List of places named after Queen Victoria

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Places named after Queen Victoria (in red)

Many 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.

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 (disambiguation).

Commonwealth realms[]

Australia[]

Australian Capital Territory[]

  • Queen Victoria Terrace, Canberra

New South Wales[]

Queensland[]

South Australia[]

Victoria[]

Western Australia[]

The Bahamas[]

  • , Nassau, The Bahamas

Bangladesh[]

Barbados[]

  • Queen Victoria Road, Bridgetown

Belize[]

  • Victoria Peak

Cameroon[]

  • Limbe, was known as Victoria until 1982

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]

Alberta[]

  • Fort Victoria, Alberta
  • Victoria Park, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Victoria Park neighbourhood, Calgary, Alberta

British Columbia[]

  • Victoria, British Columbia
  • Victoria Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia
  • Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia
  • Victoria Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke, British Columbia

Ontario[]

  • Queen Street, Toronto, Ontario
  • Victoria Street, Toronto
  • Victoria Park Avenue, Toronto
  • Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, Ontario
  • Victoria Street (N and S), Kitchener, Ontario
  • Victoria Street, London, Ontario
  • Victoria Avenue, Windsor, Ontario
  • Victoria College, U of Toronto
  • Queen Victoria PS, Toronto
  • Queen streets and Victoria streets in almost every city or town
  • Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie
  • Victoria Gardens Long Term Care, Hamilton

Manitoba[]

  • Victoria, Manitoba
  • Victoria Beach, Manitoba
  • Victoria Park, Souris, Manitoba
  • Victoria Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Victoria and Albert School, Winnipeg

New Brunswick[]

Newfoundland and Labrador[]

Nova Scotia[]

  • Victoria County Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
  • New Victoria Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
  • Victoria Park Truro, Nova Scotia
  • Victoria Beach, Nova Scotia
  • The Victoria Theater, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Victoria Building @ the QEII Health Sciences Centre Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Victoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Victoria Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Victoria Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island[]

  • Victoria-by-the-Sea, Prince Edward Island
  • Victoria Park Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Quebec[]

  • Victoriaville, Quebec
  • Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
  • Square Victoria, Montreal
  • Victoria Bridge, Montreal
  • Victoria Avenue, Montreal
  • Victoria Park/Parc Victoria, Quebec City, Quebec

Saskatchewan[]

  • Regina, Saskatchewan
  • Victoria Park, Regina Saskatchewan
  • Victoria Hospital, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
  • Victoria School Kamsack, Saskatchewan
  • Victoria Avenue, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  • Victoria Avenue, Regina

Territories[]

The Gambia[]

  • Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul

Ghana[]

Hong Kong[]

Hong Kong was a British colony from 1840s to 1997.

India[]

  • , Mumbai; part of the Bombay Port Trust.
  • Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College), Bangalore.
  • Victoria School, Kurseong, West Bengal.
  • Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
  • Victoria Terrace, Kolkata
  • Victoria Avenue, Hiranandani Meadows, Mumbai
  • Queensgate, Hiranandani Estate, Mumbai
  • Queensway, Hiranandani Estate, Mumbai
  • Victorian Mews, Hiranandani Gardens, Mumbai
  • Victoria Road, Bangalore
  • Victoria Memorial, Alfred Park, Allahabad(now Prayagraj)
  • Victoria Public Hall, Chennai
  • , Bhavnagar
  • Victoria Memorial Indoor Hall, Etawah
  • Queen Victoria Girls Inter College, Agra
  • Victoria Town Hall, Coimbatore[3]
  • Albert Victor Bridge, Madurai[4]

Jamaica[]

  • Victoria Avenue, Kingston
  • The Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Kingston

Malaysia[]

  • Victoria Institution, an elite secondary school, Kuala Lumpur
  • Victoria International College, a private higher education institution, Kuala Lumpur
  • Victoria Bridge, Malaysia, one of the oldest single track railway bridge in the country located in Karai, Perak
  • Jubilee Clock Tower of Queen Victoria, King Edward Place, George Town, Penang
  • Victoria Pier, the jetty of Penang
  • Victoria, Labuan, the capital of the Malaysian Federal Territory of Labuan, an island off the north coast of Borneo
  • , a park in Ipoh, Perak
  • , a private club in Kuala Lumpur
  • , a Nouveau-inspired fountain in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur
  • , a landmark fountain in Melaka town square
  • , a famous street in George Town, Penang
  • , the playing field of the Chinese Recreation Club which houses the , Penang
  • , a development area of Penang which houses Queensbay Mall, one of Southeast Asia's largest shopping malls
  • , a street famous for its many hawker's stalls in the area of Ipoh, Perak
  • , a landmark of the island of Labuan, Borneo
  • , a rubber plantation area in Padang Serai, Kedah
  • , an estate area in the state of Pahang
  • , a road in Nibong Tebal, mainland Penang
  • , a road in Tawau, Sabah
  • , a peak on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah

Malta[]

  • Victoria, capital of the island of Gozo, also known by its original name Rabat
  • Victoria Gate, a city gate in Valletta
  • Victoria Lines, a line of fortifications in northern Malta

Mauritius[]

  • , a village in the district of Flacq, Mauritius

New Zealand[]

Ross Dependency[]

  • Victoria Land, Ross Dependency

Nigeria[]

  • Victoria Island, Lagos
  • Victoria Garden City, Lagos
  • Victoria Cemetery, Lagos

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), Karachi.
  • Bahawal-Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur.
  • Victoria Tower Jacobabad.
  • Haranpur (Victoria ) Bridge.
  • Victoria Memorial Hall, Sibi, Balochistan.

