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Victoria
Victoria city (1991 pop. 71,228), capital of British Columbia, SW Canada, on Vancouver Island and Juan de Fuca Strait. It is the largest city on the island and its major port and business center. In addition to its importance as the seat of provincial government, Victoria is noted as a residential ... Read more
Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) , 1819-1901, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). She was the daughter of Edward, duke of Kent (fourth son of George III), and Princess Mary Louise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Early Reign Victoria's father ... Read more
Victoria
Victoria , state (1991 pop. 3,770,684), 87,884 sq mi (227,620 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the S and E by the Indian Ocean, Bass Strait, and the Tasman Sea. Melbourne is the capital. Other important cities are Geelong , Ballarat , and Bendigo . Australia's second smallest state, Victo... Read more
Victoria Nile
Victoria Nile river, section of the White Nile, c.260 mi (420 km) long, central Uganda, E central Africa. It drains from the northern end of Lake Victoria at Jinja and flows generally north and west, over Ripon Falls and Owen Falls (both now submerged), through shallow Lake Kyoga, and thence over K... Read more
Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad Victoria , city (1990 pop. 194,996), capital of Tamaulipas state, NE Mexico, on the San Marcos River and at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The city, founded in 1750, lies on the Inter-American Highway and on a major rail line. Agricultural products, especially henequen, are processed ... Read more
Victoria Island
Victoria Island c.81,930 sq mi (212,200 sq km), part of the Arctic Archipelago, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, N Canada; third largest island of Canada. On the southeast coast is Cambridge Bay, a U.S.-Canadian weather station and trading post. The island was visited by the British explorers Tho... Read more
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza , largest lake of Africa and the world's second largest freshwater lake, c.26,830 sq mi (69,490 sq km), E central Africa, on the Uganda-Tanzania-Kenya border. Lake Victoria (c.255 mi/410 km long and c.155 mi/250 km wide) occupies a shallow depression (c.250 ft/75... Read more
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls waterfall, c.1 mi (1.6 km) wide with a maximum drop of 420 ft (128 m), in the Zambezi River, S central Africa, on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border. The falls are formed as the Zambezi plummets into a narrow chasm (c.400 ft/120 m wide) carved by its waters along a fracture zone in the ear... Read more
Victoria (Claflin) Woodhull
Victoria (Claflin) Woodhull 1838-1927, and Tennessee Claflin, 1846-1923, American journalists and lecturers, b. Ohio, sisters noted for their beauty and wildly eccentric behavior. As children they traveled throughout Ohio with their parents, giving spiritualist demonstrations. At 15, Victoria m... Read more
Victoria de los Angeles
Victoria de los Angeles , 1923-2005, Spanish soprano, b. Barcelona. After a concert debut in Madrid in 1944, de los Angeles toured Scandinavia, France, England, and South America. Her debut in the United States was made at Carnegie Hall in 1950, and she joined the Metropolitan Opera Company the same... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "victoria"

Victoria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) , 1819-1901, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901...of Kent (fourth son of George III), and Princess Mary Louise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Early Reign Victoria's father died...
Victoria, Tomás Luis de (1548–1611)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World VICTORIA, TOM Á S LUIS DE (1548 – 1611) VICTORIA, TOM Á S LUIS DE (1548 – 1611...Orlando di Lasso among his European contemporaries, Victoria produced an important body of work that was widely...
Victoria College
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa VICTORIA COLLEGE British-style public school in Alexandria, Egypt. Victoria College was founded in 1901 on the initiative of...Lias of King's College, Cambridge University, Victoria adopted the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board Examination...
Lake Victoria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza , largest lake of Africa and the world's second largest...E central Africa, on the Uganda-Tanzania-Kenya border. Lake Victoria (c.255 mi/410 km long and c.155 mi/250 km wide) occupies...
Victoria (Claflin) Woodhull
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Victoria (Claflin) Woodhull 1838-1927, and...spiritualist demonstrations. At 15, Victoria married Dr. Canning Woodhull but continued...tour as a clairvoyant with Tennessee. Victoria divorced Woodhull in 1864 and two years...
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Tomás Luis de Victoria Tomás Luis de Victoria (ca. 1548-1611) was the most renowned Spanish Renaissance...nobility of musical concepts. Tomás Luis de Victoria was the seventh child of 11 born in Ávila to...
Victoria C. Woodhull
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Victoria C. Woodhull Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) was a promoter of women's rights...president, she founded the first women's owned stock brokerage. Victoria Claflin Woodhull was one of the most controversial figures of her...
Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (1838-1927)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (1838-1927) American Spiritualist...younger sister Tennessee (1846-1923). Victoria married Canning Woodhull, a physician...and other feminist issues. In 1871, Victoria Woodhull spoke on women's rights before...
New Victoria Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme...permanent theatre-in-the-round, the Victoria Theatre, seating 347 (389 from 1971...company moved into the 605-seat New Victoria Theatre, Europe's first purpose...
Victoria and Albert Museum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington, London...museum was given its present name by Queen Victoria. When this building was opened in 1909...were renamed the Science Museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum's collections of paintings...

