Victoria

Victoria, Lake also Victoria Ny·an·za  (n-nz, nyän-)

A lake of east-central Africa bordered by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. It was sighted in 1858 by the British explorer John Speke, who was searching for the source of the Nile River.

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Vic·to·ri·a ¹  (vk-tôr-, -tr-) 1819-1901.

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). Her sense of duty and strict moral code had great influence on 19th-century British society.

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Vic·to·ri·a ²  (vk-tôr-, -tr-)

1. The capital of British Columbia, Canada, on southeast Vancouver Island at the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Founded in 1843 as a Hudson's Bay Company outpost, it became provincial capital in the late 1860s. Population: 78,100.

2. The capital of Hong Kong, China, on the northwest coast of Hong Kong Island. It has extensive shipping facilities and is the seat of the University of Hong Kong (established 1911). Population: 987,000.

3. The capital of Seychelles, on the northeast coast of Mahé Island on the Indian Ocean. Population: 24,900.

4. A city of southeast Texas southeast of San Antonio. It is connected with the Intracoastal Waterway by the Victoria Barge Canal. Population: 62,200.

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vic·to·ri·a  (vk-tôr-, -tr-)

n.

1. A low, light four-wheeled carriage for two with a folding top and an elevated driver's seat in front.

2. A touring car with a folding top usually covering only the rear seat.

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[After Victoria.]

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victoria [vɪkˈtɔːrɪə]

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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called victoria plum Brit a large sweet variety of plum, red and yellow in colour

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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

[all named after Victoria (1819-1901), queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901)]

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Victoria¹

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1. (Placename) 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.: 4 712 170 (1999 est.). Area: 227 620 sq. km (87 884 sq. miles)

(Placename)

Lake Also called Victoria Nyanza 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. (Placename) 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.: 287 897 (1991)

4. (Placename) the capital of the Seychelles, a port on NE Mahé. Pop.: 24 701 (1997)

5. (Placename) an urban area in S China, part of Hong Kong, on N Hong Kong Island: financial and administrative district; university (1911). Pop.: 595 000 (latest est.)

6. (Placename) Mount. 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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Victoria²

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(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) the Roman goddess of victory Greek counterpart Nike

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Victoria²

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1. (Biographies / Victoria (1819-1901) F, British, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 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. (Biographies / (Spanish)) Tomás Luis de. ?1548-1611, Spanish composer of motets and masses in the polyphonic style

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Victoria - queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901) Queen Victoria Hanoverian line, House of Hanover, Hanover - the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
	2.	Victoria - (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike Roman mythology - the mythology of the ancient Romans
	3.	Victoria - a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally Victoria Falls Northern Rhodesia, Republic of Zambia, Zambia - a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964 Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe - a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 Zambezi, Zambezi River - an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean
	4.	Victoria - a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
	5.	Victoria - port city and the capital of Seychelles capital of Seychelles Republic of Seychelles, Seychelles - a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976
	6.	Victoria - a state in southeastern Australia Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony Melbourne - the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center
	7.	Victoria - capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island British Columbia - a province in western Canada

Translations

Victoria [vɪkˈtɔːrɪə] N → Victoria