VICTORIA


Meaning of VICTORIA in English

/vik tawr"ee euh, -tohr"-/ ; for 3 also Sp. /beek taw"rddyah/ , n.

1. the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.

2. 1819-1901, queen of Great Britain 1837-1901; empress of India 1876-1901.

3. Guadalupe /gwahd'l oohp", -ooh"pee/ ; Sp. /gwah'dhah looh"pe/ ( Manuel Félix Fernández ), 1789-1843, Mexican military and political leader: first president of the republic 1824-29.

4. Tomás Luis de /taw mahs" lwees de/ , 1548-1611, Spanish composer.

5. Also called Hong Kong, Xianggang . a seaport in and the capital of the Hong Kong colony, on the N coast of Hong Kong island, facing the seaport of Kowloon. 1,100,000.

6. a state in SE Australia. 3,832,443; 87,884 sq. mi. (227,620 sq. km). Cap.: Melbourne.

7. a seaport in and the capital of British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, in SW Canada. 62,551.

8. a city in S Texas. 50,695.

9. a former name of Nyanda .

10. a port in and the capital of the Seychelles. 13,736.

11. Lake . Also called Victoria Nyanza . a lake in E central Africa, in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya: second largest freshwater lake in the world; source of the White Nile. 26,828 sq. mi. (69,485 sq. km).

12. Mount , a mountain on E New Guinea, in SE Papua New Guinea, in the Owen Stanley Range. 13,240 ft. (4036 m).

13. ( l.c. ) a low, light, four-wheeled carriage with a calash top, a seat for two passengers, and a perch in front for the driver.

14. ( l.c. ) an open touring car having a folding top that usually covers only the rear seat.

15. ( l.c. ) any of several large-leaved water lilies of the genus Victoria. Cf. royal water lily .

16. a female given name.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .