victoria Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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. noun (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike
  3. noun a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally
    Victoria Falls.
  4. noun a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio
  5. noun port city and the capital of Seychelles
    capital of Seychelles.
  6. noun a state in southeastern Australia
  7. noun capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island

WordNet

Vic*to"ri*a noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
  2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.
  3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also Clio.

Webster 1913