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Victor

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See also: Víctor and victor

Translingual

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Victor [1]
Victor [2]
Victor [3]

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Victor.

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Noun

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Victor

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter V.
  2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter V.
  3. (time zone) UTC−09:00


ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
code Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal

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References

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  1. ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English

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 Victor on Wikipedia

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Etymology

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From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (conqueror). Doublet of victor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Victor

  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.

Proper noun

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Victor

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    • 1988, Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics, published 1999, →ISBN:
      'Well, it's your mother who chose Victor. I never liked the name. It sounded a bit like boasting. I think it was because you were born on May something or other when we celebrate the day Germans surrendered.' 'I wasn't. I was born in September.' 'Oh, then there must have been another reason. Perhaps she thought to have you at all was her victory. Over me. I wasn't so keen on a child.'
  2. A city in Colorado.
  3. A city in Idaho.
  4. A town in Iowa.
  5. A census-designated place in Montana.
  6. A town in New York.
  7. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
  8. (cryptography) Placeholder name for the party that verifies a proof.
    Coordinate term: Peggy

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Danish

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Victor

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

French

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Victor m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

German

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Proper noun

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Victor

  1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Icelandic

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Proper noun

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Victor m (proper noun, genitive singular Victors)

  1. a male given name

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Norwegian

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Victor

  1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin Victor.

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Victor m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Victor

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Swedish

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Victor c (genitive Victors)

  1. a male given name, variant of Viktor

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Latin Victor. Cognate with English Victor.

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Victor

  1. (Roman Catholicism) Victor