Victoria

Empress Victoria of the United Kingdom etc.

A large number of places, people and objects have been named Victoria. Most are in countries which once were or still are part of the Commonwealth of Nations, and are named after Queen Victoria.

Places

Cities, towns, suburbs, etc. called Victoria

• Victoria (Australia)
• Victoria, Arkansas, United States of America
• Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • Victoria (electoral district)
• Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico
• Victoria, Grenada
• Victoria, Guanajuato , Mexico
• Victoria, area of the London Borough of Hackney, a ward in South Hackney .
• Victoria, Illinois, United States of America
• Victoria, Indiana, United States of America
  • Victoria National Golf Club, Victoria, Indiana
• Victoria, Kansas, United States of America
• Victoria, Labuan , Malaysia.
• Victoria, Malta (also called Rabat)
• Victoria, Minnesota, United States of America
• Victoria, Newbury , a ward of Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
• Victoria, Newport , Wales
• Victoria , Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Victoria, Romania
• Port Victoria, capital of the Seychelles, pop. 23,000, on the main island Mahe
• Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
• Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, United States of America
• Victoria, Virginia, United States of America
• Victoria, area of the City of Westminster named after the railway station - see Transport below
• Victoria City, one of the first British urban settlements in Hong Kong.
• La Victoria de Acentejo , municipality in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Lake Victoria

• Lake Victoria (in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya), the largest lake in Africa.

Waterfalls Victoria

• Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in Zambia - the largest waterfalls in Africa.

Mount Victoria

• Mount Victoria, Wellington, a prominent landmark and related suburb in the capital of New Zealand.
• Mount Victoria, Auckland, the highest volcano in Devonport, a seaside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

State of Victoria, Australia

• Victoria, a state of Australia, the southernmost mainland state. It is situated in the south eastern corner of the Australian continent.

Transport

• Victoria Coach Station in London, England, United Kingdom
• Victoria Line a metro line in London
• Victoria railway station in London
• Victoria tube station in London
• Victoria railway station in Manchester, England
• Victoria Bridge, Montreal
• Square-Victoria metro station in Montreal

Victoria County

See separate disambiguation for Victoria County.

Victoria Harbour

• Victoria Harbour, the body of water between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula.

Victoria Island

• Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic. (Victoria, British Columbia, is on an island, but that is Vancouver Island, while Vancouver, British Columbia is on the mainland.)

Victoria Park

See separate disambiguation for Victoria Park.

Victoria Peak

• Victoria Peak, mountain on Hong Kong Island.

Victoria Square

See separate disambiguation for Victoria Square.

People

British royalty

• Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Empress of India, etc (reigned 1837–1901)
• Victorian era
• Her daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick
• Her granddaughter, Princess Victoria Alexandra

Other people

• Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (1548–1611)
• Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (born 1977)
• Victoria, the stage name of Lisa Marie Varon, professional wrestler

Institutions

Victoria College

• Victoria College, Alexandria

Victoria University

Many universities around the world are called Victoria University. See also: University of Victoria.

Other Victoria topics

Asteroid

• 12 Victoria, an asteroid discovered in 1850 by John Russell Hind.

Beers

• Victoria (beer) , a Mexican beer.
• Victoria Bitter, an unrelated Australian beer, named after the Australian state of Victoria

Fiction

• Victoria Waterfield, Doctor Who character
• Victoria, a cat in the musical Cats

Food

See also: Plants section

• Victoria Sponge (also called a Victoria Sandwich and, less commonly, Victorian Cake)

Game

• Victoria, a PC RTS game released by Paradox Entertainment

Goddess

• Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory

Language

• "Victoria" means "victory" in the Latin language and several romance languages. Therefore, Franco's dictatorship in Spain added the phrase de la Victoria to the names of several Spanish locations.

Means of transport

• Victoria, the first ship to circumnavegate the globe, in the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano.
• Victoria (submarine) , a class of Canadian submarine.
• A Victoria is an open carriage with a folding hood.
• GWR Victoria Class passenger trains were broad gauge steam locomotives.

Military

• The Victoria Cross, a British Commonwealth medal, first issued in 1856.

Music

• Victoria, a song by Biscayne hard rock band Parabellum .
• Victoria, a song by Spanish metal rap group Def Con Dos.

Plants

• Victoria apple
• The waterlily genus Victoria.
• Victoria pea
• Victoria plum

Similar words

Victor

See Victor.

Victorian

See Victorian.

Vitoria

• Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain
• Vitoria, Brazil

See also

• List of places named after Queen Victoria