Standard Lemma guide

Victoria

name · noun · 41 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹi.ə/
  • Canada, General-American: /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹɪə/
  • Vancouver, British-Columbia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /vɪkˈtoː.ɹɪə/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹiə
  • /vɪkˈtɔːɹi.ə/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH0 K T AO1 R IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Roman, countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Victory

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A female given name from Latin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

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Meaning 3

Numerous places:

A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1851 to 1901. Capital: Melbourne.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

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Meaning 4

Numerous places:

A city, the capital of Seychelles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

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Meaning 5

Numerous places:

A place in Canada:

A city, the capital of British Columbia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

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Meaning 6

Numerous places:

A place in Canada:

A rural municipality of Manitoba.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

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Meaning 7

Numerous places:

A place in Canada:

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

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Meaning 8

Numerous places:

A place in Canada:

A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

name

Meaning 9

Numerous places:

A commune and city in Chile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

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Meaning 10

Numerous places:

A former department of Chile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

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Meaning 11

Numerous places:

The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

name

Meaning 12

Numerous places:

A town and local council, the capital of the Gozo Region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

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Meaning 13

Numerous places:

A settlement in Hong Kong, often referred to as its capital; in full, the City of Victoria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

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Meaning 14

Numerous places:

A town in Grenada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

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Meaning 15

Numerous places:

A place in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

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Meaning 16

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A place in the United States:

A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

name

Meaning 17

Numerous places:

A place in the United States:

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Victoria Township.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

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Meaning 18

Numerous places:

A place in the United Kingdom:

A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

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Meaning 19

Numerous places:

A place in the United Kingdom:

A large railway terminus in central London.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

name

Meaning 20

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)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

name

Meaning 21

Numerous places:

A place in the United Kingdom:

Ellipsis of Victoria Line of the London Underground.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

name

Meaning 22

Numerous places:

A place in the United Kingdom:

A community and ward in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST315880).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

name

Meaning 23

Numerous places:

A place in the United Kingdom:

A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

name

Meaning 24

Numerous places:

A town in Cabañas department, El Salvador.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

name

Meaning 25

Numerous places:

A locale in the Philippines.

A municipality of Laguna.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

name

Meaning 26

Numerous places:

A locale in the Philippines.

A municipality of Northern Samar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

name

Meaning 27

Numerous places:

A locale in the Philippines.

A municipality of Tarlac.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

name

Meaning 28

Numerous places:

Ellipsis of Lake Victoria: the largest lake in Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

name

Meaning 29

Numerous places:

Ellipsis of Victoria County.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

name

Meaning 30

Numerous places:

A large main-belt asteroid in the Asteroid Belt, the Solar System.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Asteroid Victoria

Antonyms: none provided

31

noun

Meaning 31

One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

noun

Meaning 32

A Victoria plum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

noun

Meaning 33

vagina

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: axe wound, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush, cavern, clunge, coin slot, cooch, coochie, cookie, cooter, cooze, crack, crevice, cunny, cunt, fanny, fish lips, foo-foo, front bottom, front bum, front hole, gash, ginch, girl, Grand Canyon, honeypot, hoo-ha, innie, juice box, kebab, kitty, la-la, love box, love tunnel, minge, minnie, monosyllable, moocha, muff, muffin, nonny, pee-pee, penis fly trap, pink, pink bits, poontang, pump, punani, pussy, quim, sausage wallet, sheath, slit, snapper, snatch, squish mitten, stench trench, strange, sugar walls, tuppence, trap, twat, twinkle, vadge, vag, vagina, vaginer, va-jay-jay, vertical smile, Vicky, Victoria, Virginia, vulva, wee-wee, whisker biscuit, wizard's sleeve

Antonyms: none provided

34

noun

Meaning 34

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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35

noun

Meaning 35

capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: port, provincial capital

36

noun

Meaning 36

a state in southeastern Australia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Australian state

37

noun

Meaning 37

port city and the capital of Seychelles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: capital of Seychelles

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: port, national capital

38

noun

Meaning 38

a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: town

39

noun

Meaning 39

a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Victoria Falls

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: waterfall, falls

40

noun

Meaning 40

(Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Roman deity

41

noun

Meaning 41

queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Queen Victoria

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: empress, Queen of England

History

Etymology

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

Named after Queen Victoria.