Papua New Guinea[]

  • Mount Victoria

Seychelles[]

  • Victoria

Sierra Leone[]

  • Victoria Park, Freetown (since mid 2017 Freetown Amusement Park)

Singapore[]

South Africa[]

  • Queenstown, town in Eastern Cape province
  • Victoria Street, Durban[5]
  • Victoria Embankment, Durban[6]
  • Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
  • , Somerset West, Western Cape
  • Victoria Shopping Mall, Caledon, Western Cape
  • Victoria Main Road, Cape Town

Sri Lanka[]

Tanzania[]

  • Lake Victoria

Trinidad and Tobago[]

Uganda[]

  • Lake Victoria
  • Victoria Nile
  • Victoria University

United Kingdom[]

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

England[]

  • Queen Victoria Square, Hull
  • Queen Hotel, Chester
  • Queen Victoria Street, London
  • Queen Victoria Street, Reading
  • Queensmere, Wimbledon Common
  • Royal Victoria Dock, London
  • Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • Victoria Avenue, Wellington, Shropshire
  • Victoria Bridge, Datchet
  • Victoria Bridge (Hereford)
  • Victoria Bridge, London (later demolished and replaced by Chelsea Bridge)
  • Victoria Embankment, London
  • Victoria Gardens and Victoria Square, Truro, Cornwall
  • Victoria Gate, Hyde Park
  • Victoria Gate, Kew Gardens
  • Victoria Park, Bournemouth
  • Victoria Park, East London
  • Victoria Park, Stretford
  • Victoria Place, Richmond upon Thames
  • Victoria Quays, Sheffield
  • Victoria Road, Battersea, London (later renamed Queen's Road and now called Queenstown Road)
  • , Brighton
  • Victoria Road, Cambridge
  • , Canterbury
  • , Chelmsford, Essex
  • Victoria Road, Dagenham, Essex
  • , Diss, Norfolk
  • , Halton, Cheshire
  • Victoria Road and Victoria Grove, Kensington, London
  • , Kilburn, London
  • , London
  • , Lowestoft, Suffolk
  • Victoria Road, Oxford
  • , Plymouth
  • , South Ruislip, London
  • , Stretford, Manchester
  • , Swindon, Wiltshire
  • , Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  • Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands
  • Victoria Station, London
  • Victoria Station, Manchester
  • , Birmingham
  • Victoria Street, London
  • Victoria Tower, part of the Palace of Westminster
  • Victoria Terrace, Leeds

Northern Ireland[]

  • , Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Queen's University, Belfast
  • Great Victoria Street railway station, Belfast
  • Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
  • Victoria College, Belfast
  • Victoria Park, Belfast
  • Victoria Square, Belfast

Scotland[]

Wales[]

Isle of Man[]

  • Victoria Pier, Douglas
  • , Douglas
  • Victoria Road Prison, Douglas
  • , Onchan
  • , Castletown
  • , Castletown
  • Victoria Street, Douglas

Jersey[]

Zambia[]

  • Victoria Falls

David Livingstone named the great Mosi-oa-Tunya falls after Queen Victoria.

Zimbabwe[]

  • Victoria Falls
  • 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)

Outside the Commonwealth realms[]

Note that Burma and Ireland were within the British Empire at the time many of the listed places were named.

Burma / Myanmar[]

Chile[]

  • , Valparaiso
  • , Valparaiso

France[]

  • , Biarritz
  • Avenue Reine Victoria, Nice
  • , Nice
  • Avenue Victoria, Paris

Germany[]

  • , Hanover
  • , Berlin

Greece[]

  • Victoria Square in Athens
  • Victoria metro station on the Athens Metro, situated under the aforementioned square

Ireland[]

  • , Cork
  • , Cork
  • , Cork
  • , Cork
  • , Cork
  • , Cork
  • , Cork
  • Queen's College, Cork, former name of University College Cork
  • Queenstown former name of Cobh, County Cork
  • , Dublin
  • Victoria Quay, Dublin
  • , Galway City

Romania[]

Switzerland[]

United States[]

See also[]

  • Queen Victoria
  • Queen Victoria (disambiguation)
  • Queen Victoria Street (disambiguation)
  • Victoria (disambiguation)
  • Victoria Avenue (disambiguation)
  • Victoria Street (disambiguation)

References[]

  1. ^ How Canada Got Its Name - Origin of the Name Canada
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Preetha, M. Soundariya (2012-01-28). "Victoria Town Hall stands tall after restoration". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  4. ^ "Albert Victor Bridge".
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Durban: Victoria Embankment Walking Tour". Archived from the original on 2002-03-29.
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