Victoria

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See also: victoria, victória, and victòria

Translingual

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Victoria amazonica (Nymphaeaceae)
Victoria gordoni (Geometridae)

Etymology

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From Latin victōria (“victory”), often in honor of Queen Victoria.

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Victoria f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphaeaceae – certain waterlilies with very large flat leaves, native to the Amazon.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths native to Africa.
  3. A taxonomic genus within the order Palaeocopida – Soleaua, fossil crustaceans.
  4. A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain scarab beetles; a junior synonym of the genus Hoplia.

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crustacean (fossil)

English

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(12) Victoria astronomical symbol

Etymology

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From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor +‎ -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

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Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

  1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.
    Synonym: Victory
  2. A female given name from Latin.
    Coordinate term: Victor (male form)
    • 1985, Dan Simmons, Song of Kali, →ISBN, pages 4, 17:
      When I had first told him the name we'd chosen for our daughter, Abe had suggested that it was a pretty damn waspy title for the offspring of an Indian princess and a Chicago pollock.- - -
      I never would have chosen the name "Victoria" but was secretly delighted by it. Amrita first suggested it one hot day in July and we treated it as a joke. It seemed that one of her earliest memories was of arriving by train at Victoria Station in Bombay. That huge edifice - one of the remnants of the British Raj, which evidently still defines India - had always filled Amrita with a sense of awe. Since that time, the name Victoria had evoked an echo of beauty, elegance and mystery in her.
  3. The queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901.(Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?)
    • 1838 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Court and Cabinet Gossip of a New Reign, April 1838, pages 512-513:
      Alexander of Russia, the patron saint of the Cobourgs, was dead, so Alexandrina of England, named in honour of him, gave way to Victoria the tutelary deity of his (when living) subservient Cobourgs. Both names are alike foreign and unharmonious to British ears,* although of the two, Alexandrina perhaps the most euphonious. Let us hope, and we have reason to hope, that the Queen will nationalize that of Victoria, and make it the theme of song and history with that of Elizabeth.
      *George IV., who, whatever his faults, had a true British spirit and sentiments, declared both to be anti-British, and expressed himself in no measured terms at the time about giving the royal infant such unEnglish names.
  4. A placename:
    1. One of six states of Australia, situated in the south-eastern part of the continent. Capital: Melbourne.
    2. (historical, Australia) A former colony of Britain in what is now the state of Victoria, Australia.
    3. A city, the capital of Seychelles.
    4. A place in Canada
      1. A city, the capital of British Columbia.
      2. A rural municipality of Manitoba.
      3. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
      4. A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
    5. A commune and city in Chile.
    6. A former department of Chile.
    7. The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia.
    8. The capital city of Gozo, the second-largest island of Malta.
    9. The City of Victoria, a settlement in Hong Kong often referred to as its capital.
      • 1945 September 2 [1945 September 1], “BRITISH UNITS TAKE PART OF HONG KONG; But Admiral Is Unable to Find Japanese Commander for the Surrender Ceremony”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-09, page 12‎[2]:
        Royal Marines, officers and men from the British cruisers Swiftsure and Euryalus have landed in the naval dockyard area at Victoria, Hong Kong, and raised the white ensign.
      • 1988 April 17, Marsha Dubrow, “HONG KONG”, in The Washington Post‎[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 December 2023‎[4]:
        I eased into the cut-rate canyon by taxiing around Hong Kong -- both the island and the Kowloon peninsula -- to orient myself. The major shopping district is as difficult to grasp initially as its tongue-tripping name, Tsimshatsui. This is in Kowloon, across the harbor from Victoria, Hong Kong's major business section, which also is chocked with shopping opportunities. The Star Ferry tootles between the two cities.
      • 2009, Robyn Walker, “Gander Gets His Medal”, in Sergeant Gander: A Canadian Hero‎[5], Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72:
        He was forty-two years old when he died and has no known grave, but his name can be seen on the Hong Kong Memorial at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens in Victoria, Hong Kong.
    10. A town in Grenada.
    11. A place in the United States
      1. A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas.
      2. A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria.
      3. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Victoria Township.
    12. A place in the United Kingdom:
      1. A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861).
      2. A large railway terminus in central London.
      3. A hamlet in Dunford parish, Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, on the West Yorkshire boundary and probably named after the Victoria Inn (OS grid ref SE1705) [1]
      4. Ellipsis of Victoria Line of the London Underground.
        • 1962 October, “London gets its Victoria tube”, in Modern Railways, page 256:
          London Transport lost no time in beginning work on the new Victoria tube line following the Minister of Transport's approval of the project, announced on August 20.
      5. A community and ward in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST315880).
      6. A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706). [2]
    13. A locale in the Philippines
      1. A municipality of Laguna.
      2. A municipality of Northern Samar.
      3. A municipality of Tarlac.
    14. Ellipsis of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa.
    15. (astronomy) 12 Victoria An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System, a main belt asteroid.
      Synonyms: Asteroid Victoria, Victoria Asteroid
    16. Ellipsis of Victoria County.
    17. A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador

