Definition of Victaria
Victoria (1,140), a colony of Great Britain, the smallest and most
populous in Australia, lying S. of New South Wales, from which it was
separated in 1851; originally settled as Port Phillip in 1834, it
developed gradually as a pastoral and agricultural region till, in 1851,
the discovery of gold led to an enormous increase in both the population
and the revenue, and the sudden rise of a community, with Melbourne for
centre, which, for wealth and enterprise, eclipsed every other in the
southern hemisphere of the globe; the wealth thus introduced led to a
further development of its resources, and every industry began to
flourish to a proportionate extent; the chief exports are wool, gold,
live-stock, bread-stuffs, hides and leather, and the imports are no less
manifold; the climate is remarkably healthy, and ice and snow are hardly
known; there is no State religion; 75 per cent. of the people are
Protestants, 22 per cent. Catholics, and ½ per cent. Jews, and every
provision is made for education in the shape of universities, State
schools, technical schools and private schools, and the legislative
authority is vested in a Parliament of two chambers, a Legislative
Council of 48, and a Legislative Assembly of 95.
- Wikipedia
Vic*to"ri*a (?), n. [NL.] 1.
(Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter,
and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white
flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage,
with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a
high seat in front.
3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind
in 1850; -- called also Clio.
Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded
for valor to members of the British army or navy. It was first bestowed in
1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The recipients also have a pension
of £10 a year. -- Victoria green.
(Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green. --
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria
regia. See def. 1, above.
Vic*to"ri*a (?), n. One of an
American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a slightly dished face
and very erect ears.
Vic*to"ri*a (?), n. [NL.] 1.
(Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter,
and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white
flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage,
with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a
high seat in front.
3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind
in 1850; -- called also Clio.
Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded
for valor to members of the British army or navy. It was first bestowed in
1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The recipients also have a pension
of £10 a year. -- Victoria green.
(Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green. --
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria
regia. See def. 1, above.
Vic*to"ri*a (?), n. One of an
American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a slightly dished face
and very erect ears.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- feminine given name
- Queen Victoria
- State in south-eastern Australia which has Melbourne as its capital.
- Provincial capital of British Columbia (Canada).
- Main town of the federal territory of Labuan (Malaysia).
- Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa
victoria
Pronunciation
- a type of carriage
Spanish
- victory
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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