List of places named after Queen Victoria

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A large number of 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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[edit] Commonwealth Realms

[edit] Australia

[edit] Belize

[edit] Canada

Main article: Royal eponyms in Canada > Queen Victoria

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]

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Papua New Guinea

[edit] United Kingdom

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

[edit] England

[edit] Northern Ireland

[edit] Scotland

[edit] Isle of Man

[edit] Jersey

[edit] Outside the Commonwealth Realms

[edit] Cameroon

  • Limbe, was known as Victoria until 1982

[edit] Hong Kong

[edit] The Gambia

  • Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul

[edit] Greece

[edit] India

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Kenya

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Malta

  • Victoria, capital of the island of Gozo, also known locally as Rabat

[edit] Myanmar / Burma

[edit] Nigeria

[edit] Pakistan

  • Empress Market, Karachi
  • Victoria Road, Karachi. (renamed as Abdullah Haroon Road)
  • Queen's Road, Karachi (now Moulvi Tamizuddin (M.T.) Khan Road)
  • Victoria Museum (now defunct)

[edit] Seychelles

[edit] Singapore

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Sri Lanka

[edit] Tanzania

[edit] Uganda

[edit] United States

[edit] Zambia

[edit] Zimbabwe

Fort Victoria (now Masvingo), Queen Victoria Museum (Human Sciences Museum, Harare), (Fort) Victoria High School, Masvingo, Victoria Falls Hotel, Victoria Falls National Park, Victoria Province (now Masvingo Province).

[edit] Other

  • Victoria High School

Queen Victoria Museum Victoria Falls Fort Victoria (now Masvingo) Victoria Province (now Masvingo Province Victoria Falls Hotel

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 (geographical disambiguation).

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ How Canada Got Its Name - Origin of the Name Canada
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ http://www.durban.gov.za/eThekwini/Tourism_and_Leisure/shopping/markets/vsm/5740
  4. ^ http://durban.kzn.org.za/durban/about/102.html
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