VICTORIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Victoria mean? 

• VICTORIA (noun)
  The noun VICTORIA has 7 senses:

1. queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

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

4. a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio

5. port city and the capital of Seychelles

6. a state in southeastern Australia

7. capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island

  Familiarity information: VICTORIA used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VICTORIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Queen Victoria; Victoria

Instance hypernyms:

empress (a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor)

Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)

Holonyms ("Victoria" is a member of...):

Hanover; Hanoverian line; House of Hanover (the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria))

Derivation:

Victorian (of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Victoria; Victoria Falls

Instance hypernyms:

falls; waterfall (a steep descent of the water of a river)

Holonyms ("Victoria" is a part of...):

Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)

Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe (a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980)

Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Victoria" is a part of...):

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Port city and the capital of Seychelles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Seychelles; Victoria

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Victoria" is a part of...):

Republic of Seychelles; Seychelles (a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A state in southeastern Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Australian state (one of the several states constituting Australia)

Meronyms (parts of "Victoria"):

Melbourne (the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center)

Holonyms ("Victoria" is a part of...):

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

provincial capital (the capital city of a province)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Victoria" is a part of...):

British Columbia (a province in western Canada)

 Context examples 

Into this you will step, and you will reach Victoria in time for the Continental express.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Mr. Victor Hatherley, hydraulic engineer, 16A, Victoria Street (3rd floor).”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Ghost is considered the fastest schooner in both the San Francisco and Victoria fleets.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

No deaths or serious injuries were reported as of Monday morning, but the bushfires have caused extensive damage in rural areas of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).

(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Lake Victoria gets most of its water from rain — about 55 inches each year.

(Environmental change in Africa: Will it lead to a drying Lake Victoria?, National Science Foundation)

In Lake Victoria, for example, decreased water clarity has affected the reproduction of endemic cichlid fish, leading to the disappearance of dozens of species.

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)

How about flying to Paris? Or in Italy, Venice, Sienna, or Rome? In the US, Carmel-by-the-Sea or Santa Barbara? In Spain, Seville, or in Canada, Victoria or Quebec City?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Dr Željko Pedišić, the first author of the research from Victoria University in Australia, said: Any running is probably good for your health and you can achieve those benefits by running even just once a week or running 50 minutes a week, but that shouldn’t discourage those who run more than that amount, who maybe enjoy running three times a week or six times a week.

(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I was looking at a very beautiful girl, in a big cart-wheel hat, sitting in a victoria outside Guiliano's, when I felt Jonathan clutch my arm so tight that he hurt me, and he said under his breath: My God!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Its capital is Victoria.

(British Columbia, NCI Thesaurus)