Victoria

[ UK /vɪktˈɔːɹi‍ə/ ]
[ US /vɪkˈtɔɹiə/ ]
NOUN
  1. capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island
  2. a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio
  3. port city and the capital of Seychelles
  4. a state in southeastern Australia
  5. (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike
  6. queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
  7. a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally
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How To Use Victoria In A Sentence

  • Rampant Victoriana tends to be a bit too fussy for me, but there were some lovely bits of jet and marcasite jewelry that called my name. Runaway, Jersey-style
  • Evidence such as this serves to undermine the apparently monolithic edifice of Victorianism.
  • At a time when they were still singing soupy Victorian hymns in churches, this choir performed relatively modem music.
  • Meanwhile, Angela Brockway and other members of the reading group are struggling to carry on without their friend: There were about 14 of us who all used to sit round her big Victorian table in her conservatory with mugs of tea and coffee and piles of what we called 'posh' biscuits. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
  • Gob Woodhull, an imaginary son of the real 19th-century feminist, spiritualist and free-love advocate Victoria Woodhull, loses his twin brother in the Civil War and builds a vast and elaborate machine whose purpose is to "grieve" so efficiently that it will bring all of history's dead back to life. Time Tripping
  • In May it was burgled and the Victorian stained glass window was smashed.
  • This could still change because votes in one Victoria seat were being recounted. Times, Sunday Times
  • See the city's fine Victorian architecture, and visit its excellent museums.
  • We have so many quaint old settler cottages as well as grand Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
  • In the spirit of the colonial revival, they replaced the Victorian era mansard roof with a hip roof with dormers, removed the two-story service wing, replaced windows and doors, and restored or embellished interior woodwork.
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