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Noun

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Victoria (plural Victorias)

  1. One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
  2. A Victoria plum.
    • 1916, The Gardeners' Chronicle:
      Pears are practically a failure, and there are no early or late Plums, but Victorias are a heavy crop, of small inferior fruits.

References

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  1. ^ OS: South Yorkshire
  2. ^ OS: Blaenau Gwent

Afrikaans

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Proper noun

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Victoria

  1. Victoria (a state of Australia)
  2. Victoria (the capital city of Seychelles)
  3. Victoria (the capital city of British Columbia, Canada)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Victoria f (related adjective victorijský)

  1. Victoria (a state of Australia)
  2. Victoria (the capital city of Seychelles)
  3. Victoria (the capital city of British Columbia, Canada)

Declension

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Declension of Victoria (sg-only feminine in -ia)
singular
nominative Victoria
genitive Victorie
dative Victorii
accusative Victorii
vocative Victorie
locative Victorii
instrumental Victorií

Further reading

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  • “Victoria”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin Victōria.

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Victoria

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Victoria
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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English Victoria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋikto(ː)riɑ/, [ˈʋikt̪o̞(ː)ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ

Proper noun

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Victoria

  1. (uncountable) Victoria (a state of Australia)
  2. a female given name from Latin

Declension

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Inflection of Victoria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Victoria Victoriat
genitive Victorian Victorioiden
Victorioitten
partitive Victoriaa Victorioita
illative Victoriaan Victorioihin
singular plural
nominative Victoria Victoriat
accusative nom. Victoria Victoriat
gen. Victorian
genitive Victorian Victorioiden
Victorioitten
Victoriain rare
partitive Victoriaa Victorioita
inessive Victoriassa Victorioissa
elative Victoriasta Victorioista
illative Victoriaan Victorioihin
adessive Victorialla Victorioilla
ablative Victorialta Victorioilta
allative Victorialle Victorioille
essive Victoriana Victorioina
translative Victoriaksi Victorioiksi
abessive Victoriatta Victorioitta
instructive — Victorioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Victoria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Victoriani Victoriani
accusative nom. Victoriani Victoriani
gen. Victoriani
genitive Victoriani Victorioideni
Victorioitteni
Victoriaini rare
partitive Victoriaani Victorioitani
inessive Victoriassani Victorioissani
elative Victoriastani Victorioistani
illative Victoriaani Victorioihini
adessive Victoriallani Victorioillani
ablative Victorialtani Victorioiltani
allative Victorialleni Victorioilleni
essive Victorianani Victorioinani
translative Victoriakseni Victorioikseni
abessive Victoriattani Victorioittani
instructive — —
comitative — Victorioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Victoriasi Victoriasi
accusative nom. Victoriasi Victoriasi
gen. Victoriasi
genitive Victoriasi Victorioidesi
Victorioittesi
Victoriaisi rare
partitive Victoriaasi Victorioitasi
inessive Victoriassasi Victorioissasi
elative Victoriastasi Victorioistasi
illative Victoriaasi Victorioihisi
adessive Victoriallasi Victorioillasi
ablative Victorialtasi Victorioiltasi
allative Victoriallesi Victorioillesi
essive Victorianasi Victorioinasi
translative Victoriaksesi Victorioiksesi
abessive Victoriattasi Victorioittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Victorioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Victoriamme Victoriamme
accusative nom. Victoriamme Victoriamme
gen. Victoriamme
genitive Victoriamme Victorioidemme
Victorioittemme
Victoriaimme rare
partitive Victoriaamme Victorioitamme
inessive Victoriassamme Victorioissamme
elative Victoriastamme Victorioistamme
illative Victoriaamme Victorioihimme
adessive Victoriallamme Victorioillamme
ablative Victorialtamme Victorioiltamme
allative Victoriallemme Victorioillemme
essive Victorianamme Victorioinamme
translative Victoriaksemme Victorioiksemme
abessive Victoriattamme Victorioittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Victorioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Victorianne Victorianne
