic style

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Victoria ⁴ British  

/ vɪkˈtɔːrɪə /

noun

1. Greek counterpart: Nike.  the Roman goddess of victory

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Etymology

Origin of victoria

C19: all named after Queen _Victoria

Example Sentences

The events coordinator at Newark Town Hall, Victoria Penarski, said the short film had put Newark "firmly on the map".

From BBC

Nestled beside the banks of the mighty Macalister River in Victoria's high country, Licola was originally a timber mill, built in the 1950s with a few buildings for those working there.

From BBC

“Down Victoria Street is Parriss’s sweet shop, but with war rationing, Mr. Parriss doesn’t have much to offer. Neither does the butcher. Don’t know how Mum manages a larder stock, but she does somehow.”

From Literature

Police have described the suspect as an "itinerant" worker who had travelled to Australia on multiple occasions between 2019 and 2024, and had addresses in the states of Victoria and New South Wales.

From BBC

The works in Washington, all from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, were selected by Myles Russell-Cook, director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and formerly senior curator at the NGV.

From The Wall Street Journal