Victoriana

American  

[vik-tawr-ee-an-uh, -ah-nuh, -tohr-] / vɪkˌtɔr iˈæn ə, -ˈɑ nə, -ˌtoʊr- /

plural noun

1. Victorian art objects, furnishings, bric-a-brac, etc.

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Victoriana British  

/ vɪkˌtɔːrɪˈɑːnə /

plural noun

1. objects, ornaments, etc, of the Victorian period

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Etymology

Origin of Victoriana

First recorded in 1945–50; Victori(an) + -ana

Example Sentences

Chiang’s storytelling is rooted in age-old tropes and references — the Old Testament, golems, Victoriana, high school algebra.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

Waddington knew her Victoriana; she spent years working in a costume house, specializing in archival ladies fashion.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2024

He also struck up an unlikely, but long lasting friendship with the Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman, with whom he shared a passion for both Victoriana and for Cornwall.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2023

For 23-year-old Victoriana Loaiza, who was expelled from the United States to Mexico after trekking for more than a month through South and Central America to get to the border, Diaz was a lifeline.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2022

Twenty is also found in the Editio Victoriana, Florence, 1576.

From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby