List of places named after Queen Victoria

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Places named after Queen Victoria (in red)

Many places which were once in the former British Empire were named after the British monarch who reigned over it for the greater part of its most dominant period, Queen Victoria. As such, Victoria is one of the most commemorated individuals in place-names around the world.

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Other places that have the name "Victoria", without the association with Queen Victoria, tend to be derived from the Spanish language-word for 'victory', see Victoria (disambiguation).

Commonwealth

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

The Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Canada

During the process of Confederation, "Victorialand" and "Victorialia" were among the alternative suggestions to Canada as to what the name of the new Dominion should be. [1] [2]

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Territories

Ghana

India

Jamaica

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

New Zealand

Ross Dependency

Nigeria

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Seychelles

Singapore

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

United Kingdom

Note: this is only a small sample of the hundreds of locations in the United Kingdom with the name 'Victoria'.

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Crown Dependencies

Isle of Man

Jersey

Zambia

Outside the Commonwealth

Burma, Hong Kong, Ireland and Zimbabwe were within the British Empire at the time many of the listed places were named. Hong Kong and Zimbabwe stopped being members of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1997 and 2003, respectively.

Argentina

Burma/Myanmar

Chile

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hong Kong was a British colony from 1841 until 1997.

Ireland

Romania

Switzerland

United States

Zimbabwe

Former places

Australia

South Australia

Bangladesh

Cameroon

The Gambia

Hong Kong

India

Ireland

Isle of Man

Myanmar

Pakistan

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Sri Lanka

United Kingdom

England

  • Victoria Bridge, London, built in 1851-8, demolished in 1934 and replaced with the present Chelsea Bridge
  • Victoria Road, Battersea, London (leading to the bridge mentioned above), later renamed Queen's Road and now called Queenstown Road

Scotland

Zimbabwe

See also

References

  1. ↑ "How Canada Got Its Name – Origin of the Name Canada". Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Rayburn, Alan (January 2001). Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   9780802082930.
  3. ↑ Preetha, M. Soundariya (28 January 2012). "Victoria Town Hall stands tall after restoration". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Albert Victor Bridge".
  5. ↑ Kaushik, Shrimansi (2 May 2024). "Vibrant James Street of Secunderabad". The New Indian Express . Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "EThekwini Online - Victoria Street Market". Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
  7. ↑ "Durban: Victoria Embankment Walking Tour". Archived from the original on 29 March 2002.
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