Astoria

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Astoria can mean:

[edit] Cities, villages, and towns in the United States

(listed in order of population)

• Astoria, Queens, formerly an independent town, now part of Queens in New York City
• The city of Astoria, Oregon
• The village of Astoria, Illinois
• The town of Astoria, South Dakota

[edit] Famous places

• The London Astoria, a music venue
• Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg
• The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York
• Astoria (Budapest), a major junction in downtown Budapest, named after Astoria Grand Hotel at its corner
• Function hall in Helsinki, Finland
• Astoria Canyon, a submarine abyss 10 miles (16 km) offshore from the mouth of the Columbia River

[edit] Other

• Astoria (travelogue), a travelogue by Washington Irving
• Astoria (airline), a short-lived domestic airline in Canada.
• A fictional character from Cerebus the Aardvark
• Several ships have been named USS Astoria
• So Long, Astoria, an album by The Ataris
• Astoria Left Behind, an album by Slipknot
• Astoria is said to be the wife of Muppet Show character Waldorf
• Astoria Bydgoszcz, a sport association and basketball team in Bydgoszcz, Poland, established in 1920
• Astoria (recording studio), David Gilmour's recording studio/houseboat
• Astoria, an album by The Shys
• Astoria, the Ephebian goddess of love in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
• Astoria is a non-existent country in Jura Soyfer's play of the same name.