List of places named after Queen Victoria
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.
- State of Queensland
- State of Victoria
- Great Victoria Desert
- Lake Alexandrina, South Australia
- Queen's College, Melbourne, Victoria
- Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland
- Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, New South Wales
- Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Victoria
- Queen Victoria Street, Bexley, New South Wales
- Queen Victoria Street, Drummoyne, New South Wales
- Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
- Queen Victoria Street, Leonora, Western Australia
- Queen Victoria Street, Newington, Victoria
- Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria
- Victoria Square, Adelaide, South Australia
- Victoria Street, Melbourne, Victoria
- Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia
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]
- Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Victoria Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Victoria Park, Kingston, Ontario
- Victoria Street, Kingston, Ontario
- Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Victoria Park Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Victoria Island (Canada), Nunavut/Northwest Territories, Canada
- Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Victoria, Newfoundland, Canada
Note: this is only a small sample of the hundreds of locations in the United Kingdom with the name 'Victoria'.
- Queen Victoria Road, Coventry
- Queen Victoria Road, Sheffield
- Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Queen Victoria Street, London
- Royal Victoria Dock, London
- Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Victoria Embankment, London
- Victoria Park, East London
- Victoria Hall, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
- Victoria Park, Stretford
- Victoria Quays, Sheffield
- Victoria Avenue, Wellington, Shropshire
- Victoria Gardens and Victoria Square, Truro, Cornwall
- Victoria Road, Brighton
- Victoria Road, Cambridge
- Victoria Road, Canterbury
- Victoria Road, Chelmsford, Essex
- Victoria Road, Dagenham, Essex
- Victoria Road, Diss, Norfolk
- Victoria Road, Halton, Cheshire
- Victoria Road, Kilburn, London
- Victoria Road, London
- Victoria Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Victoria Road, Oxford
- Victoria Road, Plymouth
- Victoria Road, South Ruislip, London
- Victoria Road, Stretford, Manchester
- Victoria Road, Swindon, Wiltshire
- Victoria Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Victoria Station, London
- Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh
- Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow
- Victoria Park, Aberdeen
- Victoria Park, Dingwall
- Victoria Park, Glasgow
- Victoria Road, Aberdeen
- Victoria Road, Ballater
- Victoria Road, Brora
- Victoria Road, Dundee
- Queen Street, Dundee
- Victoria Road, Dunoon
- Victoria Road, Fort William
- Victoria Road, Glasgow
- Victoria Road, Gourock
- Victoria Road, Helensburgh
- Victoria Road, Kirkcaldy
- Victoria Road, Leven, Fife
- Victoria Road, Lockerbie
- Victoria Road, North Berwick
- Victoria Road, Peterhead
- Victoria Street, Dunfermline
- Victoria Street, Edinburgh
- Victoria Street, Fraserburgh
- Victoria Street, Galashiels
- Victoria Street, Lanark
- Victoria Street, Newton Stewart
- Victoria Street, Perth
- Victoria Tower, Greenock
Outside the Commonwealth Realms
- Limbe, was known as Victoria until 1982
- Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul
- Victoria Terminus, (VT) Bombay; Recently changed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, although it is known locally as VT.
- Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, (VJTI) Bombay; Renamed in 1998 to Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai.
- Victoria Gardens, (Byculla) Bombay; Renamed as Jijamata Udyaan,(Byculla), Mumbai, and also known as Veermata Jijabai Bhonsle Udyan.
- Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
- Victoria Public Hall, Chennai
- Victoria Park, Bhavnagar
- Victoria, capital of the island of Gozo, also known locally as Rabat
- 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)
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).
Other
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).
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