accusative nom. Victorianne Victorianne
gen. Victorianne
genitive Victorianne Victorioidenne
Victorioittenne
Victoriainne rare
partitive Victoriaanne Victorioitanne
inessive Victoriassanne Victorioissanne
elative Victoriastanne Victorioistanne
illative Victoriaanne Victorioihinne
adessive Victoriallanne Victorioillanne
ablative Victorialtanne Victorioiltanne
allative Victoriallenne Victorioillenne
essive Victoriananne Victorioinanne
translative Victoriaksenne Victorioiksenne
abessive Victoriattanne Victorioittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Victorioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Victoriansa Victoriansa
accusative nom. Victoriansa Victoriansa
gen. Victoriansa
genitive Victoriansa Victorioidensa
Victorioittensa
Victoriainsa rare
partitive Victoriaansa Victorioitaan
Victorioitansa
inessive Victoriassaan
Victoriassansa 		Victorioissaan
Victorioissansa
elative Victoriastaan
Victoriastansa 		Victorioistaan
Victorioistansa
illative Victoriaansa Victorioihinsa
adessive Victoriallaan
Victoriallansa 		Victorioillaan
Victorioillansa
ablative Victorialtaan
Victorialtansa 		Victorioiltaan
Victorioiltansa
allative Victorialleen
Victoriallensa 		Victorioilleen
Victorioillensa
essive Victorianaan
Victorianansa 		Victorioinaan
Victorioinansa
translative Victoriakseen
Victoriaksensa 		Victorioikseen
Victorioiksensa
abessive Victoriattaan
Victoriattansa 		Victorioittaan
Victorioittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Victorioineen
Victorioinensa
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  • Victoria is the 393rd (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,024 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,380 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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Victoria f

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Victoria
  2. Victoria (the lake)
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Descendants

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  • → Afar: Viktooríya

German

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Victoria

  1. a female given name from Latin, variant of Viktoria

Norwegian

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Victoria

  1. a female given name from Latin, a popular spelling variant of Viktoria

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Victoria, from Latin Victōria, from victōria.

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Victoria f

  1. Victoria (the capital city of Seychelles)

Declension

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Declension of Victoria
singular
nominative Victoria
genitive Victorii
dative Victorii
accusative Victorię
instrumental Victorią
locative Victorii
vocative Victorio

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Proper noun

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Victoria f

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Victoria. Feminine of Victor

Romanian

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Etymology

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From victoria, definite form of victorie (“victory”).

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Victoria f

  1. A village in Hlipiceni, Botoșani, Romania
  2. A village in Stăuceni, Botoșani, Romania
  3. A city in Brașov, Romania
  4. A commune of Brăila, Romania
  5. A village in Victoria, Brăila, Romania
  6. A commune of Iași, Romania
  7. A village in Victoria, Iași, Romania
  8. A village in Nufăru, Tulcea, Romania

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Etymology

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From the Latin Victoria; also shortened from María (de la) Victoria, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Victory".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biɡˈtoɾja/ [biɣ̞ˈt̪o.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -oɾja
  • Syllabification: Vic‧to‧ria

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Victoria f

  1. a female given name from Latin
  2. Victoria (a state of Australia)
  3. A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador
  4. Victoria (a commune and city in Victoria, Chile)
  5. (historical) A department of Chile

Swedish

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Victoria f (genitive Victorias)

  1. a female given name from Latin, variant of Viktoria

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Victoria n (genitive Victorias)

  1. Victoria (a state of Australia)

Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Victoria.

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Victoria f (not mutable)

  1. Victoria (a state of Australia)
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