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/vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə/
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/vɪkˈtɔ.ɹɪə/
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/vɪkˈtoː.ɹɪə/
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The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.
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A female given name from Latin.
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When I had first told him the name we'd chosen for our daughter, Abe had suggested that it was a pretty damn waspy title for the offspring of an Indian princess and a Chicago pollock.- - - I never would have chosen the name "Victoria" but was secretly delighted by it. Amrita first suggested it one hot day in July and we treated it as a joke. It seemed that one of her earliest memories was of arriving by train at Victoria Station in Bombay. That huge edifice - one of the remnants of the British Raj, which evidently still defines India - had always filled Amrita with a sense of awe. Since that time, the name Victoria had evoked an echo of beauty, elegance and mystery in her.
Riding along the busy, narrow roads of Bali on her scooter with the sun illuminating her face, Victoria Kjos has a clear destination in sight — the beach.
Numerous places: A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1851 to 1901. Capital: Melbourne.
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A mere 150 round-leaf pomaderris were thought left in the world in 2021 and now a planned firebreak in Victoria could destroy dozens of the plants.
Numerous places: A city, the capital of Seychelles.
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Numerous places: A place in Canada: A city, the capital of British Columbia.
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Numerous places: A place in Canada: A rural municipality of Manitoba.
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Numerous places: A place in Canada: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Numerous places: A place in Canada: A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
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Numerous places: A commune and city in Chile.
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Numerous places: A former department of Chile.
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Numerous places: The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia.
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Numerous places: A town and local council, the capital of the Gozo Region.
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Numerous places: A settlement in Hong Kong, often referred to as its capital; in full, the City of Victoria.
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On the 21st of November, the Imperial Chinese Commissioner Keying, arrived at Victoria, Hong Kong, whither he was conveyed in a British Government steamer from Whampoa, the object of his visit being the settlement of matters between the Chinese and British Governments, preparatory to the surrender of Chusan to the Chinese.
Royal Marines, officers and men from the British cruisers Swiftsure and Euryalus have landed in the naval dockyard area at Victoria, Hong Kong, and raised the white ensign.
I eased into the cut-rate canyon by taxiing around Hong Kong -- both the island and the Kowloon peninsula -- to orient myself. The major shopping district is as difficult to grasp initially as its tongue-tripping name, Tsimshatsui. This is in Kowloon, across the harbor from Victoria, Hong Kong's major business section, which also is chocked with shopping opportunities. The Star Ferry tootles between the two cities.
He was forty-two years old when he died and has no known grave, but his name can be seen on the Hong Kong Memorial at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens in Victoria, Hong Kong.
Numerous places: A town in Grenada.
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Numerous places: A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas.
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Numerous places: A place in the United States: A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria.
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Numerous places: A place in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Victoria Township.
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Numerous places: A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861).
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Numerous places: A place in the United Kingdom: A large railway terminus in central London.
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Numerous places: A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Dunford parish, Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, on the West Yorkshire boundary and probably named after the Victoria Inn (OS grid ref SE1705)
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Numerous places: A place in the United Kingdom: A community and ward in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST315880).
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Numerous places: A place in the United Kingdom: A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706).
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Numerous places: A town in Cabañas department, El Salvador.
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Numerous places: A locale in the Philippines. A municipality of Laguna.
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Numerous places: A locale in the Philippines. A municipality of Northern Samar.
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Numerous places: A locale in the Philippines. A municipality of Tarlac.
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Numerous places: A large main-belt asteroid in the Asteroid Belt, the Solar System.
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One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.
A Victoria plum.
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Pears are practically a failure, and there are no early or late Plums, but Victorias are a heavy crop, of small inferior fruits.
vagina
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