Across languages

Translations

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِيكْتُورِيَا (fiktūriyā) — female given name
  • Belarusian: Вікто́рыя (Viktóryja) — female given name
  • Bulgarian: Викто́рия (Viktórija) — female given name
  • Burmese: ဝိတိုရိယ (wi.tuiri.ya.) — female given name
  • Catalan: Victòria — female given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維多利亞 /维多利亚 (Wéiduōlìyà) — female given name
  • Czech: Viktorie — female given name
  • Danish: Victoria — female given name
  • Esperanto: Viktorino — female given name
  • Esperanto: Viktoria — female given name
  • Faroese: Viktoria — female given name
  • Finnish: Victoria — female given name
  • Finnish: Viktoria — female given name
  • French: Victoria — female given name
  • French: Victoire — female given name
  • Galician: Vitoria — female given name
  • Georgian: ვიქტორია (vikṭoria) — female given name
  • German: Viktoria — female given name
  • Greek: Βικτωρία (Viktoría) — female given name
  • Hawaiian: Wikolia — female given name
  • Hebrew: ויקטוריה (viqtorya) — female given name
  • Hindi: विक्टोरिया (vikṭoriyā) — female given name
  • Hungarian: Viktória — female given name
  • Icelandic: Viktoría — female given name
  • Irish: Victeoiria — female given name
  • Italian: Vittoria — female given name
  • Japanese: ビクトリア (Bikutoria) — female given name
  • Khmer: វិចតូរីយ៉ា (vɨctouriiyaa) — female given name
  • Korean: 빅토리아 (Biktoria) — female given name
  • Latin: Victoria — female given name
  • Latvian: Viktorija — female given name
  • Lithuanian: Viktorija — female given name
  • Malay: Victoria — female given name
  • Maltese: Vittorja — female given name
  • Māori: Wikitōria — female given name
  • Marathi: व्हिक्टोरिया (vhikṭoriyā) — female given name
  • Norwegian: Viktoria — female given name
  • Persian: ویکتوریا (vikturiyâ) — female given name
  • Polish: Wiktoria — female given name
  • Portuguese: Vitória — female given name
  • Russian: Викто́рия (Viktórija) — female given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Вѝкто̄рија — female given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vìktōrija — female given name
  • Slovak: Viktória — female given name
  • Spanish: Victoria — female given name
  • Swedish: Viktoria — female given name
  • Swedish: Victoria — female given name
  • Turkmen: Wiktoriýa — female given name
  • Ukrainian: Вікто́рія (Viktórija) — female given name
  • Urdu: وکٹوریہ (vikṭoriyā) — female given name
  • Yiddish: וויקטאָריאַ (viktorya) — female given name
  • Arabic: فيكتوريا — Queen Victoria
  • Bulgarian: Виктория (Viktorija) — Queen Victoria
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維多利亞 /维多利亚 (Wéiduōlìyà) — Queen Victoria
  • Danish: Victoria — Queen Victoria
  • Finnish: Viktoria — Queen Victoria
  • German: Victoria — Queen Victoria
  • Hindi: विक्टोरिया (vikṭoriyā) — Queen Victoria
  • Hindi: विक्टोरियाँ (vikṭoriyā̃) — Queen Victoria
  • Hungarian: Viktória — Queen Victoria
  • Irish: Victeoiria — Queen Victoria
  • Italian: Vittoria — Queen Victoria
  • Japanese: ビクトリア (Bikutoria) — Queen Victoria
  • Khmer: វិចតូរីយ៉ា (vɨctouriiyaa) — Queen Victoria
  • Korean: 빅토리아 (Biktoria) — Queen Victoria
  • Latin: Victoria — Queen Victoria
  • Macedonian: Викто́рија (Viktórija) — Queen Victoria
  • Malay: Victoria — Queen Victoria
  • Maltese: Vittorja — Queen Victoria
  • Marathi: व्हिक्टोरिया (vhikṭoriyā) — Queen Victoria
  • Persian: ویکتوریا (vikturiyâ) — Queen Victoria
  • Portuguese: Vitória — Queen Victoria
  • Russian: Викто́рия (Viktórija) — Queen Victoria
  • Serbo-Croatian: Вѝкто̄рија — Queen Victoria
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vìktōrija — Queen Victoria
  • Swedish: Viktoria — Queen Victoria
  • Ukrainian: Вікто́рія (Viktórija) — Queen Victoria
  • Urdu: وکٹوریہ (vikṭoriyā) — Queen Victoria
  • Afrikaans: Victoria — state of Australia
  • Amharic: ቪክቶሪያ (viktoriya) — state of Australia
  • Arabic: فِيكْتُورِيَا (fīktūriyā) — state of Australia
  • Bulgarian: Викто́рия (Viktórija) — state of Australia
  • Catalan: Victòria — state of Australia
  • Cherokee: ᏫᎩᏙᎠ (wigidoa) — state of Australia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維多利亞 /维多利亚 (Wéiduōlìyà) — state of Australia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維省 /维省 (Wéishěng) — state of Australia
