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Victoria

noun

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901). Synonym: Queen Victoria.

(Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike.

A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally. Synonym: Victoria Falls.

A town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio.

Port city and the capital of Seychelles. Synonym: capital of Seychelles.

A state in southeastern Australia.

Capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island.

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"Victoria" Quotes from Famous Books

... Francisco del Barrio, native and son of Victoria; aged twenty-six years, eight years in the order; in the ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XIV., 1606-1609 • Various

... BUELOW, and have done much to disprove my personal belief in the non-existence of German humour. But throughout his book Sir CHARLES is the best of good company. Whether he is chatting about Royalty—there is a rather moving little anecdote of QUEEN VICTORIA and TENNYSON that was new to me—or telling again the often-told history of the Cambridge Greek Plays and the A.D.C., he has a happy pen for a point, and even the chestnuts inevitable in such a collection are ...

— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 • Various

... Victoria was the escaped convict Buckley; but he did not cultivate the country, nor civilise the natives. The natives, on the contrary, uncivilised him. When white men saw him again, he had forgotten even his mother tongue, and could give them little ...

— The Book of the Bush • George Dunderdale

... occur to you," throwing back the robes so that she might step into the victoria, "that fate has a special grudge against me? Once was not enough, but ...

— Arms and the Woman • Harold MacGrath

... complete the fiction-like aspect of the affair, there was even a 'captain' in the matter—as good a villain as ever shone in short hose and cut doublet at the 'Strand' or 'Victoria.' Captain Matthews was a married man, and a very naughty one. He was an intimate friend of the Linleys, and wanted to push his intimacy too far. In short, 'not to put too fine a point on it' (too fine a point is precisely what never is put), he attempted to seduce the pretty, innocent girl, ...

— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 2 • Grace & Philip Wharton

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