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Victoria
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the...empress of India (1877–1901). Victoria would have agreed that her life fell into...duke of Kent's daughter the Princess Victoria, born 18 May 1819, christened Alexandrina...
Abril, Victoria
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ABRIL, Victoria Nationality: Spanish. Born: Victoria Merida Rojas in Madrid, 14 July 1959. Education: Began...Wells, in Time Out (London), 4 May 1992. "Queen Victoria," interview with Pedro Almodóvar, in Interview...
Victoria and Albert Museum
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Victoria and Albert Museum ( V&A ), London. Museum...ceremony of laying the foundation stone by Queen Victoria, the name of the museum was changed to‘The Victoria and Albert Museum’. The building was...
Victoria Cross
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Victoria Cross The highest award for conspicuous gallantry, instituted in 1856 during...crimson and the inscription ‘For Valour’ was Queen Victoria's suggestion. The original crosses were made from metal of Russian guns...
Los Angeles, Victoria de
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Los Angeles, Victoria de [ García, Victoria López ] ( b Barcelona, 1923; d 2005). Sp. soprano. Début while student in Monteverdi's Orfeo . Professional début as Mimì, Barcelona 1941. Won...
Angeles, Victoria de los
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Angeles, Victoria de los. See Los Angeles, Victoria de .
De Los Angeles, Victoria
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music De Los Angeles, Victoria. See Los Angeles, Victoria de .
Victoria, Tomás Luis de
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Victoria, Tomás Luis de (1548–1611), Spanish composer. He studied in Rome and joined St Philip Neri's Oratorians...
Victoria, Queen
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Victoria, Queen. See Royal Collection .
Fisher, Sylvia (Gwendoline Victoria)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Fisher, Sylvia (Gwendoline Victoria) ( b Melbourne, 1910; d Melbourne, 1996). Australian soprano. Début Melbourne 1932. CG début 1948...

Thesaurus entries related to "victoria"

carriage
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...wagon coupe covered wagon curricle democrat wagon dogcart dray droshky fiacre fly four-in-hand gig hackney (carriage) hansom (cab) landau phaeton post-chaise stagecoach stanhope sulky surrey tilbury trap troika victoria wagonette
jodhpur
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...come to be famously associated with riding pants? It seems that Rao Raja Hanut Singh, who represented Jodhpur at Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee in 1897, had designed some comfortable riding trousers that ballooned at the thigh and narrowed at the knee...

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Victoria Tall Ships Festival Announces Performers.
PR Newswire; 5/10/2005; 700+ words ; VICTORIA, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In song and...be celebrated on the mainstage at the Victoria Tall Ships Festival next month. The list...said John Anderson, President of the Victoria Tall Ships Society, which is hosting...
Victoria Continues To Show Love
Newspaper article from: Columbus Times; 9/22/1998; 700+ words ; Columbus Times 09-22-1998 Victoria Continues To Show Love When we first met Miss Victoria Dugger, she was a full of love. Today, this...youngster. However, one of the friends of Victoria and her mother, Mrs. Ann "Mother Love...
Victoria: Lynne Vallone reviews the life of the woman who has occupied the throne longer than any other individual, and considers the tensions between her private and public selves. (Cover Story).
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...men dominated the public sphere, Queen Victoria's influence has been enduring. The...and emphasised the tenets and trends of Victoria's reign to the present day. The symbolic importance of Victoria's reign (1837-1901) cannot easily...
Canada: Victoria Gold Corp. to Acquire Gateway Gold Corp.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 8/21/2008; 700+ words ; Byline: pinto03 Victoria Gold Corp. and Gateway Gold Corp...proposed friendly transaction in which Victoria will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Gateway in exchange for Victoria common shares. Financial Terms of the...
Victoria's high-end secret: Chantal Thomass.(Victoria's Secret plans to expand French lingerie brand)
Magazine article from: WWD; 8/30/2004; ; 700+ words ; Byline: Karyn Monget NEW YORK -- Victoria's Secret is embarking on a new strategy...retailer began testing Chantal Thomass for Victoria's Secret lingerie in 2002 at select...Paris. "My Parisienne collection for Victoria's Secret has been selling extremely...
Victoria's Secret to Advertise in Super Bowl XLII.
PR Newswire; 1/14/2008; 700+ words ; ...Ohio, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Victoria's Secret will advertise during FOX...2008 list and the premiere of the "Victoria's Secret: What is Sexy? 2008" television...surrounding Valentine's Day," says Victoria's Secret Chief Marketing Officer Jill...
Victoria Announces Guyanese Gold Asset Monetization.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 11/13/2009; 700+ words ; ...Nov 13, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Victoria Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:VIT) ("Victoria" or the "Company") is pleased to announce...a post consolidated basis, resulting in Victoria holding 56% of the issued and outstanding...
Victoria's secret?
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Today; 2/28/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Caribbean Today 02-28-2006 Who knows what Victoria's secret really is, or who Victoria was. What we do know is that those line of...other didn't last very long." That's Victoria's secret in action. Wasn't it the late...
MOTHER VICTORIA; Poverty mission with 5-star bolt-hole.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 5/23/2004; 700+ words ; ...BARRY WIGMORE in Las Lomas de Carabayllo VICTORIA Beckham has spent three days with poverty...top of a 24ft high rubbish dump, and Victoria learned how the children scavenge through...their families. While she was there Victoria joined the families for their meals and...
Victoria County, Texas, shoppers spent $6.3M more in April than a year ago.
Newspaper article from: Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX); 6/13/2005; 700+ words ; ...Thomas Doyle Jun. 13--Shoppers in Victoria County spent about $6.3 million more...strong growth and it's very positive for Victoria," said Carole Parks, director of the...Center at the University of Houston-Victoria. While it's difficult to know exactly...