  • Danish: Victoria — state of Australia
  • Dutch: Victoria — state of Australia
  • Esperanto: Viktorio — state of Australia
  • Finnish: Victoria — state of Australia
  • French: Victoria — state of Australia
  • Georgian: ვიქტორიას შტატი (vikṭorias šṭaṭi) — state of Australia
  • Georgian: ვიქტორია (vikṭoria) — state of Australia
  • German: Victoria — state of Australia
  • German: Viktorien — state of Australia
  • Greek: Βικτώρια (Viktória) — state of Australia
  • Greek: Βικτόρια (Viktória) — state of Australia
  • Hebrew: ויקטוריה — state of Australia
  • Hindi: विक्टोरिया (vikṭoriyā) — state of Australia
  • Italian: Victoria — state of Australia
  • Italian: Vittoria — state of Australia
  • Japanese: ビクトリア (Bikutoria) — state of Australia
  • Japanese: ヴィクトリア (Vikutoria) — state of Australia
  • Khmer: វិចតូរីយ៉ា (vɨctouriiyaa) — state of Australia
  • Korean: 빅토리아 (Biktoria) — state of Australia
  • Lao: ວິກຕໍເລຍ (wik tǭ līa) — state of Australia
  • Macedonian: Викто́рија (Viktórija) — state of Australia
  • Malay: Victoria — state of Australia
  • Māori: Wikitōria — state of Australia
  • Marathi: व्हिक्टोरिया (vhikṭoriyā) — state of Australia
  • Occitan: Victòria — state of Australia
  • Portuguese: Vitória — state of Australia
  • Russian: Викто́рия (Viktórija) — state of Australia
  • Swedish: Victoria — state of Australia
  • Thai: วิกทอเรีย (wík-tɔɔ-riia) — state of Australia
  • Ukrainian: Вікто́рія (Viktórija) — state of Australia
  • Vietnamese: Vích-to-ri-a — state of Australia
  • Welsh: Victoria — state of Australia
  • West Flemish: Victoria — state of Australia
  • Afrikaans: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Arabic: فِيكْتُورِيَا (fīktūriyā) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Asturian: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Bengali: ভিক্টোরিয়া (bhikṭōriẏa) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維多利亞 /维多利亚 (Wéiduōlìyà) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Czech: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Finnish: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • French: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Hindi: विक्टोरिया (vikṭoriyā) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Italian: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Italian: Vittoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Japanese: ビクトリア (Bikutoria) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Japanese: ヴィクトリア (Vikutoria) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Khmer: វិចតូរីយ៉ា (vɨctouriiyaa) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Korean: 빅토리아 (biktoria) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Malay: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Polish: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Portuguese: Vitória — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Portuguese: Victoria — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Russian: Викто́рия (Viktórija) — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Vietnamese: Vích-to-ri-a — capital city of the Seychelles
  • Afrikaans: Victoriameer — Lake Victoria
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維多利亞 /维多利亚 (Wéiduōlìyà) — Lake Victoria
  • Danish: Victoriasøen — Lake Victoria
  • Dutch: Victoriameer — Lake Victoria
  • Finnish: Victorianjärvi — Lake Victoria
  • German: Viktoriasee — Lake Victoria
  • Hindi: विक्टोरिया (vikṭoriyā) — Lake Victoria
  • Hungarian: Viktória-tó — Lake Victoria
  • Italian: lago Vittoria — Lake Victoria
  • Korean: 빅토리아 (biktoria) — Lake Victoria
  • Macedonian: Викто́рија (Viktórija) — Lake Victoria
  • Malay: Victoria — Lake Victoria
  • Marathi: व्हिक्टोरिया (vhikṭoriyā) — Lake Victoria
  • Portuguese: Vitória — Lake Victoria
  • Russian: Викто́рия (Viktórija) — Lake Victoria
  • Serbo-Croatian: Вѝкто̄рија — Lake Victoria
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vìktōrija — Lake Victoria
  • Swedish: Viktoriasjön — Lake Victoria
  • Ukrainian: Вікто́рія (Viktórija) — Lake Victoria
  • Chinese Mandarin: 凱神星 /凯神星 (Kǎishénxīng) — asteroid
  • Italian: Vittoria — asteroid
  • Korean: 빅토리아 (biktoria) — asteroid
  • Malay: Victoria — asteroid
  • Marathi: व्हिक्टोरिया (vhikṭoriyā) — asteroid
  • Russian: Викто́рия (Viktórija) — asteroid
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