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Vinony

Victorian

adjective

  1. relating to the time period 1837 to 1901
  2. pertaining to the Australian state of Victoria
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /vɪkˈtɔː.ɹɪ.ən/ / /vɪkˈtɔ.ɹi.ən/

adj

Etymology: From Victoria (“capital of British Columbia, Canada”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns); incorporated as a city in 1862, the settlement which preceded the city was named Fort Victoria after Queen Victoria in 1843.

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada.

name

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Victōriānus. By surface analysis, Victor + -ian.

  1. A male given name from Latin, of rare usage.

    “She told herself that Hubert, Lord Lashmar, would never make old bones; but she feared that he might live long enough to marry and leave some sickly son who should blight the prospects of her boy, Victorian, the very embodiment of physical power and fresh unblemished youth.”

    “MEYER-KURTZ.—On Nov. 1, at the home of Mrs. G. A. Kurtz, Wauwatosa, Wis., Mr. Victorian Melville Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Meyer of 11 West 81st St., to Miss Mary Louise Kurtz of Wauwatosa, Wis.”

noun

Etymology: From Victoria (“capital of British Columbia, Canada”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns); incorporated as a city in 1862, the settlement which preceded the city was named Fort Victoria after Queen Victoria in 1843.

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada.