Victoria

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: victoria, victória, and victòria

Translingual[edit]

Victoria amazonica (Nymphaeaceae)
Victoria gordoni (Geometridae)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (AU)(file)

Proper noun[edit]

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.

Hypernyms[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

References[edit]

plant
moth
crustacean (fossil)

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
12 Victoria astronomical symbol (1852)

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

  1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of victory; equivalent to the Greek goddess Nike.
  2. A female given name from Latin.
    • 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.
    • 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 city, the capital of British Columbia, Canada.
    5. A rural municipality of Manitoba.
    6. The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia.
    7. The capital city of Gozo, the second-largest island of Malta.
    8. The City of Victoria, a settlement in Hong Kong often referred to as its capital.
    9. A town in Grenada.
    10. A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States.
    11. A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States, named after Queen Victoria.
    12. Ellipsis of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa.
    13. A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9861).
    14. A locale in the Philippines:
      1. A municipality of Laguna, Philippines.
      2. A municipality of Northern Samar, Philippines.
      3. A municipality of Tarlac, Philippines.
  5. A large railway terminus in central London, England.
  6. 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.
  7. (astronomy) 12 Victoria, a main belt asteroid.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Victōria.

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria

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

Related terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Victoria.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋikto(ː)riɑ/, [ˈʋikt̪o̞(ː)ˌriɑ]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria

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

Declension[edit]

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
Victoriainrare
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
instructive — Victorioin
abessive Victoriatta Victorioitta
comitative — Victorioineen
Possessive forms of Victoria (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person Victoriani Victoriamme
2nd person Victoriasi Victorianne
3rd person Victoriansa

Related terms[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria f

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

Descendants[edit]

  • → Afar: Viktooríya

Related terms[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [vɪkˈtoːʁia]
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Vic‧to‧ria

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria

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

Norwegian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria

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

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English Victoria, from Latin Victōria, from victōria.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria f

  1. Victoria (the capital city of Seychelles)

Declension[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • Victoria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Victoria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria f

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /biɡˈtoɾja/, [biɣ̞ˈt̪o.ɾja]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria f

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

Swedish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria c (genitive Victorias)

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

Welsh[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Victoria

  1. Victoria (a state of Australia)
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria&oldid=65906793"