Victory

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Victory may refer to:

• Winning a competition or battle.
  • Pyrrhic victory, a victory at heavy cost to the victor.
  • "Aerial victory", winning an aerial confrontation, whether between individuals, groups of aeroplanes or entire air forces.
  • "Tactical victory", a success in battle without substantive or long-lasting gain.
  • "Strategic victory", a success in a military campaign.
• Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory.
• HMS Victory, a ship of the Royal Navy.

[edit] Business and retail

• Victory Records, an american record label.
• A chain of supermarkets in New England, USA.
• Victory Seed Company, an heirloom seed company in Molalla, Oregon.
• Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
• Victory Motorcycles, an American motorcyle manufacturer.
• A Curtains and blinds company based in Melbourne, Australia

[edit] Geography

• Victory, a volcano in Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Places in the United States

• New York:
  • Victory, Cayuga County
  • Victory, Saratoga County
• Victory, Vermont

[edit] Neighborhoods

• Victory, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Victory Park in Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas.

[edit] Media

• Victory, a novel by Joseph Conrad.
• Another name for the 1981 film Escape to Victory.
• A brand-name used in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
• Victory, a Brazilian comics miniseries about a half-elf demigoddess who wields "Half of a infinite power"

[edit] Popular music

• Victory, a German heavy metal band.
• An album by Modern Talking.
• A rap song by Puff Daddy, featuring Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes, from his 1997 album No Way Out.

[edit] People

• Gerard Victory (1921-1995), an Irish composer.

[edit] Sport

• Melbourne Victory, an Australian football (soccer) team