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Vic·to·ri·a¹

(vĭk-tôrē-ə)1819-1901.

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1877-1901). Her reign was marked by the expansion of the British Empire and industrial growth, and her strict moral code had great influence on 19th-century British society.

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Queen Victoria

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Vic·to·ri·a ²

(vĭk-tôrē-ə)

1. A state of southeast Australia on Bass Strait. Colonized by the British after the 1830s, it is Australia's most densely populated state. Melbourne is the capital and largest city.

2. The capital of British Columbia, Canada, on southeast Vancouver Island on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Founded in 1843 as a Hudson's Bay Company outpost, it grew rapidly during the Frasier River gold rush of 1858 and became the capital in the late 1860s.

3. The former colonial capital of Hong Kong on Victoria Harbor, a deep-water channel between the Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island.

4. The capital of Seychelles, on the northeast coast of Mahé Island on the Indian Ocean.

5. A city of southeast Texas southeast of San Antonio on the Guadalupe River. It was founded by Mexican settlers in 1824.

Victoria, Lake also Victoria Ny·an·za

(nī-ănzə, nyän-)

A lake of east-central Africa bordered by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. The largest lake in Africa in terms of surface area, it is the source of the White Nile.

vic·to·ri·a

(vĭk-tôrē-ə)

1. A low, light four-wheeled carriage for two with a folding top and an elevated driver's seat in front.

2. A touring car with a folding top usually covering only the rear seat.

[After Victoria.]

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