Victoria (disambiguation)
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A large number of places, people and objects have been named Victoria. Most are in countries which once were or still are part of the Commonwealth of Nations, and are named after Queen Victoria.
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Cities, towns, suburbs, etc.
- Victoria (Australia), one of the six states of Australia
- Victoria, Arkansas, United States of America
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico
- Victoria, Grenada
- Victoria, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Victoria, Illinois, United States of America
- Victoria, Indiana, United States of America
- Victoria National Golf Club, Victoria, Indiana
- Victoria, Kansas, United States of America
- Victoria, Labuan, Malaysia.
- Victoria, Malta (also called Rabat)
- Victoria, Minnesota, United States of America
- Victoria, Newbury, a ward of Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
- Victoria, Newport, Wales
- Victoria, Nova Scotia, Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada
- Victoria, Romania
- Victoria, capital of the Seychelles, pop. 23,000, on the main island Mahe
- Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, United States of America
- Victoria, Virginia, United States of America
- Victoria City, one of the first British urban settlements in Hong Kong.
- La Victoria de Acentejo, municipality in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
- Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica south of New Zealand.
- Other disambiguation pages:
Transport
- Victoria Coach Station in London, England, United Kingdom
- Victoria Line a metro line in London
- Victoria railway station in London
- Victoria tube station in London
- Victoria railway station in Manchester, England
- Victoria Bridge, Montreal
- Square-Victoria metro station in Montreal
- Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne
- Victoria (ship) the first ship to circumnavegate the globe, in the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano.
- Victoria (submarine), a class of Canadian submarine.
- GWR Victoria Class passenger trains were broad gauge steam locomotives.
- Victoria (scooters), a former German motorcycle and motorscooter brand.
Landmarks
- Lake Victoria (in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya), the largest lake in Africa.
- Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in Zambia - the largest waterfalls in Africa.
- Mount Victoria, Wellington, a prominent landmark and related suburb in the capital of New Zealand.
- Mount Victoria, Auckland, the highest volcano in Devonport, a seaside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
- Victoria Harbour, the body of water between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula.
- Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic.
- Victoria Peak, mountain on Hong Kong Island.
- Other disambiguation pages:
- Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
People
- British royalty:
- Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Empress of India, etc. (reigned 1837–1901)
- Her daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick
- Her granddaughter, Princess Victoria Alexandra
- Victorian era
- Victoria, a supposed Roman usurper listed by the Historia Augusta among the Thirty Tyrants
- Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (1548–1611)
- Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (born 1977)
- Victoria, the stage name of Lisa Marie Varon, professional wrestler
Institutions
- Victoria College, Alexandria
- Victoria University
- University of Victoria
- Victoria School, Singapore
- Victoria Junior College, Singapore
Other topics
- 12 Victoria, an asteroid discovered in 1850 by John Russell Hind.
- Victoria (beer), a Mexican beer.
- Victoria Bitter, an unrelated Australian beer, named after the Australian state of Victoria
- Victoria Waterfield, Doctor Who character
- Victoria Sponge (also called a Victoria Sandwich and, less commonly, Victorian Cake)
- Victoria (game), a PC RTS game released by Paradox Entertainment
- Victoria (mythology), the Roman goddess of victory
- The Victoria Cross, a British Commonwealth medal, first issued in 1856.
- Victoria apple
- Victoria (waterlily), the waterlily genus
- Victoria pea
- Victoria plum
- Victoria (Alberta electoral district)
SV Victoria, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; sports club featuring, hockey, tennis, squash and cricket
See also
- List of places named after Queen Victoria
- Victor
- Victorian (disambiguation)
- Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain
- Vitoria, Brazil
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