List of places named after Queen Victoria

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.

Places named after Queen Victoria (in red)
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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

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Victoria

Western Australia

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

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 Lake, Alberta
  • Victoria Park, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Victoria Park neighbourhood, Calgary, Alberta
  • Victoria Peak, Alberta

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

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

Jamaica

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius
  • Queen Victoria, Mauritius, a village in the district of Flacq, Mauritius

New Zealand

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

Seychelles

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

Singapore

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya

Tanzania

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

United Kingdom

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

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Isle of Man

Jersey

Zambia
  • Victoria Falls

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

Zimbabwe

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

France
  • Avenue de la Reine Victoria, Biarritz
  • Avenue Reine Victoria, Nice
  • Excelsior Régina Palace, Nice
  • Avenue Victoria, Paris

Germany

Greece

Ireland, Republic of (Éire)

Romania

Switzerland

United States

See also

References
  1. How Canada Got Its Name - Origin of the Name Canada
  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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://durban.kzn.org.za/durban/about/102.html
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