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Noun: victoria  vik'to-ree-u
Usage: Brit
  1. A large red plum served as dessert
    - Victoria plum [Brit]
Noun: Victoria  vik'to-ree-u
  1. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
    - Queen Victoria
     
  2. (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike
     
  3. A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally
    - Victoria Falls
     
  4. A town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio
     
  5. Port city and the capital of Seychelles
    - capital of Seychelles
     
  6. A state in southeastern Australia
     
  7. Capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island

Derived forms: victorias

Type of: Australian state, empress, falls, national capital, plum, port, provincial capital, Queen of England, Roman deity, town, waterfall

Part of: Australia, BC, British Columbia, Commonwealth of Australia, Hanover, Hanoverian line, House of Hanover, Lone-Star State, Northern Rhodesia, Oz, Republic of Seychelles, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Seychelles, Southern Rhodesia, Tex., Texas, TX, Zambezi, Zambezi River, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Encyclopedia: Victoria, Northern Samar