Excelsior

Excelsior is a Latin and archaic English word meaning "ever higher". It may refer to:

Literature and music

• "Excelsior" (Longfellow), a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Longfellow's poem, set to music as a duet for tenor and baritone by Michael William Balfe
• Excelsior (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski
• "Excelsior" (short story), a short story by P. G. Wodehouse
• "Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman
• Excélsior, a newspaper published in Mexico City
• Daily Excelsior, a newspaper published in Jammu and Kashmir
• Excelsior, a journal published by the Sons of Temperance

Science fiction

• USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), a starship in Star Trek
• Excelsior-class, a starship class in Star Trek
• Excelsior (comics), in Runaways, a support group for former teenage superheroes

Motto and catchphrase

• "Excelsior", the official motto of the state of New York (seen on its seal)
• “Excelsior”, the catchphrase of Dr. Samuel Ferguson, the main character of the Jules Verne novel Five Weeks in a Balloon
• “Excelsior!”, the catchphrase of Stan Lee, who used it at the end of every "Bullpen Bulletins" column in Marvel Comics; also used in pop culture as a sly reference to him
• The nerd club residing in "the refuge of the damned" in The Simpsons fifth season episode "The Last Temptation of Homer"
• The Al Gore character in South Park's "Manbearpig" episode
• A worm in the Adventure Time episode "The Real You"
• "Excelsior", the characteristic sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott (radio host)
• "Excelsior, you fathead", the full catchphrase of radio personality Jean Shepherd

Sports and games

• Excelsior (chess problem), a chess problem by Sam Loyd
• Excelsior Mouscron, a Belgian association football club
• SBV Excelsior, a Dutch association football club
• Excelsior AC Roubaix, a French association football club
• SV Excelsior, a Surinamese association football club
• Birmingham Excelsior F.C., a defunct English association football club

Science and technology

• Wood wool, commonly known as excelsior, a wood sliver material used for packaging, for the pads in evaporative coolers, and for other applications
• Project Excelsior, a high-altitude skydiving project in the 1950s
• Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known
• Fraxinus excelsior, the Linnaean name for the European Ash tree
• Excelsior tank, a British experimental heavy assault tank
• Excelsior JET, a Java compiler
• IAR-111 Excelsior, a Romanian high-altitude airplane, used for launching space rockets (in development)
• St Croix Excelsior, ultralight aircraft

Companies, organizations and institutions

• Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine, MN)
• Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company (Chicago, IL)
• Excelsior-Henderson
• Excelsior College, in Albany, New York
• Excelsior, a common high school and grammar school name
  • Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California) (1903-1981)
  • Excelsior Public School (Excelsior, Minnesota) (1904-1964)
  • Excelsior School, a non-denominational school in Pasadena, California)
  • Excelsior High School, Washougal, Washington
• Motorwagenfabrik Excelsior, a Swiss car maker in business between 1896 and 1919
• Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, a Belgian car manufacturer existing between 1904 and 1932
• Excelsior Motor Company, a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker
• Excelsior, a common hotel name
  • Hotel Excelsior, Berlin (1908-1945)
  • Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne (est. 1863)
  • The Excelsior (Hong Kong), a hotel in Causeway Bay
• TV Excelsior, a defunct Brazilian television network

Places

South Africa

• Excelsior, Free State

United States

• Excelsior, California
• Excelsior, California, former name of Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California
• Excelsior, Minnesota
• Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia
• Excelsior, Upshur County, West Virginia
• Excelsior, Webster County, West Virginia
• Excelsior, Wisconsin
• Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana
• The Excelsior District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
• Excelsior Geyser in the Middle Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
• Excelsior Springs, Missouri
• Excelsior Township, Michigan

Other

• Excelsior Brigade, a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War
• Excelsior Editions, a trade imprint of the book publisher SUNY Press
• Excelsior Recordings, an independent record label from the Netherlands
• Excelsior (typeface), a serif typeface well-suited to newsprint
• XCELSIOR, a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries

See also

• All pages beginning with "Excelsior"
• All pages with titles containing "Excelsior"
• Excel (disambiguation)