Viktoria (geography)
Victoria or Victoria is a common name for geographic objects of all kinds.
According to the US database GEOnet Names Server (GNS) there are around 2000 objects worldwide with Victoria and 7 with Victoria in their registered names.
Name customer
A distinction can be made between two cases:
- Relation to the Latin word “victory” - for sites of military victories, but also successes in expeditions
- as an allegory of the Roman goddess
- after St. Mary of Victory
- Dedications for famous people
- First and foremost in the Anglo-Saxon area Queen Victoria , who ruled during the world supremacy of Great Britain ( Victorian era of the 19th century)
- in Scandinavia after the Swedish Queen Victoria of Baden
- less often after the Hll. Martyrs Victoria of Cordoba and Victoria of Rome
Variants are:
- La Victoria , Victorias (pl.), French Victoire , Italian Vittoria , Portuguese Vitória
-
English Saint Victory / -ies , French Saint Victoire , Italian Santa Vittoria , Portuguese Santa Vitória , Spanish Santa Victoria
- (for other language variants see personal name Viktoria )
List of geographic objects (all variants)
Administrative units
- Victoria (Australia) , state in Australia
- Victoria (South Africa) , district in the former Cape Colony of South Africa
- Victoria Department , Entre Ríos Province in Argentina
- Municipio Victoria (Guanajuato) , municipality in Guanajuato, Mexico
- Municipio Victoria (Tamaulipas) , municipality in Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Victoria Point , a district in southern Myanmar
- Victoria (district) , a district of the former German colony of German Cameroon
Church administrative units
- Diocese of Victoria (Canada) , lat.Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver , Roman Catholic diocese in Canada
- Diocese of Victoria in Texas , lat.Dioecesis Victoriensis in Texia , Roman Catholic diocese in the USA
Localities
Europe
- Victoria (Malta) , city on Gozo, Malta
- Victoria (Republic of Moldova) , village in Moldova
- Victoria (Romania) , city in Brașov County, Romania
- Victoria (Hlipiceni) , village in Botoșani County, Romania
- Victoria (Stăuceni) , village in Botoșani County, Romania
- Victoria (Brăila) , municipality in Brăila County, Romania
- Victoria (Iași) , municipality in Iași County, Romania
- Victoria (Tulcea) , village in Tulcea County, Romania
- in ancient Victoria (also Pinnata Castra ) in Britain, today Inchtuthil , Perth and Kinross, Scotland
America
Canada:
- Victoria (British Columbia) , capital of British Columbia, Canada
United States:
- Victoria, Alabama
- Victoria (Arkansas)
- Victoria (Georgia)
- Victoria (Illinois)
- Victoria (Indiana)
- Victoria (Kansas)
- Victoria (Kentucky)
- Victoria (Louisiana)
- Victoria (Michigan)
- Victoria, Minnesota
- Victoria (Mississippi)
- Victoria (Missouri)
- Victoria (New York)
- Victoria, Pennsylvania
- Victoria (South Dakota)
- Victoria (Tennessee)
- Victoria (Limestone County, Texas)
- Victoria (Texas)
- Victoria (Virginia)
- Victoria (West Virginia)
- Victoria Crossroads, Kentucky
- Victoria Furnace (Pennsylvania)
Latin America:
- Victoria (Entre Ríos) , capital of the Victoria Department of the Entre Ríos Province in Argentina
- Victoria (Buenos Aires) , suburb of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires in the Partido San Fernando
- Victoria (Chile) , place in southern Chile
- Victoria (El Salvador) , Municipio in Cabañas Department
- Victoria (Honduras) , municipality in Honduras
- Victoria (Colombia) , municipality in Colombia
- La Victoria (Amazonas) , municipality in the department of Amazonas, Colombia
- La Victoria (Boyacá) , municipality in the Boyacá department, Colombia
- La Victoria (Valle del Cauca) , municipality in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Victoria (Guanajuato) , municipality in Mexico
- Ciudad Victoria , Tamaulipas' capital, Mexico
- La Victoria District (Lima) , District of Lima Province, Peru
- La Victoria (Venezuela) , city in Venezuela
Asia
- Victoria City , in Hong Kong, China
- Victoria , now Bandar Labuan , Malaysia
- Victoria (Laguna) , in Laguna Province, Philippines
- Victoria (Northern Samar) , in Northern Samar Province, Philippines
- Victoria (Oriental Mindoro) , in the Oriental Mindoro Province, Philippines
- Victoria (Tarlac) , in the Province of Tarlac, Philippines
Africa
- Victoria Falls , border town in western Zimbabwe
- Victoria (Seychelles) , Port Victoria , capital of the Republic of Seychelles
- Viktoria / Victoria, former name of the city of Limbe in Cameroon
Australia and Oceania
- Victoria Point (Brisbane) , a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland
- Victoria Settlement, official name of Port Essington , Northern Territory
- New Victoria, name variant of Port Essington , Northern Territory
Waters
- Lake Victoria , the largest lake in Africa
- Victoria River , various rivers in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Antarctica
- Victoria Falls , waterfall in Africa
- Laguna Victoria , lagoon in Bolivia
Other topographic objects
- Viktorialand , a stretch of land in the Antarctic
- Great Victoria Desert , desert in Australia
- Isla Victoria (Argentina) , inland island in Lake Nahuel Huapi
- Isla Victoria (Chile) , island in the Chonos Archipelago
- Victoria Island , Canada's third largest island
Other regions
- Victoria Falls National Park , National Park in Zimbabwe
Squares, streets, traffic structures
- Viktoria-Luise-Platz , square in Berlin-Schöneberg, named after Princess Viktoria Luise
- Victoria Line , London Underground Line
- Victoria Station , London Central Station
- Victoria (metro station) , Athens
Other sites
- Victoria mine , mine in Kreuztal-Littfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Victoria Point (Melbourne) , a skyscraper in Melbourne Harbor
- Victoria University of Wellington , New Zealand
For churches and chapels see Maria-Victoria-Kirche
Topographic objects outside the earth
- Victoria , a small impact crater in the Meridiani Planum on Mars